Strawberry How Nursery School

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•  We are open daily between 7.30am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday for 50 weeks of the year.
• The Nursery is closed on Bank Holidays and the time between Christmas and New Year. Unlike many Nurseries we do not charge for this time. Other holidays are discounted at 50%.

• We have a ground floor, separate facility for babies (with under floor heating and air conditioning) staffed at 1:3 (minimum) by specialists in this area. 
• We have free taster sessions. Babies can have the first one-hour session accompanied and a further two-hour session closer to the start date. 
• All our staff are DBS checked, have a paediatric first aid certificate, a safeguarding awareness certificate, a food hygiene certificate and a manual handling certificate. We have had a 5-star food hygiene rating since 2009. 
• We do not charge by a Day Rate rather our fees are charged by the hour. Our rates are competitive and good value. We progressively discount fees dependent of the number of hours attending (sibling's hours are combined) and we offer the Government's Extended funding over 50 weeks/year.
• We continuously invest in our equipment, materials and staff.
• Our Nursery facilities are second to none. We have recently benefited from a generous extension that increased the footprint by 40%. This means we now offer spacious accommodation within three dedicated (0-18mths) (18mth-32mths) and (32-60mths) rooms together with a separate dining room and separate and three secure free flow ground floor play areas from all rooms. All the entrances are secured by either coded or magnetic locks operated by fobs and monitored by CCTV.
• Many local Nurseries including school Nurseries and child-minders operate with staff that are only qualified to Level 2. All our staff are fully qualified at least to NVQ3 although two are qualified teachers with teaching degrees. Seven of our staff are mothers themselves. Most importantly our staff are all full-time. This means our children have the security of seeing the same adults each day. 
• Our Nursery is managed by Miss Casey Turner.She also continuously manages the professional training of our staff. Our staff engage in continuous training often at weekends. Ofsted commended our Nursery on its dedicated approach to offering extensive educational experiences that went beyond the requirements of the EYFS.
• We use Tapestry the online reporting journal - that links to your phone. The records are transferred eventually to school.
• We publish our thematic planning for our 3 areas (within this website after log in and on Tapestry) for parental access.
• Our staffing ratios are always higher than that recommended by Ofsted who, it should be said, specifically commented on the happiness of our children. 

We do not have open days - rather you need to arrange an appointment to view and to discuss your requirements. Please use the contact form on the last page of the website.