All Discussions Tagged 'local nurseries' - Harringay online2024-03-28T19:29:47Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=local+nurseries&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLocal Nursery Recommendationstag:harringayonline.com,2011-07-20:844301:Topic:2663542011-07-20T16:51:20.356ZMartin Diamondhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/MartinDiamond
<p>Just wanted to get some local nursery recommendations from Harringay onliners, had a little search here, but couldn't see any recent postings.</p>
<p>We live in Stanhope Gardens and are looking for a local nursery for 4 days per week starting in March next year, when our son Leo will be 13 months old. So if you are currently using a local nursery it would be great to get your thoughts or if you know local child minders that you could recommend that would be really useful too. </p>
<p>Just wanted to get some local nursery recommendations from Harringay onliners, had a little search here, but couldn't see any recent postings.</p>
<p>We live in Stanhope Gardens and are looking for a local nursery for 4 days per week starting in March next year, when our son Leo will be 13 months old. So if you are currently using a local nursery it would be great to get your thoughts or if you know local child minders that you could recommend that would be really useful too. </p> Closure of Childrens Centres - Call-in Scrutiny Meetingtag:harringayonline.com,2011-06-04:844301:Topic:2502552011-06-04T11:54:06.831ZKaren Alexanderhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KarenAlexander81
<p>Many of you will be aware that the council have decided to close 4 childrens centres across the borough. The Libdems have "called in" the cabinet's decision and a special meeting is being held on Wednesday 8th June 2011. The Overview and Scrutiny Committee (on which I am a member) will look at the decision and decide whether the cabinet needs to rethink it.</p>
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<p>The agenda and supporting papers can be found on the Haringey Council website. If you have any comments or questions…</p>
<p>Many of you will be aware that the council have decided to close 4 childrens centres across the borough. The Libdems have "called in" the cabinet's decision and a special meeting is being held on Wednesday 8th June 2011. The Overview and Scrutiny Committee (on which I am a member) will look at the decision and decide whether the cabinet needs to rethink it.</p>
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<p>The agenda and supporting papers can be found on the Haringey Council website. If you have any comments or questions I am happy to take them to the committee. Please do get in touch, you can e-mail me on <a href="mailto:karen.alexander.haringeylibdems@gmail.com">karen.alexander.haringeylibdems@gmail.com</a></p>
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<p>Whilst everyone understands the need to make substantial savings I am not sure that closing these centres is the way forward - with Haringey Childrens Service's recent history this is the last thing they should be doing.</p> Consultation on Children's Centres in Haringey- online questionnaire and public meetingstag:harringayonline.com,2011-03-18:844301:Topic:2209892011-03-18T16:21:52.688ZHoL Site Adminhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SiteAdmin
<p>Haringey Council is consulting on changes to the way its children's centres are organised and operate. A copy of the consultation paper is attached below as a PDF</p>
<p>Proposals include:</p>
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<li>targeting funding at children's centres in areas of greatest deprivation</li>
<li>maintaining fewer centres offering a full range of children's centres services</li>
<li>clustering centres with shared management</li>
<li>reducing management and administration costs</li>
<li>considering ways to…</li>
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<p>Haringey Council is consulting on changes to the way its children's centres are organised and operate. A copy of the consultation paper is attached below as a PDF</p>
<p>Proposals include:</p>
<ul>
<li>targeting funding at children's centres in areas of greatest deprivation</li>
<li>maintaining fewer centres offering a full range of children's centres services</li>
<li>clustering centres with shared management</li>
<li>reducing management and administration costs</li>
<li>considering ways to raise income to sustain centres, such as increasing childcare fees</li>
</ul>
<p>A key priority is to ensure that we are able to maintain effective frontline services that make the most difference to outcomes for our young children.</p>
<p>We want to ensure that, with fewer resources from April 2011, services for the most vulnerable families are targeted in the areas they will be most effective.</p>
<p>Haringey has a long history of high quality work in this area and we want to maintain this at the highest level to improve outcomes for those most in need. To protect the services provided in Children's Centres, within the available budget, we need to reduce staff and general running costs within Children's Centres and look at a new pattern of provision.</p>
<p>The Council is also proposing to increase childcare fees from September 2011.</p>
<p>For more details, see <a target="_blank" href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk//index/children_and_families/eyc/cc-consultation.htm">this page</a></p>
<p>You can also access the relevant <a target="_blank" href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk//index/children_and_families/eyc/cc-consultation.htm">online questionnaire on the same page</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Public Consultation Meetings for parents and carers</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Parents and carers consultation (Public)</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Monday 28 March 2011 10am – 11.30am</strong><br/>Neighbourhood Resource Centre<br/>Park Lane, London</li>
<li><strong>Tuesday 5 April 2011 6pm - 7.30pm</strong><br/>Rokesly Infants School & Children’s Centre<br/>Hermiston Avenue, London N8 8NH</li>
<li><strong>Wednesday 6 April 2011 6pm – 7.30pm</strong><br/>Downhills Primary School<br/>Philip Lane, London N15 4AB</li>
<li><strong>Monday 11 April 2011 10am – 11.30am</strong><br/>Northbank Children’s Centre<br/>Next to Muswell Hill Methodist Church<br/>Pages Lane, London</li>
<li><strong>Saturday 16 April 2011 10am - 11.30am</strong><br/>Haringey Civic Centre<br/>High Road, London N22</li>
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<p> </p> Local childrens nurseriestag:harringayonline.com,2010-09-30:844301:Topic:1818072010-09-30T17:56:28.969Zwoodyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/woody
Hello, We are currently looking for local nurseries for our son who will be one when he goes....any recommendations????? We live on Fairfax Road. Thanks.
