Child-centred care and education
Our philosophy at Tiddlywinks nurseries is to provide high-quality child-centred and individual care and education in a stimulating and highly resourced environment.
We believe each child is a unique individual and we provide inclusive experiences that recognise children’s varied abilities, interests, needs and learning styles – allowing them to flourish and grow both academically and personally. This approach provides a foundation of developmentally appropriate experiences where all children can succeed and where their confidence can grow.
Individual care and attention for your child
We work tirelessly to ensure every child feels safe, secure and happy while enjoying an inspirational range of activities, challenges and experiences. Every child is a unique and special individual, and our caring team are extremely adept at shaping routines, resources and activities to engage, encourage and nurture each child.
Building confidence through praise
Our approach is to boost children’s confidence through positive reinforcement, and through the individual relationships we build between our staff and children. We celebrate every child’s effort, successes and achievements, as we guide them through their early years journey. In our latest inspections, Ofsted identified that our positive reinforcement played a key role in building children’s confidence and abilities.
The cornerstones of our child-centred philosophy are:
- Quality: we pride ourselves on maintaining the highest standards in everything we do, from our curriculum planning to home-school communications. We are rated outstanding by Ofsted in our York and Easingwold nurseries.
- Consistency: we value, train and develop our staff, which means we have very low staff turnover. That gives children the stability and consistent support they need throughout their time with us.
- Innovation: we are constantly looking for new ideas and activities, and new ways to engage our children. We implement new policies and procedures very quickly, ensuring our provision is always at the leading edge of nursery practice.
- Individual care: we cater for the needs of each individual child. We praise and celebrate their achievements every day, building their confidence and capabilities in everything we do.
- Partnership: we have a very close partnership with parents and carers. We continually engage with our families through open dialogue and two-way communication. We work together in partnership to ensure every child thrives and each individual family is well looked after.