"CHILDREN FLOURISH IN THE HIGHLY INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT"  (OFSTED -JANUARY 2017)

I am proud to be the manager of this pre-school and welcome you to our  website.

2020 has so far been extremely challenging for all of us, but we are committed to ensuring your child continues to receive the highest level of care and teaching.  We will support you and your child through these immensely difficult times, and help prepare your child for the journey ahead. 

Our pre-school has now been open for almost 30 years, beginning its origins in our local church hall.  Over the years we have grown and developed into the pre-school of today, welcoming families from our local community.

Our links with St. John's Church continue and we hold many of our special gatherings there under the care of the Parish Team.  We also work hard to ensure we have excellent links with our local infant schools and colleges in our area.

Our staff are committed to providing the very best care and learning environment for your child to begin their learning journey, which has been recognised in our latest Ofsted inspection (January 2017) having been rated "OUTSTANDING IN ALL AREAS". 

We pride ourselves in the friendly, warm welcome you will receive and we work with you to meet the needs of your children. We are always available to offer help and support.

If you would like to know more about this wonderful pre-school, please call in and look around or contact me on 01924 407987.  Our door is always open.

We hope to see you soon

Regards

Lorraine Pearson

Manager.

What children say about our

Pre-school

Comments made by the children include:

 "I like it."   "I love Pre-school."   "Dinner is nice."  "I like books at Pre-school and cars.   "I like doing letters in Laura's group."  'I like reading books and drawing." 

• All the children we surveyed said they liked coming to Pre-school and they enjoyed eating healthy snacks. They were all able to name some of the foods they eat at Pre-school.
• The children said they knew who to go to if they needed help with anything. Some children named their key person, others were able to point to their key person.
• 13 out of the 15 children surveyed said they had friends at Pre-school and were able to name their friends.
• 14 out of 15 children said there were nice toys at Pre-school and went on to say what their favourite toys were.
• All children said they liked to play outside. 6 children said they liked the bikes and the tunnels.
• 14 out of 15 children said that the staff read them stories and they liked that.

What parents and carers say about our

Pre-school.

We asked the parents and carers of the children who were leaving the group at the end of the summer term 2019, what they thought of our

pre-school. Here are their replies:

88% rated their child's learning journey with us as 5 = excellent

12% rated it as 4 = very good

88% rated the staff as 5 = excellent

12% rated the staff as 4 = very good

92% said that we couldn't have done anything better for their child during their time at Pre-school

Here are some of the comments from our survey:

This school is perfect in every way for the children.

I'm very proud of my son, his English is good.

Engaging and supportive staff.

Fabulous!

My child has made significant progress in all areas.

Feels happy and looks forward to attending nursery, enjoys playing in messy play which he didn't like before.

Everyone has been wonderful, very helpful and welcoming.

Thank you to all the staff for helping settle my son and make him feel at ease and confident.

We are so glad we chose this school.

To be honest, you have always gone above and beyond with all my children.

This nursery is the best in Dewsbury, thanks to all the staff.

 I researched this school and had to go with this school. The staff are so genuine and warm.

The staff are professional and compassionate and have a good listening ear.

A big thank you to everyone at St John's Pre-school.