Busy Bees Nursery at Preston NHS are excited to announce they have received the Busy Bees ‘Centres of Excellence’ award.

Seven of the groups 146 nurseries have been chosen as the Centres of Excellence in an aim to encourage Childcare Professionals to continue to develop and provide a good all round environment for the children at Busy Bees. The initiative promotes a proactive approach to best practice by giving Nursery Staff at Busy Bees across the UK the opportunity to visit the nurseries chosen as Centres of Excellence. During their visit, staff will observe areas such as; creative displays, free-flow, child development monitoring systems, learning journals, and training. All the observations are designed to give inspiration and ideas to staff across the whole of Busy Bees, ensuring the nurseries are always exciting and efficient settings for children to develop and play.

The nursery Preston NHS received the award after the Busy Bees Childcare and Curriculum team carried out an extensive audit on the nursery. Childcare and Curriculum Manager, Lisa Snell, explains the decision, “Busy Bees at Preston NHS has been selected as a flagship nursery after receiving an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted judgement in 2011. The nursery is led by strong management, with a supportive staff team, who have created lovely learning environments indoors and out.”

Joint Nursery Manager, Gemma Chesworth, was delighted with award, “We’re very excited to have received the award, and I’m very proud of the Nursery Staff team. We set the standards of care in our nursery very high, with a dedicated and hard working team providing exceptional care for the children in our nursery.”

The Centres of Excellence are part of Busy Bees’ ‘See the Difference’ campaign, which strives to ensure every Busy Bees nursery maintains a high level of care and service by answering to a strict and thorough criterion.

The seven Centres of Excellence are located in Wollaton, Chatham, Colchester, Brough, Northwich, Preston Hospital, and Oldbrook, Milton Keynes. The nurseries were marked on areas such as Ofsted inspection results, partnerships with parents and the local communities, support with child development and learning, and capturing child creativity.