MEET THE TEAM

We are experienced childcare provider working to deliver the best possible care to young children. 

Why choose us:

• •Individual care, sometimes even one to one.
• •Flexible hours
• •Home-based care
• •Low adult:child ratios
• •Continuity of care
• •To meet the individual needs, adapting where possible to home routines of the individual child
• •Social outings to toddler groups and drop-ins
• •Real life learning, in a community environment, with regular trips to the local libraries, shops, parks and other facilities
• •Care within a mixed age environment, with brothers and sisters cared for who are pre-school and school aged

Key carer: Child ratios are 1:6 (for children 1 - 8 years old)

We may care for a maximum of six children under the age of eight.  Of these six children, a maximum of three may be young children (1-4years old), and there should only be one child under the age of one. However, we may go over our ratio when caring for siblings. 

In line with Ofsted requirements the Setting will ensure that we have the required qualifications and appropriate experience in childcare. Ofsted will also checks the suitability of all persons living or working in the setting, including obtaining enhanced criminal records checks and barred list checks.

We actively seek to further our training, both in-house and externally, in areas of advanced childcare qualifications, first aid, food hygiene, child protection and special educational needs.

We ensure:

• •we are trained in paediatric first aid and hold current certificates
• •Vetted by OFSTED and hold a current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate 
• •Meet our responsibilities under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

The Childcare Act 2006 introduced two registers for those providing childcare, the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools at the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has the responsibility for maintaining these registers and regulating all those who are on them.

The Childcare Register is for people for whom registration is either:

Compulsory because they care for children aged from 1 September following the child’s fifth birthday up to the age of eight and at least one individual child attends for a total of more than two hours in any one day; or for a period less than two hours where this includes care attached to a normal school day for schools to deliver extended services

Voluntary because they care for children for two or more hours in any one day, for whom compulsory registration is not required, or for a period less than two hours where this includes care attached to a normal school day.

We are registered on both registers.