Everyone wants the best quality childcare and education, but how can we make sure that this is what children are receiving? One way is through the Ofsted inspection which checks that a provider is meeting the National Day Care Standards. Another way is through quality assurance where the provider reviews their service against agreed quality standards.

Our local scheme is called ‘Steps to Quality’. It has been developed by Early Year’s Childcare Team in Derby, then adapted within different local authority areas and approved by the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships as a nationally recognised scheme. It aims to develop good practice and to improve the quality of provision for all children.

The nursery has to present a module under each of the following headings and are observed and assessed regularly by professionals from the Derby City Early Years team to ensure that the high standards are being upheld in all arrears of the scheme regularly inspects us The award is ongoing and regularly reviewed and updated.

Management – completed
Caring Environment – completed
Physical Environment – completed
Relationships and Partnerships – completed
Staffing - completed
Learning and Teaching - completed
Peer Observation - completed

We have now completed all the areas and received the full accreditation award.