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Footsteps Childcare Centre - Holiday Scheme
Services and organisations that have the Local Offer flash have filled out inclusion information, meaning that they meet the needs of people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

We have access to an outside play space, we have many walks around the village. We have visits from outside agencies - Rockpool Roadshow etc.
Weather permitting we can walk to the beach, feed the ducks and have a large field we can use. many craft activities.

Holidays usually have themed weeks such as circus skills, around the world or science experiments.

Who to contact

Contact name
Kelly Russell
Contact position
Manager
Telephone
01726 816 911
E-mail
kelly.footsteps@googlemail.com
Website
www.footstepschildcarecentre.co.uk

Where to go

Name
Footsteps Childcare Centre
Address
The Old Sunday School
Well Street
Tywardreath
Par
Cornwall
Postcode
PL24 2QH
Notes

Train in Par, Bus stop in village.

Time / date details

Session information
Monday : 07:30:00 - 18:00:00
Tuesday : 07:30:00 - 18:00:00
Wednesday : 07:30:00 - 18:00:00
Thursday : 07:30:00 - 18:00:00
Friday : 07:30:00 - 18:00:00

Other details

Costs

Table of costs
Table of costs
AmountCost Type
40 Per Day
£27.50 Per Half Day
Do you offer a free or reduced rate to carers?
No

Inclusion within our setting

Dietary needs

Has provision
Yes
Experience with
Vegetarian
Lactose free
Organic
Gluten free
Vegan
Egg intolerance
Diabetic
Nut allergy
Dairy free
Details
All catered for.

Cultural provisions

Experience with
Multi cultural training
Details
Inclusive setting
Languages spoken

Currently only English. Makaton signs are used also.

Pet provisions

Are there any pets at the setting?
No

Childcare information

Vacancies

Immediate vacancies
Yes
Details
Please call 01726 816911 for details, a prospectus or to arrange a visit.
Vacancy range(s)
From 2yrs years to 8yrs years (spaces available: 4)
Date updated
01/11/2017

Opening times & facilities

Opening times
Opening times
DayOpening timeClosing time
Monday 07:30:00 18:00:00
Tuesday 07:30:00 18:00:00
Wednesday 07:30:00 18:00:00
Thursday 07:30:00 18:00:00
Friday 07:30:00 18:00:00

School pickups

Offers pickups
Yes
Schools
Tywardreath School
Details
We provide a walking bus to take the children to and from school, approx. 15 mins to walk.

Ofsted information

Ofsted URN
EY355990
Link to latest ofsted inspection report 
Inspection history
Inspection History
Inspection DateInspection typeInspection Outcome
23/04/2008IntegratedSatisfactory
02/03/2011Inspection (Early Years Register)Good
22/09/2015Inspection (Early Years Register)Good
07/09/2018Inspection (Early Years Register)Good
26/09/2023Inspection (Early Years Register)Good

Inclusion details

Saint Piran's Flag
SENCo name
Kelly Russell

Early Years Local Offer response

Learning and development

Systems and strategies we have in place to identify children that may require additional support

Initially through our induction process and discussion with parents / carers. All children are tracked using EYFS, Every child a talker and 2 year old progress checks, all children are linked with a key person who will monitor their progress, plan for next steps and review regularly. Some children may required additional support and this may come from place plus funding.

How we identify and support children's learning and development needs

Through staff training - staff have attended Making Sense, Makaton, Portage, Behaviour management and every child a talker training.

Links we have to other agencies

We regularly work with the senior locality Senco, Educational Psychologist, Speech and language therapists, Portage workers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapist, Family support workers and Early support.

How we support children transferring to school

We have developed great links with Tywardreath School, we have a transition programme in place and this includes the class teachers (from whatever schools) to visit the child(ren) in the setting, sharing the child's learning journeys (with parental permission), taking the children to visit the school for a morning or afternoon, and we also make transition books.

Welfare

Specialist skills or training our staff have

Staff have attended SENCo training, behaviour management, making sense, Makaton, safeguarding, visual support, Every child a talker training as well as staff attending regular Senco network meetings. Some staff have been training with a physiotherapist to work 1:1 with a child, we have in the past been trained to use sugar level machines for a child with diabetes.

Support we offer regarding children's health and well-being

All staff are trained in safeguarding, we regularly update our risk assessments to keep us all safe. Staff have attended training on berevement, and have attended TAC meetings and initiated Early support and sought family support workers for a family. Currently we are taking part in the Healthy Under 5's programme.

Ways we inform parents about how their child is being supported

Learning journeys are shared with parents regularly and we often invite parents into the setting to have informal chats through events such as open afternoons, coffee and cake and stay and play. Parents have regular newsletters sent out by email to keep them informed of what's happening within the setting, and we have even offered joint staff / parent training in-house offering safeguarding and food hygiene.

Our complaints policy

Our complaints policy is included in our prospectus and this is issued to all parents on enquiry, policies including complaints can be found in the parents policy folder in the entrance.

Access

Alterations we have made to make our building accessible

We have specialist walking frames and chairs as well as physiotherapy equipment in the setting. We have visual support stop signs on restricted area's, our outside area is accessible to all.

Facilities we have for personal care

we have visual sequencing strips for toileting and all staff have had dbs checks.

Specialist resources we have

Specialist equipment for a child that included a walker and chair, peanut balls, speech and language resources including babbling babies and toddler talk.

How we include all children in activities, such as trips

Through risk assessment, discussion with parents and key person.

Last updated: 21/09/2023

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