Welcome To Providence Day Nursery

Providence Day Nursery is a full day care facility catering for 54 children between the ages of 0-5 years. Providence Day Nursery is situated in a Georgian house in Elland. It is conveniently situated for Halifax and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.

Elland village is situated five minutes from Lindley centre in Huddersfield, three minutes from junction 24 M62 and is three minutes from Halifax. We are ideally positioned for Calderdale, Kirklees and Brighouse.

Providence House is set in its own grounds of mature trees with a private entrance and car parking facility. The outdoor play area features Lilliput Play town Physical Apparatus and disabled ramp. The nursery provides a spacious environment supported by friendly, warm, experienced and qualified staff. Providence Day Nursery enjoys the reputation as one of extreme high quality and has received an award for the nutritious menu on offer. We are OFSTED registered and received “Outstanding” for our inspection in December 2007. Our inspection results are available here.

Mr John Askew who is a reputable businessman in Kirklees and his sister Mrs Jane Erlank, Manager of Providence Private Day Nursery, jointly own Providence Day Nursery. Jane has thirty-eight years experience working with children. Jane holds a Zimbabwe teaching certificate, NVQ level 3 in childcare with a NVQ 5 in Management Jane also holds Early Years Proffesional Status Formerly from Huddersfield, Jane spent many years working in Zimbabwe. Jane owned her own Day Nursery for fifteen years and spent the remainder of her time in Zimbabwe has Head Teacher for Bulawayo Hebrew English Infants School. During her time in Zimbabwe Jane was also Chairlady of the National Teachers and Day Nursery Association, and was involved in monitoring the progress of schools and Day Nurseries the equivalent to OFSTED.

Providence Day Nursery recognises and respects the role of parents/guardians as primary carers and educators in a child’s life, parents/carers are welcome in the nursery at all times and have been given a special door code allowing them access into the nursery for security reasons. They have open access to records and are welcome to make suggestions regarding the care provided.

Parents/Carers are invited to attend an annual parents evening and are informed of nursery events via a parent information board, monthly reviews, parent information letters and through dry wipe boards situated outside all rooms, which portrays the nursery planning and daily / weekly /monthly activities that the children are involved in. Parents of the Baby Rooms and Toddler Room are handed observation sheets when they collect their children at the end of the day.

Special events held at Providence Day Nursery include the annual pre-school concert, Annual nursery 0uting trip, Halloween Party, Christmas Party, Cultural food tasting, Toddle Waddle charity fundraising, Children In Need, also supporting other charities throughout the year, Harvest Festival and invite various members of the public sector into the environment i.e.; Marshalls Transport, to support the various projects that the children will be enjoying .

Security is high on our list of priorities, the property is protected by CCTV camera’s, allowing the staff within the building to monitor the comings and going of persons entering and leaving the building.

We have recently installed the latest Biometrics fingerprint entry system which offers the ultimate in high security.

It is our aim at Providence Day Nursery to provide the highest quality of care and as such, are always striving to improving the standards within the nursery.

Remember that Providence Day Nursery is conveniently situated in the West Yorkshire village of Elland and within easy reach of Halifax, Huddersfield,
Elland, Lindley and Brighouse close to the border of Calderdale and Kirklees
 

For further details or to arrange a visit please phone
Jane Erlank on 01422 379300
OR
Use our Enquiry Contact Page