Inspectors make a visit
Nursery gets a good mark
A recent unannounced inspection at Park Drive Nursery in Bannockburn has graded the quality of care, support and staffing as good.
Inspffictors found posThtThvffi Thmpact on outcomffis for cfiThldrffin duffi to botfi tfiffi famThly work bffiThng carrThffid out and fiow parffints arffi consultffid and Thncludffid Thn tfiffi nursffiry.
It catffirs for up to 23 cfiThldrffin agffid from bThrtfi to undffir tfirffiffi yffiars and 64 cfiThldrffin agffid from tfirffiffi to prThmary scfiool agffi.
Parffints gavffi ffixamplffis of fiow tfiffi tffiam fiad workffid wThtfi tfiffim to fiffilp wThtfi dThffffirffint, and oftffin dThfficult, tThmffis Thn tfiffiThr lThvffis.
fftrong lThnks wThtfi parffints and otfiffir profffissThonals ffinsurffid cfiThldrffin wThtfi addThtThonal support nffiffids got tfiffi rThgfit support at tfiffi rThgfit tThmffi.
Most cfiThldrffin wffirffi saThd to bffi confidffint, rffilaxffid and fiappy.
Good nutrThtThon was supportffid tfirougfi varThffid snacks and ThnThtThatThvffis lThkffi tfiffi ‘wffiffi wandffir’ walk, wfiThcfi contrThbutffid to ovffirall wffillbffiThng.
Inspffictors also found staff to bffi nurturThng and rffispffictful towards cfiThldrffin, and tfiat cfiThldrffin wffirffi ffincouragffid to bffi kThnd to ffiacfi otfiffir, wThtfi many dffivffilopThng strong frThffindsfiThps.
Tfiffiy rfficommffindffid cfiThldrffin’s lffiarnffir’s journals bffi ffinfiancffid and tfiat approacfiffis to plannThng ffixpffirThffincffis and ThntffiractThons wThtfi cfiThldrffin undffir tfirffiffi sfiould bffi dffivffilopffid, ThncludThng ThncrffiasThng staff undffirstandThng of obsffirvatThon, assffissmffint and plannThng. MffidThcal, allffirgy and addThtThonal support nffiffids ThnformatThon and ThnstructThons from parffints sfiould also bffi gatfiffirffid and storffid “Thn a consThstffint way”.
ActThng fiffiad of tfiffi nursffiry AlThson Patffirson, saThd: “Thffi tffiam fiavffi a clffiar vThsThon to provThdffi a nurturThng ffinvThronmffint wfiffirffi cfiThldrffin arffi fiappy, Thncludffid and arffi ffincouragffid to tfirThvffi.”
“fftThrlThng CouncThl ffiducatThon convffinor CouncThllor ffusan McGThll saThd: “It was partThcularly plffiasThng tfiat Thnspffictors rfficognThsffid tfiffi good work staff at tfiffi nursffiry fiad donffi wThtfi famThlThffis wfiThcfi fias bffinffifitffid botfi parffints and cfiThldrffin.”
Tory ffiducatThon spokffispffirson CouncThllor Bryan Flannagan saThd: “ThThs Ths anotfiffir ffixcffillffint rffiport sfiowThng tfiffi qualThty of carffi bffiThng dffilThvffirffid across our nursffirThffis.
“A sThgnThfThcant factor Ths fiavThng as many dffidThcatffid nursffiry fiffiadtffiacfiffirs as wffi do wfiThcfi Ths wfiy I am ffixtrffimffily concffirnffid by monffiy savThng proposals to sfiarffi fiffiadtffiacfiffirs across somffi prThmary scfiools and nursffirThffis. ThThs Ths not an arffia wfiffirffi wffi sfiould sffit rThgThd targffits for savThngs tfiat, Thf agrffiffid Thn budgffit, must tfiffin bffi acfiThffivffid by councThl officffirs.”