About Us

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Our Nursery provides experiences for the children to explore, learn and most of all have fun! 

'I know my son has settled into the nursery when we turn into the drive and he says
 "Yay we are here!"
Nursery staff outdoors with children

                Quality care for children 

At St. Andrew's Day Nursery we are always striving to create an environment where children can feel safe in a caring and nurturing environment that allows them to develop to their full potential and ability. We want parents to have complete peace of mind and reassurance knowing their child is happy in a nursery that allows them to form friendships, develop social behaviour and independence whilst learning and discovering all at the same time. 

Our dedicated Nursery staff work hard to make sure your child is making progress whilst having fun. We recognise that children thrive when they are being provided with new experiences and opportunities along with praise and recognition.

Our children's day Nursery is based in Shilton and is easily accessible for families based in Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby and all surrounding areas.

Parent Partnership

At St. Andrew's Day Nursery we work very closely with parents and carers from the beginning of your child's journey with us. We believe the partnership between the nursery, parents and carers is extremely important as their involvement and input is essential to ensure we understand and are meeting all of the needs of our children.

When your child completes their stay and play sessions you will receive an 'All About me' Booklet. This booklet enables us to get to know your child and to know all of the personal information that we will need to know regarding your child as well as your child's likes, dislikes etc. Once your child has completed their stay and play session's they will be allocated a 'Key Person' whom the child naturally gravitates to, this person will be responsible for sharing information with each parent or carer about their child and observing your child's development.
 
We keep our communication channels open through the use of face to face discussions with parents, telephone calls, emails, notice boards, newsletters and parents evenings. We also have a Facebook Nursery Page and Tapestry (Children's learning portal).
We also encourage parents to give us feedback through our regular use of questionnaires which we review carefully to ensure that we are improving our provision at all times.

We organise different events over the year for both the children and families to get involved. We organise an Easter bonnet parade, Halloween Party, Christmas Concert, Preschool graduation party and several different celebrations and events throughout the year. This is important for us to develop a relationship with our parents and to involve the children in different events and experiences. 

We also organise two parents evenings a year, this enables us to involve parents regarding their children's learning and development, enabling us to work together on different next steps or to support parents with any advice or issues they may be facing at home. 

We also have a 'Preschool Getting Ready for School' transition meeting, this enables us to talk to parents about the strategies that we will be using to support skills needed for when their child starts school. This also gives us the opportunity to reassure parents as we understand that this is a really big chapter for both your child and yourselves as parents. We can then work alongside parents to ensure their child has a smooth, seamless transition into school. 
Children crafting clay at nursery school, St Andrews Day Nursery in Shilton, Warwickshire
Story time at childrens nursery school

Teaching and learning

EYFS- Early Years Foundation Stage:
The EYFS is a curriculum that is used in Early Years settings. It is designed to be flexible so that staff can follow your child's unique needs and interests. 

There are seven areas of learning and development which are used to plan, and are essential for, your child's healthy development and future learning. These are separated into prime and specific categories.

Prime areas
Children will ideally develop in the following three areas between the ages of 0 to 2 years (this will depend on their unique needs):
  • Communication and language
  • Physical development
  • Personal, social and emotional development
Specific areas
The above prime areas are valuable ingredients to help a child develop skills in the four specific areas as follows:
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the world
  • Expressive arts and design
At the nursery we follow the EYFS curriculum to ensure that all children within the nursery can access activities and opportunities that are suited to their interests and individual needs.

How can I help with my child’s learning?

All the fun activities that you take part with your child at home are so important. We encourage parents/carers to update us with any activities or trips by emailing us photographs or uploading photos/videos onto tapestry (Our learning journey). This enables us to work alongside parents to continue to compliment this learning at nursery, we then work closely with parents to help support children to achieve their  next steps. The children also enjoy talking about their experience's and sharing their photos during group times with their friends and teachers.

This enables us to provide the best learning experience that we can for your child. 

'Cant thank you enough for everything you have done for my child, he has come on so much and it is all down to you guys. Your all amazing and I feel so lucky that my second child has all this to come. Thank You.'

EYFS Parents Guide

Safeguarding Policies And Procedures  

Safeguarding is at the heart of all that we do at St. Andrew's Day Nursery. 
We believe that all children learn and thrive when they feel safe and secure. Our nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of our children. We expect all staff, parents and visitors to share this commitment.

We have an extensive list of robust policies and procedures, including very clear policies on safeguarding children. This ensures the care and education for each child is of the highest quality and is consistent throughout the nursery.

If you would like more information on our policies please contact our nursery, where we will be able to provide you with these or discuss them with yourselves. 

All of the staff members at St Andrews Day Nursery have received safeguarding training. We also have Designated Safeguarding Leads who have completed additional training on safeguarding. 
Nursery children looking at insects at St Andrews Day Nursery in Shilton, Warwickshire
Child learning on computer

School Readiness

In the Preschool Room we work very closely with parents around school readiness. We understand that the move from nursery to school is a huge step for both children and their parents therefore this is an opportunity to support the children and parents through their next journey. 

Our Pre-school staff ensure they:

  • have a School Transition Meeting, which enables us to talk to parents about their child's transition and support parents with their next chapter. 
  • like to invite the reception teacher at the child's school to visit our nursery and introduce themselves to the child, however sometimes we understand that this may not be possible but we will always make every effort to arrange a phone call/video call conversation with your child's new teacher to discuss each child and their development.
  • encourage parents to visit their child's chosen school for induction days.
  • ensure parents are aware that we have our very own School Readiness Co-ordinator who will help guide and signpost parents along with answering any questions, worries or concerns
We will also ensure the following takes place within our Pre-school:
  • provide and plan topics around each school e.g. discussing a particular school’s routine.
  • provide photographs of teachers and the chosen school as part of the topic around “School Readiness” 
  • look and read story books about 'going to school'. 
  • look at the child's school website to get familiar with their teachers faces and their new environment. 
  • liaise with new school. 
We encourage parents and carers to help develop skills ready for school by:
  • encouraging children to start putting on and removing their own coats.
  • putting shoes on without help.
  • using cutlery and sitting to have dinner at the table.
  • encouraging your child to practice carrying a small tray/plate with food (as this is expected at school)
  • encouraging their independence.
  • encouraging a child to practice opening and closing their lunchbox. 
  • supporting all aspects of being independent whilst going to the toilet. 

Meal Times

We have our very own nursery chef on site, who takes great pride in preparing our meals every day for the children.  

We provide healthy snacks and fruit between meals for all of the children. All the food we provide is home cooked (sometimes direct from our own fruit and vegetable growing area, which the children take part in) and we cater for individual dietary needs/requirements and allergies as and when requested. We provide parents with diary sheets which explains what their child has eaten each day and menus are also displayed around the nursery and on our website. 

We have been graded a 5 star food hygiene rating which we are incredibly proud of and are fully registered with the Food Standards Agency. Our kitchen is very well equipped to handle the food and nutritional needs of our children and we work very closely with parents for any children with allergies. 

'My child has not stopped talking about how yummy his dinner was and has asked me to cook it everyday!'


The nursery staff have been amazing to make sure we all feel comfortable with our daughter being at the nursery (new starter). The attitude of all the staff and the manager is the reason we chose the nursery.
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