Allens Croft Children’s Centre

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Information about the setting

Allen's Croft nursery was registered in 1997 on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.

It is situated in a purpose built premises within the Children's Centre in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham and is overseen by the board of governors for the Children's Centre. The nursery serves the local area and is accessible to all children. It operates from four rooms and there is a fully enclosed area available for outside play.

The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 15 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. One member of staff is working towards the Early Years Professional Status qu...alification.

The nursery opens Monday to Friday for 48 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am to 5pm for full day care, and from 9am to 12pm and from 12.30pm to 3.

30pm for sessional care. Children attend for a variety of sessions. There are currently 49 children attending who are in the early years age group.

The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. It supports a number of children who speak English as an additional language and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. What the setting needs to do to improve further To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should: enhance children's very good levels of independence even further by supporting them to extend their self-help skills during all types of routine activities, this specifically relates to pouring their own drinks and serving their own food at mealtimes.

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