Information on our childcare setting

With safety and security in mind, all staff are DBS checked, trained in Paediatric First Aid and Safeguarding; there is an approved fire detection and evacuation system in place and there is CCTV and a door entry system. We are proud to have remained open to Key Workers throughout the Covid Pandemic.

An enabling environment allows children to develop their curiosity and skills whilst exploring alone or with friends. This promotes independence, whilst children know they can seek adult support when they need it.

Qualified and experienced staff ensure their teaching methods are adapted for different situations and scaffold children’s learning; and sustained shared thinking extends children’s critical thinking skills, so they develop skills they will need when they start primary school. 

Key Persons ensure that each child is safe, secure and nurtured and that teaching is tailored to their interests and style of learning. Older children work with their key person to plan their day and long-term projects. Younger children’s planning is based upon current interests and children's individual schemas and learning styles.

The team of Key Persons are all at least Level 3 qualified practitioners with years of experience and ongoing personal training. We believe children learn best when parents and practitioners share ideas to support the child. All Key Persons are vigorously vetted, trained in our ethos and conduct training in paediatric first aid, food hygiene and safeguarding as standard. You can therefore be assured that your child’s time here will be the best it can be!

Under two years - 1:3

Under three years - 1:4

Over three years - 1:8

With qualified teacher - 1:13

Younger children enjoy smaller ratios of staff to children, so their individual needs are cared for sensitively and activities are extended based upon their own interests or schemas. This is a time of rapid exploration and development!

Babies are nurtured and staff are trained in baby-care from 6 months upwards. We will help them wean and quickly progress to finger foods.

CCTV is in constant operation; this helps the manger maintain our high quality standards, and reassures you that your child is safely monitored at all times.

We even have LED taps so children can ‘see’ when the water is too hot!

We open 8am to 6pm weekdays for 52 weeks of the year - closing on bank holidays. Earlier starting times can be requested in advance and are subject to available staffing ratios. 

Funded places for two-, three-, and four-year-olds may be limited in number and to specific times or days. 2 year old funding requires parents to pre-register with the authority to check their eligibility. All 3 and 4 year olds currently receive 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year, split between terms set by the authority. Standard fees are based upon children meeting our published ratios. Due to the small size of our setting, please speak to the manager at the earliest opportunity to see if we can make reasonable changes to care for your child.

Therefore, at the nursery we have devised a menu which is balanced across the day and week, offering more choice to encourage more sampling. We are conscious to address salt, fat and sugar intake, whilst helping children understand that all food is good for us, we just need to have a little of everything. We will provide a more hearty snack and a less bulky lunch or tea. This will help release energy more evenly over the day too.

Wherever possible, we will use local produce and seasonal food; older children will even take a trip to the local store and buy their own vegetables and fruit and prepare it themselves; children will grow their own too! Each half term will have the chance to make our own food e.g. pizza or low fat carrot cake.