The most exciting journeys, begin with a single step.

Single Steps Nursery provides early years education for children from 3 months to 5 years. We’re open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and only close for Christmas and Bank Holidays.

Set in a beautiful secluded location tucked away in the heart of Medstead, free from traffic and pollution. We teach your children all the skills they need to start their schooling off on the right foot.

About Us

Love. Learn. Live

At Single Steps Nurseries, Love, Learn, Live is more than a philosophy… it’s a considered way of shaping each child’s early experience. Love provides the foundation for their education — a calm, nurturing environment where children feel secure enough to take their first steps into the world. From there, they learn with purpose… with carefully chosen resources and through thoughtfully designed experiences that honour their individuality and natural curiosity. In time, this becomes something they live — a quiet confidence, an independence, and a readiness to fully engage with the world around them. It’s an approach that recognises childhood as something to be valued… and every small step as part of something much bigger. In this way, our children grow to become their best.

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Nursery curriculum

We encourage your children to do what they love, because this is the best way to prepare them for learning all seven of the key developmental areas laid out in the Early Years Foundation Stage. So if your child loves painting, stories, or playing with mud, we use their passion as a platform to build their early years education on. Meaning that learning is tailored to each child individually.

Whether indoors or outdoors we’re always seeking out opportunities to grow confidence, establish self-esteem, and develop independence, while creating new learning experiences. So that when the time comes for your children to leave us and go to school, they’re more than prepared for the next leg of their educational journey. Because we firmly believe that if you get a child’s pre-school foundation just right; you set them up for life.

Some of the extra curricular activities we provide:

Dough Disco – the children model playdough while moving to music, this builds the muscles in their hands and develops fine-motor skills in preparation for activities such as holding a pencil and writing
Boogie Mites – a really fun musical activity, which develops the children’s balance, coordination, and understanding of letters and sounds
Sing and Sign – we are affiliated with this superb educational organisation, and offer their award-winning programme dedicated to helping babies and young children to develop their communication skills before they can speak
Forest School – the children have direct contact with nature, teaching them to understand and appreciate the value of the natural world, while developing independence and confidence in their own abilities Ophea is also certified to Advanced Forest School Leaders (BTEC) Level 3.

Our fees

There is a minimum requirement of 2 full days, half days can be added on an adhoc basis. We do accept funding, contact us for further details about fees and funded places. Please note, we close for Bank Holidays but fees remain payable.

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What the parents say

I have no hesitation in recommending Single Steps Nursery to anyone! Joseph came from another setting and I was concerned that he might struggle to settle. I needn’t have worried… with no settling in days at all he bound in on his first day and hasn’t looked back. He can’t wait to get out of the car to start his next adventure in the amazing Hampshire countryside setting. I love the fact that he rarely comes home in the clothes I sent him in because he’s been exploring the garden, woodland, mud kitchen, water play, sensory table or baking.

Ophea and her team have boundless energy and creativity. They are amazingly caring and supportive and I could not ask for better!

Charlotte Bloomfield

Parent

We feel very fortunate that our daughter attends Single Steps Nursery and we honestly could not wish for more. Staff are highly professional, qualified and loving towards the children, the setting is idyllic with plenty of outdoor space and parking. Our daughter loves the big outdoors adventures, the opportunity to get involved with cooking and growing vegetables. She has grown in confidence under Ophea’s care and is always happy to go to nursery in the mornings.

Our daughter is bilingual and this has been supported while she is learning to speak. We highly recommend this nursery to anyone looking for one that allows kids to be kids while teaching them respect for nature and each other, equipping them with important life skills and confidence.

Hajnalka and Derek Howard

Parents