Parent Area
Stay up to date with the latest news, information and resources for your child.Upcoming Events and Key dates
April
Term 5 Begins – welcome visits 20th
Yoga
May
Concept Photography
Committee meeting
Term 5 ends
June
Term 6 begins
Open Morning 06/06/26
Incredible eggs
July
Committee meeting
End of academic year
Term Dates September 2025 – July 2026 (38 weeks)
Please note that the pre-school term dates are not exactly the same as school terms.
Term 1
7 week term
Starts Tuesday 9 September 2025
Ends Friday 24 October 2025
Welcome visits Monday 8th September 2025
INSET PM – Friday 24th October
Term 2
7 week term
Starts Monday 3 November 2025
Ends Friday 20 December 2025
Term 3
6 week term
Starts Tuesday 6 January 2026
Ends Friday 13 February 2026
Welcome visit 5th January 2026
Term 4
6 week term
Starts Monday 23 February 2026
Ends Thursday 2 April 2026
Term 5
5 week term
Starts Tuesday 21 April 2026
Ends Friday 22 May 2026
Welcome visit 20th April 2026
Term 6
7 week term
Starts Monday 1 June 2026
Ends Friday 17 July 2026
INSET ~PM – Friday 17th July
Committee meeting dates
Committee meetings are held once a term (6 per year) on Wednesday evenings, 8pm at our Crossways site. In addition we hold an AGM, when a committee is elected annually. All parents and carers are warmly invited to come along and get involved by offering any talents or experience you may have or even just a different perspective, the pre-school cannot operate without you!
24th September 2025
26th November 2025
28th January 2026 (AGM)
March 25th 2026
May 20th 2026
July 8th 2026
Fundraising
Fundraising help’s to update and replace resources, and enables preschool to engage with other professionals to give children experiences.
The fundraising team is a group of parents who organise and support the activities. They also help to apply for grants for specific projects.
Ring, email or join a committee meeting to get involved.
One of the other ways that we can raise funds for our pre-school is through ‘matched giving’ schemes. Do you work for a company that offers matched giving as a staff benefit? It normally means that if the employee helps out at one of the fundraising events then their employer will double the funds that is raised.
See committee page for activities and information.
Annual Reports
Our annual report reviews our achievements over the past year, sets out our financial position and includes reports from our committee members. It also includes a short summary of our business plan for the coming year.
Copies of our annual reports are available on the pre-school notice board or on Companies House .
Ofsted reports
First Step pre-school is regulated by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Ofsted carries out regular inspections of all early years settings and childcare providers, and publishes inspection reports which tell you how effective the provider is, what they do well and recommendations for further improvements.
We were was last inspected in December 2021, and Ofsted rated our pre-school provision as good, the second highest grade, in all areas.
Policies
Our pre-school policies help us to make sure that the service we provide is of a very high standard. Staff and parents/carers work together to create our policies, and they are reviewed regularly to ensure that we keep up to date with new legislation and guidance, and early years best practice.
Signed copies of all our policies are available at pre-school, and policies can also be downloaded here.
Registered office:
First Step Pre-School,
Knapp Rd,
Thornbury, BS35 2HQ
Call us: 01454 867283 (9 am - 3.15 pm)
Pre-school mobile (for use in pre-school hours): 07718 798826
Email us: crossways@firststeppreschool.co.uk
First Step Pre-School Ltd is registered in England
Registered Number 5885935
Registered Charity Number 1142554