St James Nursery and Pre-School

We operate a private nursery and preschool under family ownership.
Caroline started the nursery over 45 years ago in her own home, and now her daughter, Natasha is the managing partner.
Lisa and Charmaine are joint managers, in charge of the day to day running of the nursery.
Agata is our Early Years Teacher, within the Pre-School and, alongside Claire, they are our deputy managers.
Many of our staff have been with us for several years and are very experienced in the care and education of young children.
Each child has a special member of staff (a key person) who ensures that they are happy, secure and who is responsible for their learning, development and making progress.
To inspire our children with a beautiful, enabling environment, providing curiosity, awe and wonder.
To be a fully inclusive Setting, treating all children as individuals, using a child-centred approach.
To provide high quality teaching, meeting the needs of children, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
To develop high quality practitioners, who have continuous professional development and who feel valued.
To be role models for healthy lifestyles and encourage physical exercise, healthy eating and teeth cleaning.
To help our children be happy, healthy and confident with high self-esteem and self-worth.
St James Nursery is so lucky to have a beautiful learning environment, full of natural materials, authentic items and loose parts.
We plan a variety of activities (indoors and outdoors) for our children based on their interests and their individual needs and next steps.
We are a The Curiosity Approach Setting (our accreditation was achieved in 2020), bringing curiosity, awe and wonder into early childhood and creating the thinkers and doers of the future.
Find out more at www.thecuriosityapproach.com.
We follow the government-based framework for early learning called the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which outlines the standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children.
The child is the curriculum and what they learn and how they learn is unique to them.
We have the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) as our framework, and using our environment as the 3rd teacher, we plan in the moment for each individual child.