We were delighted with the outcome of our recent inspection by The Care Inspectorate in January 2025. 

Please take some time to read our report.

Our Nursery Handbook provides all up to date information about our nursery.

SIMOA the elephant was introduced by the Care Inspectorate to all Early Years and Childcare settings to raise awareness and act responsibly to safeguard, protect and support children’s wellbeing. 

In St Mark's Nursery we pride ourselves on our SIMOA awareness.  We have our SIMOA mascot who reminds us about how to keep safe when we are at nursery and at home.  Some of our children are SIMOA champions, who help raise awareness and remind their peers of how to remain safe in nursery.  We have daily discussions about SIMOA in nursery with dedicated discussion time during our 'Chat on the Mat' sessions.  Our children have created a SIMOA song for when we are accessing our local community.  SIMOA can be used in a wide range of ways from closing doors, ensuring food is not too hot to preventing accidents.  The SIMOA campaign helps us to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our children.  

The Duty of Candor affects all health, social work and care services. It means that services must take specific steps to carry out their duty of candour when a serious adverse event happens.  They will need to let the people affected know, offer to meet with them, and apologise.   

This self-evaluation framework supports quality improvement in early learning and childcare (ELC) settings. 

The Care Inspectorate and His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HM Inspectors) will use the framework for the inspection of ELC settings, ensuring that these inspections are thorough and focused on enhancing the quality of care and education provided.

At the heart of the Care Inspectorate and HM Inspectors work is ensuring that children are:

• safe and protected from harm

• cared for and able to thrive

• offered high-quality learning and development opportunities

The Care Inspectorate and HM Inspectors will use the framework to work with ELC services and sector-wide bodies to enhance the quality and effectiveness of self-evaluation.

In St. Mark's Nursery, we use the Framework as a means of self evaluation to inform our continuous improvement journey to ensure we continue to provide opportunities for your child to reach their full potential.