KEY PERSON

Key Person

Our key person system follows the principles laid down in the Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage. These are:

"A key person has special responsibilities for working with a small number of children, giving them the reassurance to feel safe and cared for and for building relationships with their parents. A key person will help the baby or child to become familiar with the setting and feel confident and safe within it. Through talking to parents they will make sure that the needs of the child are being met appropriately and that records of development and progress are shared with parents and other professionals as necessary." (DfES publications 2007)

Key Person Group

We operate a paired and shared key person system. Your child will be allocated a primary and secondary key person who will be responsible for taking care of the children's physical and emotional needs, as well as for keeping observations of their development. The key person will build a rapport with the parent and child ensuring that the transition from home to nursery is smooth.


Although all adults work with all children within each room it is important for somebody specific to know your child's individual needs / learning and development -  our paired and shared system supports this. 

The nursery holds occasional 'Stay and Play' sessions where you can see how your child interacts within the Nursery setting,  and an annual Parents' evening giving you and your child's key person an opportunity to chat  about your child's progress. Your child's learning journey is always available to read and any contributions from you are always welcome.


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