Nursery World - Work Matters: Management Focus

New management propelled a nursery to an outstanding grade by emphasising staff training, reports Rachel Sato-Banks.

It is not often that a nursery goes from being rated by Ofsted as 'inadequate' to being praised as 'outstanding' the following year.

Kidsunlimited's Milton Park nursery in Oxfordshire is the first of the group's 54 nurseries to achieve 'outstanding' since the Early Years Foundation Stage was introduced in September 2008.

When the Ofsted inspector visited last year, the nursery, with 152 children aged between six months and five years and 44 staff, lacked a permanent manager. The report highlighted staff failing to understand the learning and development aspects of the EYFS.

Under the new management of nursery manager Charlotte Green and deputy manager Cheryl Jones, a focus was put on staff initiation and training.

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