Mission Statement

In Elie Street Nursery where excellence is our goal we provide for each individual child a welcoming, caring ethos where children are confident, motivated and enjoy learning in an establishment where education is stimulating, challenging, exciting and fun.

Our Values

We will provide a service based on the principles behind the National Care Standards and our service users will have a right to dignity and respect, compassion, to be included, receive responsive care and support and wellbeing.

We aim to:

• Engage with the wider community to enhance the outcomes for children’s learning.
• Create a caring environment where parents/carers are involved in children’s learning, create an inclusive, healthy, safe and well-resourced environment which provides a stimulus for active learning and play.
• Provide a consistently high quality of teaching and learning, a well-planned broad based inclusive curriculum for excellence that enables all children to achieve their potential.
• To provide well timed and skilled interventions which effectively promote children’s creativity, extend their thinking, widen their skills and strengthen their play in learning.
• To raise the achievement and attainment of all learners by promoting equal opportunities, social justice and inclusive practices.
• To promote strong nurturing attachments for children in our care and build on prior and continuous learning of our children, within and beyond the setting.
• To develop our practice and policy in line with the principles and ideals within Children’s Rights.
• To work in partnership with parents, colleagues in the Learning Community and other agencies to ensure continuity of learning and appropriate support to improve outcomes for children and families.
• To ensure that the views of all stakeholders are listened to, valued and respected within a climate of consultation, trust and communication.

Our Vision is that children are enabled to develop their potential as:

• Successful learners; Confident individuals; Effective contributors; Responsible citizens, within a safe, nurturing, inclusive environment where opportunities to play and learn are provided by professionally competent staff in consultation and collaboration with parents and professionals.