NURSERY & PRE-SCHOOL
About A’s Soft Play Centre
As the UK's leading provider of premium childcare and education for the under-fives, we at A’s children's nursery and pre-school are proud and privileged to have the futures of your children in our care.
When providing the best childcare in your area, we promise parents that every single child will enjoy a one-of-a-kind, exciting and stimulating learning experience that will give them the confidence and skills they need ready to start school.
Get in touch with the A’s children's nursery and pre-school team today!
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Building a World-Class Reputation
The formative years of your child's life are key to their ongoing educational, physical and social development. It is of the utmost importance to us to give them the best possible beginning. There is a growing consensus amongst researchers and Early Years professionals around what a good quality nursery provides.
To achieve the necessary standards, we provide well-resourced facilities and retain highly trained staff who have a thorough understanding of children and how they develop and learn.
Communication with Parents
We recognise how important it is to keep parents and nursery staff informed as much as possible and we communicate our news and views regularly to parents via e-mails and nursery newsletters. These are published regularly throughout the year.
First Class Childcare
We realise it’s imperative we earn the trust and confidence of you, the parent. We want you to be happy with what we do and how we do it. We pride ourselves in understanding the importance of instilling confidence and enthusiasm in your child from an early age.
After all, our collective aim is for happy and content children who enjoy living in a culture that nurtures and values the importance of a happy childhood.
Learning Opportunities
A’s family vision is to deliver rich learning experiences to our children. We do this by providing stimulating and exciting opportunities that promote every child’s individual learning and development.
Our nursery is equipped to support a variety of opportunities for children to develop in all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
We believe in promoting independence and confidence through a nursery experience that will make a significant difference to your child's future development.
Research shows that children are active learners and our environments and activities are designed to give children the opportunities to learn through discovery and exploration. This stimulates their natural curiosity, creativity and imagination.
Nursery Staff Training
We work in partnership with Learn Direct to offer our staff an opportunity to gain a recognised Early Years qualification. For our room leaders and managers, there are also opportunities to gain an NVQ in Team Leading and Management. Staff development and progression is important to us and we like to create an environment for staff to learn and grow their career.
We offer the best training opportunities to our staff to support our Early Years Foundation Curriculum.
We want parents and the regulatory body (Ofsted) to see us as the leading provider of high quality childcare and education. We take nothing for granted and are committed to constantly monitoring, evaluating and improving our standards of care.
High Quality Children's Nurseries
At A’s children's nursery and pre-school, we devote our energies to creating a fun and loving environment while delivering the best in childcare and education. Our goal is to create a positive and motivating experience that will, in turn, play a major role in your child's future learning and development.
We want our nursery to be the best and have invested heavily in resources. We have thought about our fantastic play equipment so that it is designed to invite exploration and stimulate through active learning.
an outstanding education in an engaging way
Our friendly, highly-trained staff are focused on providing an outstanding education. They work to ensure your child develops as an individual whilst helping to nurture and encourage learning through discovery and enjoyment.
Not only do we offer education through creativity and play but pride ourselves in understanding the importance of instilling confidence and enthusiasm from an early age. We want our little ones to feel secure and happy from the start so they can't wait to come back tomorrow!
The A’s Learning Adventure
At A’s children's nursery and pre-school, we believe in creating experiential learning opportunities by offering environments and activities that inspire the imagination and natural curiosity of the developing mind. Of course, we support exploration in a controlled and secure way, explaining the dangers of what might happen in certain situations, steering children away from unacceptable risk.
We provide safe environments, yet allow them to explore how they use the equipment available to them. In doing so, we build up ‘risk literacy’, an important aspect of development that encourages our children to learn how to keep themselves safe.
When each new exhilarating experience is successfully mastered it lays down the necessary skills for future development. It might start with their first faltering steps, to the ascent of stairs and learning how to pedal a tricycle.
Children learn at an early age what it means to take a risk, albeit getting the occasional bump or scrape along the way. It gives the older child the essential courage, judgement skills and coping mechanisms to equip them to progress for instance, onto two wheels, or learn how to ride a horse and eventually to explore the big wide world.
'Safe and Sound' Nursery Environment
Ofsted say in their publication, 'Safe and Sound', that 'outstanding' settings are those in which children learn how to keep themselves safe and have their concerns taken seriously.
They are looked after by adults who are suitable, well qualified, and who fully understand their role. They will operate clear child safety procedures and assess and manage risks effectively.
Book a Visit
Book a nursery tour. Have a question? We’re here to help. Let us know a time and date you are thinking of joining us and we will get back to you to confirm.
SOFT PLAY Open TIMES
- Mon - Sat
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- Sunday
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nURSERY OPEN TIMES
- Mon - Fri
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- Sat - Sun
- Closed
