A nursery says it ‘couldn’t be prouder’ after turning things around to be rated good by a watchdog. Channings Childcare, in Newhey, Rochdale, was ordered to improve by Ofsted following a visit in November 2021.
Officials said that, while the Railway Street centre wanted the best for children in their care, the quality of education was not good enough and more needed to be done to address ‘weaknesses’. However, it also noted that leaders had the ability to ‘bring about change’ - and that has been borne out by a new inspection report which praises the nursery for really upping its game.
Restoring the nursery’s ‘good’ rating, the document says all children are now ‘making progress in their learning’ - including those with special needs. Kate Hoggard, company director, has welcomed the findings.
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She said: “The early years industry as a whole has faced extremely challenging times over recent months. In fact many nurseries have sadly not survived.
“It is therefore even more of a credit that our staff have achieved this outcome and it is wholly down to the hard work and dedication that they continuously put in. It is thoroughly deserved and we couldn't be prouder!”
