We are a friendly, relaxed and approachable setting. We provide a warm, caring, family-oriented environment. We strive to develop the children’s personal, social and emotional skills to enable them to become strong, independent and confident learners.
With three dedicated rooms – Glow Worm, Bumblebee, and Dragonfly – children’s development is carefully tailored to their specific age groups. As part of our Early Years provision, we follow the Development Matters guidance within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework, which can be viewed here.
The Glow Worm Room caters for children aged 0 months – 2 years.
In the Glow Worm room we provide a warm and safe space, both inside and outside to support your baby in their early years development.
The Glow Worm room offers a stimulating environment with a variety of furniture and resources to encourage them to explore and engage using their naturally inquisitive nature.
The Bumblebee Room caters for children aged from 2 – 3 years old.
We mainly focus on the 3 prime areas of the EYFS – Personal Social & Emotional (PSED), Communication & Language (CL) and Physical Development (PD).
We work on developing early gross motor skills that will be built on when they progress to the Dragonfly classroom.
The Dragonfly Room caters for children aged 3-5 years old. In this room we follow all 7 areas of the EYFS and support all the children to develop as well rounded, happy, confident individuals.
In the final term our main focus is to make sure that the children have all the skills required for a smooth transition into primary school.
After school care is open for our Pre-School children together with children who attend Dilton Marsh C of E primary School.
We are very proud of the opening of our new Baby Room. We knew with the government offering funded childcare to working parents for all children aged from 9 months old, we would need to provide spaces to accommodate them.
Our New Glow Worm room was completed in August 2024 and we were very honoured to have Westbury Town Mayor, Cllr Jane Russ, come to cut our ribbon for the official opening. The Mayor expressed how wonderful the new building was and how lucky local families are to have this facility on their doorsteps. Shortly after the opening Lis and Rachael were very surprised to receive an official invite to the Westbury Town Council’s Grant and Awards dinner, where they were then even more surprised as they were awarded one of two of the “Civic Awards in recognition of outstanding service to the community” presented that evening.
We offer learning opportunities covering all 7 areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework, offering both indoors and outdoors activities and facilities. Within the structure of the learning environment the children are free to explore the resources and planned activities.
A Team dedicated to making children happy, safe and ready for school
All Staff members hold up-to-date certificates in Paediatric First Aid and hold relevant certificates in Safeguarding Children. All our staff are either Level 3 qualified in Early Years childcare or working towards a Level 3 qualification. In addition to this, staff are consistently updating their professional development with many of them gaining extra skills in behaviour management, SEN & additional safeguarding courses.
Enhanced DBS checks are renewed every year via the Update Service.
All Staff members hold up-to-date certificates in Paediatric First Aid and hold relevant certificates in Safeguarding Children. Every full time member of staff is Level 3 qualified in child care.
The whole team are dedicated to making children, happy, safe and ready for school.
Step Up Pre-School
High Street
Dilton Marsh
Westbury
BA13 4DY
