The Principles at Clopton Nursery Trust

We believe that:

• Parents are the first and main educators of children in the early years.
• A good relationship should be established with parents/carers to maintain continuity of a child’s development.
• All children should be respected and their individual ability and potential recognised, valued and nurtured.
• Children should be offered a caring and secure environment where they are given freedom of choice and opportunity to experiment and explore. This encourages confidence and self-reliance as well as stimulating their ability to learn.
• The curriculum is appropriate for the developmental stage of individual children, allowing them to progress at their own pace, moving on only when they are ready.
• Everyone at the Nursery is committed to providing equality and opportunity for all who wish to participate in activities.

The Nursery will:

• Provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age.
• Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop.
• Add to the life and well-being of its local community.
• Offer children and their parents a service which promotes equality and values diversity.

As a pupil of Clopton Nursery Trust, your child:

• Is in a safe and stimulating environment.
• Is given generous care and attention, because of our high ratio of adults to children.
• Has the chance to join with other children and adults to live, play, work and learn together.
• Is helped to take forward their learning and development by being helped to build on what they already know and can do.
• Has an individual key person who makes sure they make satisfactory progress.
• Is in a Nursery which sees you as a partner in helping them to learn and develop.
• In a Nursery where parents help to shape the service it offers.