Nursery of the year 2005

The undoubted highlight of the first-ever Nursery World Awards ceremony was the brand new Nursery of the Year Award, sponsored by Morton Michel and with £6,000 of prizes from Community Playthings. This prestigious award is designed to recognise the UK's best full-daycare settings that are delivering top-quality services to both children and parents. Nurseries were required to submit a detailed and reflective account of their approach to care and learning, their involvement of children, parents and the community, and their plans for development. In addition, nurseries had to provide supporting evidence in the form of recent Ofsted reports and statements...