Nursery World - Nursery Chains: Curriculum

In response to potential loss of business to school settings, many nursery chains are providing in-house enhancement programmes to improve children’s learning and staff skills, writes Annette Rawstrone

Nurseries have been buying in schemes to further children’s learning and development for many years, but now nursery chains are increasingly utilising the expertise within their teams to develop their own enhancement programmes. This is proving to be good business sense – not just benefiting the children but impressing parents, boosting retention rates and up-skilling staff.

Many of the nursery groups have developed programmes to reassure parents around issues of school readiness. Lisa Snell, early years director at Busy Bees, says, ‘Parents are anxious that their children are prepared for school. They want their children to feel confident, to have high esteem and fit in at school. They are concerned about academic and also emotional ability.’

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