"Helping Little People Develop and Grow."

History

Small World Nursery was started in August 1996 by King's Church who owns the Schofield Centre. It is part of an ongoing vision to partner with the Local Authority to meet needs in the Charnwood Community. Our aim is to support families in the important task of raising their pre-school children and "helping little people to develop and grow".

What kind of service do we provide?

The Nursery provides full day care and flexible sessions to meet family needs. We are registered to care for up to fifty children aged between 0 and 5 years. Each age group have their own room which is fully equipped to both attract and stimulate the children.

Opening Times

We open daily from Monday to Friday at 8:00am until 5:45pm.

We close on Bank Holidays and for one week between Christmas and New Year. The Nursery also closes for one practitioner training day at the beginning of January and another in September.

Quality

The nursery has continually self-evaluated its provision and embraced "best practice". We meet regularly as managers and practitioners to review and develop all aspects of nursery life. We listen to what the children have to say and welcome parental input, through ongoing informal conversation or more formally through regular questionnaires.

We are registered with Ofsted who monitor standards of education and care and have had consistently good reports with some "outstanding" areas.

Our most recent inspection (Feb09) deemed the quality of provision as outstanding. Stating that 'children make excellent progress in their development and learning due to pro-active staff who successfully implement the Early Years Foundation Stage.'

Copies are available on line at www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxcare_providers/full/(urn)/223266

The nursery is also reviewed by Leicestershire's Early Learning and Childcare Service and is recognised by them as a lead setting demonstrating outstanding educational practice.