Netherfield Children's Centre, Nottinghamshire; Children's centre
inspection; December 2013
It may have taken seven years for Ofsted to visit Netherfield Children's Centre but the long wait clearly hasn't done the service any harm. Ofsted awarded it "outstanding" following its recent visit, and its sole recommendation was that the centre provides more opportunities for parents to access further education.
A crucial element of the centre's success is its record at engaging parents, which is aided by strong information sharing and close links with the local NHS trust that is part of the consortium behind the centre.
"We are very much linked in with the health service," says centre co-ordinator Mandie Jobling. "We have health visitors based within the children's centre and they go out and see all the new births and bring back pink slips that are given to the centre so it can register those families. That system for knowing about those births is the starting point. Our family support workers then go out and tell families about our services."
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