Staff and Children at Tops Corfe Mullen, located on Blandford Road, are pleased to be celebrating a GOOD rating from Ofsted following their recent inspection.
Tops Corfe Mullen nursery and preschool are truly passionate about providing a great quality of Early Education and Care for all our children and pride themselves in having a safe, secure and family centred environment.
According to the Ofsted report, ‘Children arrive happy and keen to attend. Staff provide a warm welcome and the effective key person system helps children to develop close and loving bonds with them. Babies cuddle into their key persons and older children race in to hug and share news with their key persons. Staff provide respectful care, such as asking children before changing their nappies or wiping their noses. Children benefit from a safe and secure environment. Babies enjoy nurturing spaces to explore materials, to look at books and to develop their mobility. Older children investigate activities and create their own ideas in lively playrooms and in the garden. Staff help all children to learn about keeping safe, such as road safety on outings and using tools safely in forest school sessions’.
The report also noted that; ‘The provider delivers a well-planned curriculum. This has a focus on fostering the skills children need to develop, in preparation for their future learning. Staff are clear of what they want children to learn and provide experiences to help them achieve well. They have high expectations of children, such as encouraging babies to feed themselves and find their water bottles, toddlers to wash their hands themselves and older children to change their clothes. Children develop good resilience and confidence. They enjoy challenges and overcome problems, such as completing puzzles and constructing secure models’.
The inspector said, “Children develop good literacy skills. For example, they draw and paint outside and make prints in the mud. Older children find out facts in books, act out stories and enjoy contributing to stories read to them. They learn to recognise and sound letters of their name and staff build on this when children are ready to start writing letters”.
“Staff have a good understanding of their safeguarding roles and responsibilities and supervise children closely. They use risk assessments and equipment to help identify and remove anything potentially harmful”.
Stacey Nash, Regional Manager at Tops said: “We are thrilled to have received a GOOD rating in our recent Ofsted inspection. This achievement highlights the dedication and passion of our entire team in providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for every child. We are proud to support families by giving their little ones the best possible start in their early years, and we remain committed to continually growing and improving together”.
Tops Corfe Mullen is part of a sustainable day nursery chain, Tops Day Nurseries, who have over 30 nurseries across the South and Southwest. Tops Corfe Mullen offers flexible early education and care for children aged 3 months to school age.
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Visit their website here: http://www.topsdaynurseries.co.uk