The Barn Childcare

Activities: Children receive a broad range of learning experiences that help them to develop the skills they need to succeed.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff provide effective support to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They plan precisely to help children to achieve their next key steps.

Communication: Parents feel well informed about what their children do each day.

Programs and Resources: Staff work closely with other professionals, such as speech therapists, to ensure that children achieve their potential.

Staff Training: Staff attend additional training for their professional development and to focus on the knowledge they need to help children make the best progress.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff greet them warmly when they arrive, and parents share handover information about their children.

Safeguarding Training: The manager checks staff's knowledge and understanding of safeguarding through a 'question of the week'. This helps her to identify where knowledge needs to be updated.

Play and Learning Integration: They are curious learners, who are keen to join in and show good levels of engagement. For example, children enjoy making dough in pre-school that they then can play with.

Child Safety Management: Staff have a good knowledge of child protection and what to do should they have concerns about a child's welfare.

Happiness and Settling: Children feel safe and secure at this welcoming nursery.