Reviews and reports

What Ofsted Say

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills who inspect and regulate services that care for children. Reflections was inspected in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2022.

View our latest Ofsted report here

 

Parent Partnership

Making it Work With Parents

We deeply respect the role that parents play as the principal carer in their child’s life and we want to develop a close working relationship with you so that we are consistently meeting your family’s needs. We find that open, two-way communication is the best way to handle this so we always make time to talk at the beginning and end of each day and you will receive information about your child’s nursery day verbally, in writing or through photographs.

We share our observations of your children with you using an online learning journal called ‘Tapestry’ and you can see these anytime you choose and access our observations at home to share with your family.

All around the nursery you will see documentation of children’s experiences and evidence of their work. And we keep you to up to date with events at nursery through our parent newsletter.

We also have a regular Parent Forum which brings together a group of parents to meet with the senior nursery team and to explore how best to work together and to share ideas.

Inclusion for All Children

Our policy is to include all children whose parents request a place, wherever possible. We will be happy to discuss any arrangements we need to make in order to give the best to your child and we may often involve other sources of support too. Please see our ‘Local Offer’ page for more detail.

What parents say

child running across the wet sand
Victoria Natarajan
“My daughter couldn’t wait to start the day every time she was due to go to Reflections. She had the most amazing experiences at Forest School.”
a teacher working with children in the nursery
Isabella Davies
“My second son is now at the nursery and thriving. I feel happy leaving my children, in the knowledge they are getting the best of care.”
2 children reading a book with a teacher
Hierlei Nash
“I have 2 children who have both attended Reflections and who now still return for their school holiday club. Both my children adore Reflections and do not want to go home at the end of the day.”
a child looking at a digger toy
Ben Case
“My daughter settled in without any issues, and was well looked after from day one from all of the great staff there.”
children looking at a small shell
Isabel Simoes-Spavins
“My eldest son joined reflections at 6 months old and left just before he started school. As parents we were impressed from the minute we stepped into the building for first visit. The staff are very involved and have bags of knowledge and energy.”
children on the tyre swing
Lewis Burns-Allan
“We really couldn’t have asked for a better start to our daughter’s education than the time she spent at Reflections.’”
children in the gardening area of the nursery grounds
Jenny Knight
“I would highly recommend Reflections to others, they are constantly striving to improve the experience of the children who attend and I am confident that they will continue to do so in years to come.”