Conewood Street Children's Centre offers full and part-time childcare as well as the full range of children's centre services including stay and play sessions, health and family support services.
For information on activities from 5 September to 21 December see the Bright Start East Autumn Timetable.
You can read the most recent Ofsted report here.
Healthy Start vitamins are available at all childen's centres.
For accessibility information, please visit Disabled Go.
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Our setting welcomes children with SEND and we are committed to working with parents and other professionals to provide good inclusive practice. Our Islington link Area SENCO provides us with support, advice and training re children with SEND.
Our SENCO has Qualified Teacher Status and attends termly SENCO forums run by the local authority. Our SENCO has termly SEN reviews with the Area SENCO and Educational Psychologist.
Two staff members have PECS level one training. All staff accessed introductory training on working with hearing impaired children. Staff have accessed ACT training with a speech and language therapist; ongoing peer coaching; allergy training with paediatric community nurses (Whittington Health). Staff are updated on SEND reforms at staff meetings.
We have experience of working with children with: speech and language delay; autistic spectrum disorder; hearing impairment; children who are partially sighted; children who are diagnosed as having global developmental delay.
We run two weekly language groups for children with speech and language delay one weekly targeted stay and play session for children with speech and language delay (via referral from multi-agency partners). We use Makaton to communicate with children.
Children have use of a sensory room and we ensure sensory overload is minimised in the settings environment. Short Term Plans (STPs) are in place for children and this is reviewed every six weeks with parents and other professionals working with the family. Education Health and Care Plans (HCPs) are in place for children transitioning to school.
We have good links with CAMHS; educational psychologist; speech and Language therapist; physiotherapists; health visiting team; midwifery.
| Inspection Date | Inspection type | Inspection Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 12/05/2016 | Re-inspection (Early Years Register) | Good |
