3 Best Nursery in Southend On Sea

“Small Friends Day Nursery is a light, spacious setting for children to play, learn and explore. Their four large nursery rooms are complemented by their nursery garden and beach house, which is dedicated to investigation and creativity through small parts of play. Your child is unique, and they will help your child reach their full potential by providing the best care for them daily. Their safeguarding policies and procedures have been developed with approved, independent specialists and are used across all their nurseries. They aim to inspire, nurture and innovate in order to create brighter futures together. They offer balanced, healthy meals during the day and throughout the week. Small Friends Day Nursery is dedicated to verbally updating you about your child’s day at pick-up time and through digital updates on the parent App.”

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“Stepping Stones Day Nursery & Preschool takes pride in creating a personal and homely environment for children and their families. The school is the culmination of more than thirty years of experience in childcare and education. The team believes every child deserves the best start in life and supports this through inspirational staff and intentional learning and development opportunities to enable children to fulfil their potential. Their largest room incorporates an Atelier, a place of research for creating Transitional Art and exploring art materials. They care greatly about their children and the planet's future and, therefore, try to be as environmentally friendly as possible throughout the nursery. They provide clean, reusable cloth nappies and wipes free from chemicals, safe and highly sanitised between uses. All their Early Years Educators are qualified to at least Level 3 in childcare and hold a Paediatric First Aid Certificate, Food Hygiene Certificate, and Safeguarding Children training.”

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“Cockleshell Nursery offers a stimulating approach to early childhood development and learning. The organisation has over 50 years of experience delivering childcare and practical, professional support to early years practitioners. The nursery is managed by the Early Years Alliance, a registered educational charity and the largest voluntary sector provider of childcare in England. Their nursery plans its activities by the EYFS with a strong focus on exploratory, imaginative play, and they enable and encourage their children to self-select activities and resources. Cockleshell Nursery promotes healthy eating. They recognise and understand the vast benefits of free-flow play on very young children's positive development.”

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