Parenta Magazine February 2020

“Childcare means caring for
families, not just children” -
says Cheshire nursery
“Childcare means caring for
families, not just children”
- says Cheshire nursery
A day nursery in the heart of Hale, Cheshire, has now won multiple awards for their
dedication to children’s health and wellbeing, as well as partnerships with parents
and carers. These achievements have not only demonstrated a focus on caring for
children, but nurturing relationships with all the family.
Double success for UK’s largest
early years training provider
Double success for UK’s
largest early years training provider
Parenta Training started 2020 with not one, but two successful outcomes under its
belt – from an Ofsted inspection and from a matrix Standard audit.
Last year was a huge year for Elmscot
Broussa Day Nursery and Nursery
School. The childcare setting achieved
four prestigious awards for their
commitment to providing the best start
for children under five. These awards
were presented for the nutritious food
provided and for special educational
needs provision – in addition to the
incredible partnerships they build with
parents and families.
The Food for Life Award from the Soil
Association and Trafford’s Healthy
Setting Award that the nursery
achieves year-on-year, are given to
childcare settings that demonstrate
they provide healthy, varied menus,
as well as emotional support and the
best opportunities for effective physical
activity for children in their care.
Being reaccredited has allowed Elmscot
Broussa to show parents and the
local community that the health and
wellbeing of children continues to be of
utmost priority.
Trafford’s Giving Voice Award and the
Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA)
are specialist awards that focus on
special education needs and working
in partnership with families. They are
achieved through having effective
communication strategies accessible by
all children, as well as ensuring parents
and carers are involved in their child’s
learning by working together with the
childcare setting.
Elmscot Broussa has been awarded
the Giving Voice Bronze Award after
ensuring a designated Communication
Champion and Special Education Needs
Coordinator are in place. These roles
have been provided with extensive
training and have attended advanced
courses in communication, speech and
language.
For the LPPA, the team showed they
fully supported and included families in
their child’s development and learning
while at nursery. Clear guidance,
smooth transitions and home links were
all integral areas in this achievement.
“We love building bonds with local
families,” said Annette Derby, Nursery
Manager at Elmscot Broussa Day
Nursery and Nursery School.
“This is something the team and I have
always continued with every day and
gaining these awards is a way for
us to demonstrate this to the wider
community. Being recognised for our
hard work and dedication is fantastic
and we will keep working towards
further improving the care we provide.
“We believe the true meaning of
childcare means caring for families,
not just children within the setting. This
ensures the best outcome for the child
and families have the confidence and
security in our abilities to care for and
nurture their child.”
Elmscot Broussa Day Nursery and
Nursery School is part of Elmscot Group,
which provides exceptional childcare
and education to over 1,800 children
across Cheshire.
The UK’s largest training provider of
early years childcare apprenticeships
passed its Ofsted inspection, achieving
‘reasonable progress’ across the
board – an impressive outcome for
a first inspection under Ofsted’s new
Education Inspection Framework (EIF).
For a training provider, ‘reasonable
progress’ indicates that a provider is
not only taking actions that are having
a beneficial impact on apprentices,
but making improvements that are
sustainable and ensuring that these are
based on thorough quality assurance
procedures.
In the official report, remarks from
Ofsted include the fact that the vision
at Parenta is very clear: to support Early
Years provision and to develop well
qualified apprentices. It notes that the
leadership and management teams
have worked hard to ensure expert
knowledge and skills are also being
developed and supported through its
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD), in addition to the core
apprenticeship. The report identified
that leaders have ensured that early
identification of Additional Learning
Support (ALS) requirements enables
support to be available, so that those
with additional needs can progress and
achieve well.
When talking to employers and
learners, inspectors noted that
employers were positive about Parenta
and the progress updates they receive.
They value the impact that apprentices
have on their business and there is
effective employer engagement. They
recognised that Parenta apprentices
are safe and feel safe and know who to
inform when they have a concern.
The feedback from the matrix Standard
assessment was just as positive. This
international quality outcome-based
standard is for companies that deliver
information advice and guidance
(IAG) and when assessing Parenta’s
submission, the auditors commented
that the quality of both data and
resources that have been developed
across all areas of the learning journey
were of a very high quality. They noted
that Parenta’s main strength is very
loud and clear through the overall
feedback sought from learners and
employers – its assessors are ‘firstclass’.
Parenta CEO Allan Presland said; “We
could not have possibly achieved this
without the immense hard work of the
team. The inspection and assessment
both highlight our commitment here at
Parenta and our assessors do nothing
less than a remarkable job with our
learners. Their professionalism and
competency shine though, something
that is evident in their expert use of
questioning to assist our learners
in gaining a deeper knowledge and
allowing them to develop stronger skills
in their roles. After all, that is why we
are here! These results clearly confirm
that the quality of our work and the
clear vision we have pave the way for
successful training delivery.”
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