Lancashire Quality Award October 2012 - Little Achievers Forest School Nursery

Recipient: Little Achievers Forest School Nursery

Date: Tuesday 30 Oct 2012

Lancashire Quality Award October 2012: The Lancashire Quality Award provides an opportunity for practitioners to spend focused time together looking at what they do everyday and considering which parts work well and which could be further developed. It is an overarching systematic tool for self-evaluation and reflection that will embrace all areas within settings, from leadership and management to daily routines.

The Lancashire Quality Award is underpinned by the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Quality Improvement Principles.

Through discussion, practitioners will be able to unpick and embed their philosophy and values and establish the ethos of their setting. Every setting is different and the award celebrates this fact. Practitioners are supported in recognising that there is no right or wrong way of doing things but that there are always ways to further develop practice in order to raise quality.

With the Lancashire Quality Award it is the process of working together to improve quality which is emphasised, embedding the habit of constantly reviewing practice and being open to change, rather than the end-product of the award. Each setting will be allocated a mentor by the Lancashire Quality Award team who will support practitioners through the process.