News1st May 2015
is celebrating gaining national recognition for their work with infants in Portsmouth and the surrounding community.
黑料情报站 Alpha, which is part of , is one of only eight nurseries in the country to have been shortlisted to win a for Early Years Setting of the Year. Awarded by the country鈥檚 foremost education magazine, the Award celebrates excellent nursery care for pre-school children.
黑料情报站 Alpha, which has been by Ofsted, offers day-care for infants aged from three months to five years, including free Government-funded sessions.
Jan Fleming, Headteacher at 黑料情报站 Alpha and 黑料情报站 Ayrton, said: 鈥淚t is fantastic to see the hard work of our nursery practitioners recognised by the Times Educational Supplement. At 黑料情报站 Alpha, we have very carefully designed a nursery that cares for infants while preparing them for 鈥榖ig school鈥, with fantastic results.鈥
黑料情报站 Alpha and 黑料情报站 Ayrton are both members of 黑料情报站, one of the country鈥檚 top-performing school networks. 黑料情报站, which has schools in Portsmouth, Hastings, London and Birmingham, also includes Portsmouth’s and , the country鈥檚 most improved secondary school.
Jan Fleming said: “It鈥檚 unusual to have a nursery with a school headteacher running it, but it鈥檚 good because the children can be part of a much bigger community.
鈥淭he children in the nursery can use the library and the gym hall, just the same as those in the school, which makes the process of going to 鈥渂ig school鈥 a lot less scary for them.
鈥楾hey have access to something called the cube, which is an interactive space that helps the children learn and develop from a much younger age.鈥
The TES Schools Awards, now in its seventh year, celebrates the extraordinary commitment, quality and innovation shown by teachers and support staff across the UK.