Busy Bees are excited to announce that our Nursery in Southport has received the Busy Bees ‘Centres of Excellence’ award. Busy Bees are committed to offering quality childcare to every child that attends our nurseries. In continuing the passion, enthusiasm and drive our childcare professionals display, five Busy Bees nurseries across the UK have receive this award.

The nurseries chosen as the Centres of Excellence will encourage our 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 our Nursery Staff the opportunity to visit the Centres of Excellence. During their visit, staff will observe areas such as; creativity, access to resources, and child learning journals accompanied with development monitoring systems. All the observations are designed to give inspiration and ideas to staff across the whole of Busy Bees, ensuring our nurseries are always exciting and efficient settings for children to develop and play.

Busy Bees Nursery in Southport received the award after our Childcare and Curriculum team observed that partnerships with parents are excellent and the setting encourages a collaborative approach in supporting children’s learning and development, which is evident throughout the nursery from photographic displays and communication with the staff team. The nursery has made good links with the local community, holding regular events for everyone to attend. The nursery also achieved a ‘Good’ outcome in the latest Ofsted inspection with two elements of outstanding.

Lisa Snell, our Childcare and Curriculum Manager, was delighted with what they observed at the nursery saying, “The whole nursery staff team illustrate a continuing passion, enthusiasm and drive in offering a quality provision, ensuring every child’s needs are fostered.”

The Centres of Excellence are part of a larger project being developed by Busy Bees throughout 2011. Our ‘See the Difference’ campaign ensures that each of our nurseries maintain a high level of care and service by answering to a strict and thorough criteria.