"The manager is knowledgeable, committed and passionate about providing high quality care and education for children."

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"[Staff] build strong bonds with children and know them well."

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"Staff plan a broad curriculum that supports children's interests."

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"Children are making good progress in their learning and development."

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"Staff support children's communication and language well. Children with English as an additional language make good progress. This helps children to become confident communicators."

Ofsted Inspection Report

 

 

The Stacey Pre-school is a pack-away setting based in The Stacey Community Centre where we operate as a blended traditional early years setting and as a Forest School enjoying unique access to the organic grounds, gardens and orchard.

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The Stacey Community Centre and The Stacey Pre-School are run as a charity and are managed by The Stacey Community Association; a committee of volunteer trustees all of whom live and work in the local area.

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It's our mission to be an exemplary provider of quality early years education and childcare for the children of our community and to encourage children to explore, learn, grow and make friends from within a nurturing, enabling and friendly environment.

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Forest School

With The Stacey Pre-school already benefitting from a large private patio and exclusive regular access to our beautiful organic orchard, gardens and raised beds, trustees have developed a large plot of land adjacent to the Pre-school's patio which is used exclusively as a Forest School space for our young learners to enjoy and explore.

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Our enriching Forest School activities offer lots of opportunities for learning in the natural environment and for the children in our care to learn about, appreciate and respect our planet and the natural environment from a Forest Schools Association accredited Level 3 Forest School Leader.

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An Eco-Friendly Setting

The Stacey Centre has been an eco-friendly community setting for several years: we have a robust composting and recycling programme and we do not use any single-use plastics on the premises.

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The Stacey Pre-School has also joined the 'Plastic Free Communities: Surfers Against Sewage' environmental charity to better promote and share our ethos with members of our community. We have said goodbye to glitter, plastic straws and cling film and hello to bamboo toothbrushes, wet bags and biodegradable baby wipes and nappy sacks - with more positive changes yet to come.

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We hope to lead by example and to encourage our youngest community members to learn about the importance of caring for the amazing planet we live in.

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