We are committed to the development of our staff:

•·     We employ a fully qualified teacher who works with the pre-school children;

•·     Our Deputy Manager and Nursery Teacher have gained Early Years Professional Status (EYPS);

•·     All of our staff are trained or are currently training in-house to NVQ 3 in Early Years Care and Education;

•·     Our staff have the opportunity to train up to degree level, with some of our staff holding degrees.

"The quality of the teaching and learning is outstanding. Staff are inspiring in their ability to provide a stimulating atmosphere and foster good social behaviour."

Ofsted 2008

We pride ourselves on the commitment of our long standing staff team. We employ qualified nursery nurses, teachers and experienced nursery assistants who are highly motivated and enthusiastic about their role in supporting the children. Our staff encourage spontaneous play and create different learning environments for the children to play in both indoors and outdoors.

"Children are independent and considerate learners because the long standing and consistently warm staff design the environment to make it accessible and understandable."
Ofsted 2008

Our staff pride themselves on the relationships they build with the children and parents:

"Staff's superior skills and commitment to each individual child enable them to promote each one's development in all areas through choices that the child themselves has made."

Ofsted 2008

Our younger children have their own nursery-to-home diary so that parents and staff can communicate about the child's recent activities and achievements. For our older children, we provide a daily information board where child's activities can be shared. Staff are always available to talk to parents and we hold regular parent's evenings.

Our Room Leaders and their staff teams work from 8am to 6pm to ensure there is continuity of staff within rooms throughout each day. All children have a designated key worker. This helps the children to settle into the Nursery and provides a constant point of contact for parents. Children benefit from being part of small group activities with their key worker.