Todmorden Children's Centre Nursery

Communication: Parents say that they feel welcome and well supported to develop their children's learning at home.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported.

Staff Training: Staff attend to children's medical needs with care and sensitivity, and support their communication with strategies such as signing.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children feel happy and secure in the nursery environment. They demonstrate this as they sing to themselves and invite visitors to join in their play.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders and managers give high priority to children's safety and welfare. Staff members confidently talk about the signs and symptoms of abuse.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff observe children's interests and build on their ideas. Older children become interested in blowing bubbles in the water tray and staff encourage them to test out their ideas.

Transition to Primary School: Staff find out what children can do on entry to the nursery and use assessment effectively to identify any possible gaps in learning.

Diversity Management: All children are treated equally. Children find out about life in modern Britain by celebrating a range of festivals throughout the year.

Child Safety Management: Leaders work with the local authority and headteachers of local schools to identify areas of need within the local community.

Children's Safety and Security: Babies thrive from the caring interactions that take place and they quickly settle in. They laugh as they use their muscles to climb to the top of the bridge and smile when staff cheer at their early walking steps.

Happiness and Settling: Children feel happy and secure in the nursery environment.

Nutritional Menu: The nursery provides parents with a wealth of information to help keep children safe, such as healthy eating, oral hygiene and staying safe online.