Wingate Community Childcare

About this day nursery

Wingate Community Childcare, situated in Wingate, County Durham, provides comprehensive care and education for children aged three months to five years. Operating as an integral part of Wingate Nursery School, the childcare centre upholds a philosophy centred on ensuring every child experiences a positive and enriching childhood.

Recognising that early childcare often marks a child's initial steps beyond the family unit, the nursery is dedicated to delivering high-quality experiences within a safe, warm, and inviting home-like setting. The environment is designed to stimulate growth, encouraging children to explore, play, communicate, learn, and have fun.

The management is overseen by a Board of Directors, ensuring a commitment to strengthening children's well-being. The nursery focuses on providing a variety of hands-on, meaningful experiences tailored to children's interests, fostering skill development and knowledge acquisition.

They emphasise the importance of allowing children ample time for development, offering nurturing and stimulating environments, and employing skilled practitioners to create exciting opportunities.

Our ethos

Wingate Childcare provides care and education for children from three months to five years. It shares its philosophy with that of Wingate Nursery School, believing that all children have the ‘right to a good childhood’. Childcare will possibly be a child’s first venture into the world outside their family, therefore we believe it is essential that this experience is of the highest quality. We aim to provide a safe, warm, and homely environment, a stimulating place where children can play, explore, talk, learn and have fun together. Our intention is to provide a happy, safe and nurturing environment that strengthens the wellbeing of children. We aim to provide our children with a variety of hands on, meaningful experiences which in turn develop into new knowledge and skills. We ensure all experiences are meaningful and follow children’s interests and value their ideas. We value the importance of: Giving children time, Providing nurturing and stimulating environments, Skilled practitioners, Exciting opportunities.

What it's like

Children thrive in this calm and stimulating environment, where staff meet their individual needs precisely. The beautiful environment staff create in all rooms and outdoor spaces gives a strong sense of the success of their high expectations combined with daily structures. Children's behaviour is impeccable.

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