Vicarage Way Children's Centre Early Years Service

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Enthusiastic staff know the children very well. They have an excellent understanding of children's starting points gained through home visits, discussions with parents and initial observations.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are extremely proactive in supporting how children develop their own safety awareness. For example, they help children use pictorial risk assessments to monitor safety outdoors.

Play and Learning Integration: Children thoroughly enjoy junk-modelling activities, recreating different types of house as they recall the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. They confidently recite repetitive phrases to demonstrate their comprehension of the story.

Transition to Primary School: Highly effective partnerships with parents that include home-learning packs with resources further complement children's excellent opportunities for school readiness.

Child Safety Management: Staff are extremely proactive in supporting how children develop their own safety awareness.

Happiness and Settling: Children demonstrate exceptional behaviour. They show respect, thoughtfulness and consideration to others.

Nutritional Menu: Staff have been extremely proactive in implementing practice to positively address poor outcomes for children in relation to obesity, healthy eating and oral health.