Childhaven Community Nursery School in Scarborough receives a "Mark of Achievement" for its support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
It's one of four early years providers in North Yorkshire being recognised for the high-quality of their support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Childhaven Community Nursery School in Scarborough, Easy Peasy Childcare in Tollerton, Partou Little Dragons Nursery and Pre-School in Harrogate and Claire Pressley, a childminder in Selby, have received Marks of Achievements through Dingley’s Promise – a charity which aims to give every child with SEND the best start in life.
The award recognises the dedication and commitment of each recipient to equipping staff with skills to nurture and transform the lives of children with specialist needs.
North Yorkshire Council offers the Dingley’s Promise Early Years Inclusion programme, which consists of 10 courses over five years aimed at boosting the skills of staff through training and shared information, to all nurseries in the county with children under the age of five. So far, 848 learners in the county have signed up.
Childhaven Community Nursery in Scarborough, which accommodates 67 children per session, is among those who have been accredited with Dingley’s Promise Mark of Achievement.
Headteacher Kathryn Firth said:
“We are so pleased. This award recognises the high level of staff training and knowledge we have within the nursery school which we have used to set up specialist provision to meet the needs of all children.
“The training highlighted areas we needed to do more work on to improve our offer even further and guided us to further training for staff to undertake.”
She added:
“We want all children to succeed and we pride ourselves on being an inclusive setting. We try very hard to find ways to say ‘yes’ to children who find accessing early years provision difficult. This might be due to their understanding, their communication, their delay in moving or a physical difficulty.”
In total, 30 local authorities are part of Dingley's Promise and North Yorkshire Council joined in the second cohort. So far, more than 40 per cent of early years practitioners across the county have signed up to complete the training.
Overall, 97 per cent of them have told North Yorkshire Council that they feel more confident as a result of the training, while 96 per cent believe they can support more children.
Meanwhile, 99 per cent would recommend the course and 98 per cent are committed to making a change in their setting as a result of the training.
North Yorkshire Council’s assistant director for inclusion, Amanda Newbold, said:
“With an increasing number of young children with SEND in the county, it is vital that we support our schools, nurseries and early years practitioners with the training they need to offer inclusive education and development from the outset.
“It’s great to hear the positive feedback from those that have taken up the training so far. “We would encourage those who haven’t yet signed up to get in touch.”
More information can be found at https://dingley.org.uk/dingleys-promise-training/early-years-inclusion-programme/
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