- 01900 823322
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- Strawberry How Road, Cockermouth, CA13 9XR
Leadership, care and communication at every stage of your child’s journey.
The Nursery is overseen by the Nursery Owner, Ankit Mathur, who holds responsibility for overall governance, quality standards, and the long-term vision of the setting. Day-to-day leadership and operational management are fully entrusted to the Nursery Manager, Casey Turner, who is supported by the wider team to ensure consistently high standards across all rooms and areas of the nursery.
We are deeply mindful of the responsibility placed on us to care for and educate young children during their most important developmental years. This commitment is reflected in everything we do, from leadership and staffing to daily practice and communication with families.
Our staff team is highly committed to continuous professional development. This includes ongoing online training, targeted external courses, and regular staff and planning meetings. These opportunities ensure that practice remains reflective, up to date, and consistently focused on delivering high-quality care, learning, and wellbeing for every child.
Planning for children is detailed, purposeful, and individualised. Key persons develop tailored learning plans and maintain ongoing assessment records for each child. This structured approach is balanced with responsive “in the moment” teaching, ensuring that children’s interests, emotional needs, and developmental stages are always at the centre of practice. Curriculum planning is informed by termly and monthly themes developed collaboratively by staff, shared with parents, and fully resourced to support rich learning experiences. The quality of teaching and learning is a defining strength of the Nursery.
This framework is embedded within carefully designed weekly room rotas, which ensure the right staff are in the right place at the right time. These rotas coordinate all aspects of the day, including learning experiences, care routines, mealtimes, cleaning, and transitions, helping to create a calm, structured, and engaging environment where children can thrive.
We place great importance on open and consistent communication with parents. Families are kept closely informed through secure Tapestry updates, where each child’s learning journey is regularly documented, alongside wider communication through newsletters and updates covering key events, activities, visits, and important dates such as photography sessions and parent meetings.
As children move through the Nursery, transitions between rooms are planned with great care and sensitivity. We recognise the importance of continuity and emotional security, and we ensure that each transition is supported in a way that allows children and families to feel confident, settled, and fully supported at every stage of their journey with us.