Early Years Nursery in Coventry and Rugby

Our Nurseries Policies

Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives. It is not just a preparation for the next stage but is vitally important in itself.

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Learning & Development

Learning in the Early Years is a fun and engaging process where children explore, discover, create, and build essential skills through play and interaction. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) supports children’s development from birth to the end of Reception, bringing learning together through play and communication.

Each child is unique, constantly learning, and developing confidence, resilience, and independence.

Children learn best in supportive environments that meet their needs and involve strong partnerships with parents.

Positive relationships help children grow into confident, strong, and independent individuals.

Children develop and learn in different ways, progressing at their own pace and stages.

Day Nursery Care in Coventry and Rugby

As part of our practice we...

Balanced Curriculum

We deliver a play-based EYFS curriculum across all seven areas, supporting holistic learning and development for every child.

Equal Opportunities

We promote inclusion, equality, and anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring every child feels valued and respected.

Early Support

We provide early intervention and tailored support to meet the individual needs of children requiring additional help.

Parent Partnership

We work closely with parents and carers, building strong relationships to support each child’s learning journey.

Individual Planning

We plan engaging experiences based on each child’s interests, observations, and ongoing assessments.

Active Learning

We offer a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activities to encourage independence and guided exploration.

Safe Environment

We provide a secure, stimulating indoor and outdoor environment that supports safe and confident learning.

Ongoing Assessment

We regularly observe and assess children’s development, using this to guide future learning and planning.

Learning Journals

We record progress in online journals, sharing observations, photos, and updates with parents and carers.

Home Learning

We encourage parents to contribute and support learning at home with shared observations and next steps.

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How We Care & Support

Key Worker

We believe that children settle best when they have a key person to relate to, who knows them and their parents well and who can meet their individual needs. Research shows that a key person approach benefits the child, the parents, the staff and the setting by providing secure relationships in which children thrive, parents have confidence that staff are committed and the setting is a happy and dedicated place to attend or work in.

We want children to feel safe, stimulated and happy in the setting and to feel secure and comfortable with staff. We also want parents to have confidence in both their children’s well-being and their role as active partners with the setting.

We aim to make the setting a welcoming place where children settle quickly and easily because consideration has been given to the individual needs and circumstances of children and their families

Our staff are appropriately qualified in child care and Education and we carry out checks through the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) accordance with statutory requirements. We provide staff opportunities to develop their professional skills to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to provide quality child care and education.

*Terms and conditional apply

We reserve the right to update our policies and procedures at anytime. Nursery policies and procedures are available to read in full please speak to nursery manager.

Safe Guarding

We will work with children, parents and the community to ensure the safety of all children and to give them the very best start in life. The key commitments of the nursery for safeguarding children are:

We are committed to building a ‘culture of safety’ in which children are protected from abuse and harm in all areas of its service and delivery.
We are committed to responding promptly and appropriately to all incidents or concerns of abuse that may occur and to work with statutory agencies in accordance with the procedures that are set down in ‘what to do if you are worried a child is being abused’ (Doh 2004)
We are committed to promoting awareness of child abuse issues throughout training and learning programmes for adults. We are also committed to empowering young children, through the early year’s childhood curriculum, promoting their right to be strong, resilient and listened to.

Our aims are to carry out this policy by:

Promoting children’s right to be strong, resilient and listened to by creating an environment in our setting that encourages children to develop a positive self image, which includes their heritage arising from their colour and ethnicity, their languages spoken at home, their religious beliefs, cultural traditions and home background.
Encouraging children to develop a sense of self-sufficiency and independence.
Enabling children to have the self confidence and the vocabulary to resist inappropriate approaches.
Help children to establish and sustain satisfying relationships within their families, with peers and with other adults.
Working with parents to build their understanding of and commitment to the principles of safeguarding all our children.

Equality and Diversity

We are strongly committed to positive action to remove and counter any discrimination in all aspects of our provision in childcare and education. We have an inclusive childcare policy and welcome children and their families with out any discrimination. We aim to:

Provide a secure environment in which all our children can flourish and in which all contributions are valued
Provide a wide range of activities and resources representing diversity, disability, gender and age
Include and value the contribution of all families to our understanding of equality and diversity
Provide positive non-stereotyping information about gender roles, diverse ethnic and cultural groups and people with disabilities
Improve our knowledge and understanding of issues of anti-discriminatory practice, promoting equality and valuing diversity; and
Make inclusion a thread that runs through all of the activities of the setting

Special Education Needs

We will ensure all staff are implementing and adhering to the SEN / Disability policy. The named SENCO have a responsibility to support parents and carers, offering support and referring the child to appropriate services to support their needs. The SENCO also ensures that all information recorded is accurate and up to date, monitoring and reviewing play plans, IEP’s on a regular basis working alongside the behaviour coordinators (BECO). The SENCO will also access all relevant training that is delivered by the area SENCO team and keep up to date with legislation, initiatives and requirements.

Health and Safety

We make our setting a safe and healthy place for children, parents, staff and volunteers. We aim to make children, parents and staff aware of health and safety issues and to minimise the hazards and risks to enable the children to thrive in a healthy and safe environment.

We regularly seek information from the Environmental Health Department and the Health Authority to ensure that we keep up to date with the latest recommendations.
Our daily routines encourage the children to learn about personal hygiene.
We have a daily cleaning routine for the setting which includes play room(s), kitchen, rest area, toilets and nappy changing areas.
We have a schedule for cleaning resources and equipment, dressing-up clothes and furnishings.

Childcare Funding

Childcare Funding & Payment Policy

Fees & Payments

All fees are paid monthly / weekly in advance by standing order. Nursery invoices are sent out 5 working days before the end of the month. If payments are not paid on time parents will risk losing their child’s nursery place. Legal action will be taken to recover any monies owed to the nursery.

One months notice is required if a child is leaving, if in such cases the notice is not given parents/guardians are to pay a months fees. If your child is absent for more then 2 weeks and the nursery has not been informed of their absence you will risk losing your child’s nursery place. Fees are paid in full during Bank Holidays and when your child is absent for any reason.

Early Education Funding

Qualifying two year olds and every child from the term after their third birthday is entitled to up to 570 hours funded nursery provision a year until the term before they start school. These sessions are known as the ‘Universal Entitlement’.

In addition, working parents / carers of 3 and 4 year olds who meet the qualifying criteria are eligible for an additional 570 hours (1,140 in total) funded nursery provision a year until the term before they start school. These sessions are known as the ‘Extended Entitlement’.

Parents / carers apply for both entitlements via the nursery and must complete the Early Years Entitlement Registration Form. Application for the Extended Entitlement requires a 30 hours eligibility code, which parents / carers must first apply for on-line through the.