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Description
St John's Nursery Playgroups provide care and education on two sites in Potters Bar to children from 2 years to 5 years. Our site at St John's Methodist Church, Baker Street opened in 1965 with a second site in 1970 which is now based at the Wayside Jubilee Centre. Both sites are run by competent, friendly, professional, experienced staff who all hav a genuine passion for working with young children to progress their learning.
We have proudly supported a number of children with special educational needs since we opened and will continue to do so provided we have the capacity.
All staff undertake all statutory courses as well as updating their skills regularly through Early Years Alliance courses and those run by Herts for Learning Education.
Below is the description in our Ofsted report (June 2024)
Children thrive in this extremely supportive setting. Children foster trusting and caring relationships with the nurturing staff who are consistently responsive to their needs and wishes. Tailored settling-in sessions ensure children, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, swiftly feel relaxed and safe, as they build attachments to their key person before they start. This child-centred approach means all children make significant progress in their academic and personal development.Children demonstrate high levels of respect for others and play cooperatively with their peers. Children have fun, giggling with anticipation as they race two cars down the slide. Staff are excellent role models and remind children to say 'please' and 'thank you'. When children say 'thank you' to a visitor for picking up a toy they had accidently dropped on the floor, staff provide meaningful praise which builds their self-esteem and inspires them to repeat these good manners.