Children in Herefordshire can expect to continue receiving good quality childcare thanks to a further 24 childcare providers achieving quality assurance awards.
Childminders, nurseries, after school clubs, early years education providers all came together to celebrate their quality assurance and training achievements at an awards ceremony held at Hereford Shire Hall on 2nd November.
Over 70 guests attended the evening and received the following awards:
Growing Together Quality Assurance
Gold Award Golden Valley Pre-School
Silver Award Bargates Children's Centre and St Paul's Nursery
Bronze Award Mucky Pups Pre-School, Withington Extended Care,
Credenhill Pre-School, Fownhope Pre-School, Holmer Pre-School,
Norton House School, Oakhouse Nursery School and Walford
Pre-School
Bronze Award Reaccreditation was presented to Merry-Go-Round
(Our Lady's)
Childminders Children Come First Awards
Alison Jackson, Victoria Hudson-Lloyd and Denise Stevens
Diploma in Home-Based Childcare Level 3
Sally Camden, Cheryl Harley, Sally Heggie, Sharon Hill, Victoria
Hudson-Lloyd, Jennifer Jones, Helen Rees and Denise Stevens
CACHE level 3 Certificate in Childminding Practice
Elizabeth McAteer
"Childcare providers have incredible responsibilities for some of the most important (use of vulnerable suggests all the children are vulnerable which is not true) people in our society - our children," said Councillor Jenny Hyde, cabinet member for children and young people.
"To achieve a quality assurance award takes a lot of work and dedication, often from people who volunteer their time to help run groups," she continued. "It is absolutely fitting therefore that we recognise their work and celebrate their success."
"I was also delighted to see that for the first time childminders who work in their own homes have had the opportunity of achieving a recognized national qualification showing their commitment to delivering high quality services."