Setting up your service
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The process of setting up any childcare provision is complex and takes time to get right.
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The diagram below outlines the top level process for setting up and opening a parent led nursery. As you will see it is not possible to begin planning your service without having already made progress on building local relationships and finding a suitable site. More information about these elements are found on other pages of this site.
The stages outlined in the diagram above can overlap and it is useful to be working on multiple activities at the same time rather than working through these stages in order. Alongside fulfilling the requirements needed to set up and deliver registered childcare, you need to continue to build and nurture the community connections that make sure that your setting is meeting local needs and delivering your agreed ethos and aims.
There are useful guidelines from Ofsted on ensuring your space and childcare service is able to deliver high quality care.
Support and guidance is available from a number of organisations including the Early Years Alliance (EYA) and the NDNA (National Day Nurseries Association). Some individual consultants are also available to support the development of new nursery settings.
We found that the process of designing our service was an important opportunity for shared learning and development between parents and childcare professionals. We saw many examples of things that felt instinctively important to parents, explained and given greater meaning by early years professionals. This further developed parents confidence and understanding enabling them to engage more in their own child's important early years.
There are useful guidelines from Ofsted on ensuring your space and childcare service is able to deliver high quality care.
Support and guidance is available from a number of organisations including the Early Years Alliance (EYA) and the NDNA (National Day Nurseries Association). Some individual consultants are also available to support the development of new nursery settings.
We found that the process of designing our service was an important opportunity for shared learning and development between parents and childcare professionals. We saw many examples of things that felt instinctively important to parents, explained and given greater meaning by early years professionals. This further developed parents confidence and understanding enabling them to engage more in their own child's important early years.
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