Hello, We are currently looking for local nurseries for our son who will be one when he goes....any recommendations????? We live on Fairfax Road. Thanks. Woodlands Nursery - Children's Centretag:harringayonline.com,2010-06-30:844301:Topic:1614742010-06-30T08:54:34.391ZHarringayhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Harringay
I have just been offered a place for my toddler at the nursery and I understand it has a very good reputation. I'd appreciate any feedback from parents who have or had children attending the nursery.<br />
Thanks v much.
I have just been offered a place for my toddler at the nursery and I understand it has a very good reputation. I'd appreciate any feedback from parents who have or had children attending the nursery.<br />
Thanks v much. Plans to create a community nursery and allotments in Finsbury Parktag:harringayonline.com,2010-05-02:844301:Topic:1507202010-05-02T19:13:46.063ZLizhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Liz
The Transition Finsbury Park team are having a meeting on the 8th May to discuss the creation of a community nursery and allotments. It's an open meeting at the Finsbury Park cafe (in the middle of the park) on Saturday 8th May, 2pm. (For more info contact Jo: 07733 330 379)<br />
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They already have £980 from Capital Growth go to towards the project. At this stage they need an organising group to do things like:<br />
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- help sort out the legal agreement with Haringey Council and Metropolitan Housing<br />
-…
The Transition Finsbury Park team are having a meeting on the 8th May to discuss the creation of a community nursery and allotments. It's an open meeting at the Finsbury Park cafe (in the middle of the park) on Saturday 8th May, 2pm. (For more info contact Jo: 07733 330 379)<br />
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They already have £980 from Capital Growth go to towards the project. At this stage they need an organising group to do things like:<br />
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- help sort out the legal agreement with Haringey Council and Metropolitan Housing<br />
- refine the business plan <a href="http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/nursery" target="_blank">see blog for copy</a><br />
- create allotment agreement<br />
- perhaps create some kind of legal entity for the project<br />
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If you want to help, know more ring Jo on the number above or <a href="http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/nursery" target="_blank">contact them via their blog</a><br />
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Also attached the May newsletter and details of forthcoming events woodlands park nursery unfair ratingtag:harringayonline.com,2009-11-24:844301:Topic:1303662009-11-24T21:22:35.099ZKatie-Meghttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Megan
This is a fairly detailed post, and probably a bit tedious to read but if you are interested I would like to go through in some detail what happened in the course of this OFSTED inspection because of what I think is an unfair slur on the reputation of a local children's centre.<br />
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Woodlands Park Nursery and Children's Centre was recently graded 'inadequate' following an OFSTED in mid-September. This is a bizarre outcome, considering the fact that the Centre was judged 'good with outstanding…
This is a fairly detailed post, and probably a bit tedious to read but if you are interested I would like to go through in some detail what happened in the course of this OFSTED inspection because of what I think is an unfair slur on the reputation of a local children's centre.<br />
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Woodlands Park Nursery and Children's Centre was recently graded 'inadequate' following an OFSTED in mid-September. This is a bizarre outcome, considering the fact that the Centre was judged 'good with outstanding features'. Had the inspection been in July that would have been the rating. Had it been held in October 'good with outstanding features' would also have been the outcome. However, for a couple of weeks in September OFSTED decided to take an unsustainable position of absolute zero tolerance to even the smallest errors in the Single Central Record (a list of all staff which makes it easy to see all paperwork on staff easily). In Woodland's case two names had not been put on the SCR, though the paper work was in place. Governors appealed that the outcome was 'disproportionate' and were told vaguely that the school was 'over-dependent on local authority checks'. I am not sure why this is a problem. Schools and local authorities surely work together and the centre was able to show it had all the back-up paperwork.<br />
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Anyway, the point is that previously an administrative matter like this would have been able to be put right in the course of the inspection. But for those two weeks this was not allowed. (google Barnet’s school circular of 14th October 2009 and its link to OFSTED's own briefing if you want to verify this). Tens of schools which are perfectly good failed for the same kind of reason. Of course safety is extremely important, but what happened means that the centre was judged by a different standard to other schools. 'Inadequate' has always been an indicator of a really terrible school / centre, not an indicator of a perfectly good school / centre with an administrative oversight. It is a distorting picture and unhelpful to parents. OFSTED presumambly worked out that it will now have to go and re-inspect lots of schools which are fine and that this was unsustainable and a waste of time and money.<br />
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The centre's response was to appeal, then to ask for the earliest re-inspection to enable it to clear its name and to move on. I think it is grounds for a complaint, but I can see why the centre did not take this course.<br />
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I have put this up for two reasons: firstly so that people in the area understand why a place with a good reputation got such a bad rating. Secondly maybe other parents and users of the centre who feel concerned might want to write to OFSTED, either making a complaint or asking for an early re-inspection according to your will. The address for OFSTED complaints is<br />
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The Complaints Manager<br />
Ofsted National Business Unit<br />
Royal Exchange Buildings<br />
St Ann's Square<br />
Manchester<br />
M2 7LA<br />
Complaints need to be made within 30 days of the report i.e. asap.<br />
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No doubt there will now be some stories about 'bad experiences I had at Woodlands', but I would appeal to people to keep a sense of proportion about how significant a rating like this is for a workplace, and how unfair it is. Also OFSTED is being discredited (see <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/23/flawed-ofsted-fails">http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/23/flawed-ofsted-fails</a>...). Also I am a bit fed up of the national press etc behaving as if everything in Haringey is rubbish even when it isn't.<br />
Please defend this local resource