Outstanding Achievement (From News Shopper)

Outstanding Achievement

4:39pm Friday 25th March 2011 in Thamesmead

Trust Thamesmead’s Acorn Pre-school has been awarded Outstanding by Ofsted for the second time running.

The pre-school was the first pre-school in the London Borough of Bexley to be awarded Outstanding in 1997 and four years later, inspectors awarded all 17 areas observed a “Grade 1 is Outstanding: this aspect of the provision is of the exceptionally high quality”.

Acorn Pre-school opened in 1994 and offers a safe, friendly, stimulating environment, 39 weeks a year, providing a morning and afternoon session Monday-Friday (term-time only and excluding bank holidays), in a self contained building which is owned, managed and funded by Trust Thamesmead.

Each session comprises of four staff members who work in partnership with parents/carers, Trust Thamesmead, Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership-Bexley and Ofsted.

Based on information supplied by Julia Hickson.