Working with Parents? We are Recognised as Amongst the Best Nationally

We are delighted that Elmscot Chester are national finalists for Nursery World’s Working with Parents Award, recognising our commitment to developing strong working relationships with parents and families.

Offering a warm welcome to all, families are part of our nursery community from the day that they enroll.  Our exclusive family members club establishes strong links between nursery and home, enhancing understanding and support of each child’s development.

Relaxed, fun social activities (such as Mother’s day garden parties); signature adventures (for example bringing a parent to forest school); and interactive talks and shared training (for example on managing sleep), enable parents to build relationships with our team, share their views, gain support from us and each other, and understand how to extend learning at home.  Parents also share their valuable skills and knowledge with us, for example talking with the children about their jobs or culture.

Each child has their own key worker, enabling a special bond to be nurtured between them and their parents. Parent’s evenings enable regular one-to-one time to discuss their child’s learning and development.  Our parents’ app enables convenient day-to-day communication – ensuring that parents’ views are heard and acted upon, they are informed about their child’s progress and activities, advice is available if needed and suggestions are shared for things to try at home – for example, a nature scavenger hunt.