Excellence in Action
Croft Early Years has been established since 1967 and is a registered charity.
We are staffed by experienced and qualified early years practitioners supported by volunteer's and students who are undertaking training. We are registered to care for 31 children.
We also provide a Breakfast Club at St Lewis' Primary School.
Our Early Years sessions are organised to give your child the chance to explore new situations and practice important skills. Doing this through play and first hand experience in a fun and relaxed way.
Ofsted Inspection 2016: "Good"
The Ofsted inspection of September 16th 2016 awarded us a "Good" assessment in all areas including the quality of learning, effectiveness of the management and outcomes for children. The Inspector said: "Children are happy and enjoy their time in the pre-school. They benefit from a good range of activities that promotes their interest and development. Staff plan fun and challenging experiences, so that all children are motivated to learn." To read the full report, it is available to download as a .pdf file here.
What's Happening at Croft Early Years?
Welcome to a new school year at Croft Early Years!
We are very excited to be starting the year with our new starters and welcoming back all our friends from last year, as they continue their learning journey.Vacancy for Level 3 Qualified EY Pactitioner.
We have a vacancy for an Early Years Practioner at our fantastic early years setting. This post has responsibility for working with children aged 3 months to 5 years at our Pre School, Breakfast Club and Nursery. Experience of working in the early year’s sector is essential along with up to date knowledge of the EYFS Curriculum. See here for full details.Exciting link to a school in China
The auntie of one of our children works in an international school in Shanghai and we have been corresponding with them. They have sent a lovely letter back to tell us about what they have been doing and sent some photos, which you can read here.Blog and Facebook
For more about what's happening, read our Blog entries and visit our Facebook page. If you have a child at the pre-school and don't already have access to the Parents Only Facebook page, please ask one of the staff about it.
Close links to local Primary Schools
We have close links with the local primary schools and children from Croft Early Years will usually move on to one of these:
St Lewis' Catholic Primary School
Culcheth Community Primary School
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Christ Church C of E Primary School
Easy Fund-raising for Croft Early Years
Croft early Years is a not-for-profit pre-school and a registered charity.
All extra funds we can raise go towards providing a better learning experience for the children. You can help our fund raising just by doing your online shopping! We have joined easyfundraising.org.uk to help you to help us raise funds every time you buy almost anything online.
Easyfundraising.org.uk is a great way to raise money for charities, schools, sports clubs, community groups, and other good causes just by shopping online. You don’t pay anything extra - the donation comes from the retailer - most of the major shops are there to choose from. Please sign up today and bookmark the page, so that you always start your shop at easyfundraising.org.uk.
Full details of the scheme are available on the easyfundraising website.
Staff Vacancies at Croft Early Years
We have a vacancy for an Early Years Practioner.
The post has responsibility for working with children aged 3 months to 5 years at our Pre School, Breakfast Club and Nursery.
Experience of working in the early year’s sector is essential along with up to date knowledge of the EYFS Curriculum.
Current First Aid, Safeguarding and Food Hygiene training and qualifications are desirable along with experience of working with all early years age groups.
The closing date for applications is 12 October 2018 and interviews will be held the week beginning the 15 October 2018. Please click here to view the full job advert.
New Colour Flyer
We have a brand new, full colour flyer for Croft Early Years. Why not download it and show to any of your friends and family looking for a pre-school place?
Change4Life Award
Croft Early Years are very proud to have gained the Healthier Together Award, in recognition of the quality of the healthy food that we provide to the children.