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REAL CLASS ACT...NURSERY'S OUTSTANDING REPORT FROM INSPECTORS
A TYNESIDE nursery has become one of just a handful in the region to be given top marks by Government inspectors.
An Ofsted team recently visited The Cedars Nursery, in Newcastle, and found its standard of care to be “outstanding”.
This is the highest rating that can be awarded and it means The Cedars, in Grainger Park Road, has joined an elite band of nurseries in the country.
The Ofsted report has just been published on its website. It states: “Overall, the quality of the provision is outstanding.
“Staff are extremely well-supported, motivated and inspired by the highly-experienced and skilled management team who have a clear commitment to them and the nursery as a whole.
“There is an overriding commitment to inclusion and staff act as excellent role models for the children, fostering a positive attitude to diversity, ensuring children develop respect for individual and differing needs as well as confidence in their
own unique abilities.”
As well as being full of praise for the staff and the level of care and learning opportunities provided, the report also highlights the nursery’s efforts to encourage the children to lead a healthy and active life.
It adds: “Children enjoy a wide range of delicious and highly nutritious snacks and meals that are planned and prepared on site, taking children’s needs and preferences into consideration.
“This combined with activities about healthy eating, promotes the children’s good health overall.
“Low-level sinks and accessible soap dispensers, along with photographs showing how to wash hands and clean teeth, encourages children to develop independence in carrying out these tasks for themselves from a very early age.”
Deputy manager Lorna Noon said: “We are delighted with the Ofsted report, which really does examine all areas of our nursery.
“We are a service business but unlike others we have two customers to satisfy – the parent and the child, which is twice as difficult.
“This report shows that we do this to an outstanding standard of which we are proud.”
She added: “If I could harness the energy of the children and the enthusiasm of the staff at The Cedars, we could run our own power station.”
The Cedars has been running since October 2002. It has a partner nursery in Sunderland, which opened in 1996. The Newcastle branch currently provides care and education for 71 children aged under five.
The glowing Ofsted report is not the only achievement the nursery can boast of. It has also gained the National Day Nurseries Association Quality Counts Award, an Investors in Children Award and the Investors in People Award.
Parents wishing to see the report in full can log on to www.ofsted.gov. uk.
By Nicola Juncar, EVENING CHRONICLE, Thursday, April 30, 2009
PICTURE: Leanne Holcroft
