Surbiton Children's Centre Nursery
Headteacher: Mrs P Walton
Chair of Governors: Mr A Christopher
School address: Alpha Road, Surbiton, KT5 8RS
Phone no: (020) 8390 2555
Email: shn@rbksch.org
Current Roll: 110
Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery is a purpose built nursery catering for 3 to 5 year olds, including children with special educational needs. High quality education and care, and support for families of young children are our priority.
The nursery delivers a wide range of high quality and responsive services for children and their parents/carers. The nursery is open for 49 weeks of the year and offers 114 places including part-time, extended day, lunch club, holiday playscheme and places for children with special educational needs (SEN). The SEN Unit offers places for 10 children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and is extended by work with a parents support group, outreach home based work and holiday fun day sessions. ‘Stepping Stones’ Playgroup offers 21 places, 4 mornings per week, 39 weeks of the year. A parent and toddler group operates for one morning per week. A range of training and meeting sessions are organised throughout the year to support parents with behaviour for example, and other early years/childcare providers with the development of practice.
Ofsted (2007) said about Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery:
‘Surbiton Children's Centre Nursery is an outstanding school which gives children an excellent start to their education. Parents are overwhelmingly happy with what it offers their children'
What do we provide?
* Excellent early education – the school had a very successful Ofsted inspection, has been awarded the DfES School Achievement Award and has achieved the Primary Quality Mark
* A safe, secure, caring environment that is well resourced and maintained
* Free part time places (term time only)
* Full time places between 8 am and 6 pm for 49 weeks of the year at a reasonable cost
* Appropriate resources to facilitate active and independent learning
* Access for all children to the outdoor learning environment throughout the year
* Inclusion for children with special educational needs and a specialist unit for children with considerable speech, language and communication difficulties
* Opportunities for children attending for long periods to rest and relax
* Support for children and their families and carers
Curriculum:
The Early Years Foundation Stage (2007) brings together learning, development and welfare requirements for young children and identifies six areas of learning and development. The school uses this guidance and examples of good practice in the document when planning appropriate leaning experiences for children.
*Personal, Social and Emotional Development
*Communication, Language and Literacy
*Problem solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
*Knowledge and Understanding of the World
*Creative Development
*Physical Development
Transfer to School:
The Centre has close links with the local primary schools and makes careful arrangements for the transfer of children to schools.
Staff and parents:
*Staff are committed to working in partnership with parents
*Parents and staff share information and observations
*Every child is allocated a key worker to support them and their parent/carer
*Parents are encouraged to stay and support their child on admission
*Parents are always welcome to help in the nursery
*Centre staff are experienced and qualified Early Years specialists
*All staff have opportunities to attend outside courses to develop and enhance their skills
*The Centre has regular closures for staff training
*Staff teams plan together to meet every child’s learning needs
Equal Opportunities
The Centre values all members of the nursery community and actively promotes equality of opportunity.
Other services available at Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery:
*Stepping Stones Playgroup [ Enquiries 020 8390 1371]
*Stay and Play sessions
*Holiday Playscheme
*SEN holiday drop in sessions
*Information, advice and support for parents
*Coffee and chat sessions for parents
*Parents workshops
*Outreach services to families
*Family Support Services
*Adult education
*Positive parenting programme
*Computer training and internet access
*Health advice and support