In this article we explain our approach to maintaining quality it should be read if you conjunction with our leadership and management policy
Quality Provision Policy
At Hatching Dragons we aim to provide high quality care and education for all children. High quality care leads directly to better outcomes for children and this is what we are all aiming for.
As part of our quality practice we will do the following to ensure children receive the best care and education:
- Ensure high expectations for children to realise the best outcomes
- Ensure all staff know what is meant by quality practice and how to deliver it
- Create a quality vision that all staff can follow
- Deliver high quality practice and teaching that makes a difference on a daily basis to children’s outcomes.
- Ensure a solid understanding of the importance of pedagogy and chid development amongst all practitioners
- Value continuous professional development in all staff and access a variety of training and development to support the needs of the children in the nursery
- Evaluate the effectiveness of training and link to the outcomes for children
- Ensure all staff are confident in their roles and have the training they need to be able to perform these roles
- Conduct regular supervision meetings with all team members to ensure all staff are supported to be the best they can be
- Use peer on peer observations to share, discuss and improve practice across the setting
- Monitor all practice and feedback ideas for improvement
- Ensure all planning, observation, assessment and next steps are linked to each individual child’s needs and interests and are evaluated for effectiveness
- Undertake a quality programme to ensure all quality is embedded throughout the nursery
- Engage with families and carers and link across the home learning environment and other carers to provide consistency of care and education
- Operate a robust and embedded evaluation process across the whole setting that includes all parties such as practitioners, children, parents and external partners. We tackle poor performance using our staff procedures to ensure high quality remains forefront at all times.
Facilities Upgrades & Improvements
Managers have a rolling budget for the acquisition of learning materials that are in line with our educational ethos and approach. Note the room and school boards will need to be modified each month to reflect the Amazing Excursion of the week; the Regional Theme of the Month; the International Festival of the month; The value of the month; the Stories and Songs of the month and more, so managers need to stay organised, focussed on the educational calendares and update their facilities regularly
Managers also have a rolling requirement to monitor their school on a daily basis - the school wide risk assessment that is undertaken first thing in the morning and last thing at night is to identify both risks and broken equipment that need to be replaced. Managers have a capital budget each year that they can and should dip into to ensure that the schools, and its equipment, always meets the exacting standards we set ourselves and our community sets us - if it is broken, it is replaced immediately and removed; if it is coming to the end of its life, it is replaced. We cannot and will not accept excuses around budgetary pressures - there are none. Managers are responsible for ensuring the environment is safe, presentable and invested in to look the part always