Leap Ahead@ Southfield

About this day nursery

Leap Ahead @ Southfield, situated in the heart of Brigg, became part of the Leap Ahead Nurseries group in 2020. Following a comprehensive renovation, this nursery now caters to children from birth to five years old, featuring a dedicated 'Nurturing Unit' located upstairs.

The nursery is an integral part of the local community, offering limited parking for customers at the rear of the property. It operates consistently from Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, all year round.

Leap Ahead @ Southfield places a strong emphasis on child-led learning within a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. The philosophy encourages children to explore, develop their own ideas, and foster their innate curiosity, preparing them not just for the next step in their education but for life itself.

The educators strive to create inspiring play spaces using quality toys, natural materials, and authentic resources, aligning with the EYFS guidance to support development across all seven areas of learning. Individual progress is closely monitored, and parents are actively encouraged to participate in their children's learning journey.

Our ethos

Our Intent Is to offer opportunities for all children to learn & develop naturally in a safe, caring, stimulating environment, where the whole child & their family feel like a valued member of the setting. We aim to create opportunities in which our children are in charge of their own learning. We aim to ensure all children​ are allowed to explore, develop their own thoughts, ideas, and identities & to ensure curiosity is an innate drive in children, to explore and find out information and knowledge. Children are in charge of their own learning, we aim to ensure all children are allowed to explore, develop their own thoughts, ideas, and identities & to ensure curiosity is an innate drive in children, to explore and find out information and knowledge. Preparing our children for life not just the next part of their educational journey. Our Implementation Our educators continue to be inspired and excited about Early Years Education therefore, allowing them to unleash their inner child and see a child’s world through new wondrous eyes. We will strive to create beautiful, inspirational play spaces for children in order to feed their curiosity, creativity and to spark ‘awe’ and ‘wonder’. We will endeavour to ensure that every child in our nurseries will be given the same opportunities to gain the essential knowledge to be educated citizens. Using quality toys, natural materials, loose parts & authentic resources in order to provide open ended play opportunities supporting children to develop their skills & knowledge in all 7 Areas of Learning covered in OFSTED Early Year Foundation Stage Guidance (EYFS). We will ensure that all children’s development needs are planned for on an individual basis & that our 'Provocations to Play' will record how the educator is going support the children's next stages of their development & that our 'Invitations to Learn' will support the child’s curiosity or entice the children to further exploration and investigation. Our parents will be made to feel welcome to engage in their children’s learning at any opportunity. Our Impact In order to monitor the impact of our children’s Early Years Education we will observe our happy, confident & inquisitive learners as well as ensuring each child makes significant progress depending on their individual ability. We track a child's holistic progress termly & we will seek support, advice & guidance for any child who may require extra support with their learning with the consent & involvement of parents every step if the way. The nursery will use additional sources of monitoring in line with that if the Local Education Authority if it has been ascertained to have a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND). We work in partnership with local schools to share information about a child’s development when they are ready to move in in their next stage of education. Regular updates & records of 'Teachable Moments' are send home for parents to store in a Nursery Memory folder which is provided by the nursery upon enrolment. This way you can look back on your child's memories of their education journey as a family in years to

What it's like

Children are happy and thoroughly enjoy their time at this nurturing setting. Staff greet children, parents and visitors with a very warm welcome. Babies form close bonds with staff, who are nurturing and attentive to each child's individual needs. Staff create a calm, nurturing environment, which enables children to play and explore. Children are well motivated and engage in activities that interest them, showing positive attitudes to learning.