Kingscliffe Day Nursery
Kingscliffe Day Nursery Limited
Loughborough, East Midlands
Micro Employer of the Year category
Apprenticeship Awards 2008
Kingscliffe Day Nursery is a small, privately owned children’s day nursery. Opened in 1999, it is now a 32 place nursery, with a reputation for highly skilled and compassionate staff.
Apprenticeships have played a significant role in Kingscliffe’s growing reputation. Manager and proprietor Alexis McConnachie has been able to recruit motivated individuals by offering apprentices excellent training and development opportunities.
“Working with Apprenticeships has assisted us in securing high quality individuals with a passion for childcare”, confirms Alexis.
Kingscliffe has provided a great number of opportunities to local schools and colleges, allowing students to complete work experience placements in order to learn about the childcare industry.
Alexis explains: “Recruiting apprentices straight from our local schools has secured their future employment, training and development, and our future business growth and success.”
Kingscliffe is also dedicated to ensuring that apprentices continue to have access to further development and training upon completion of their Apprenticeships. All employees are given appraisals to help Kingscliffe assess individual needs and ensure staff can develop the skills they need. Alexis has seen how this approach to Apprenticeships and training gives employees the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Kingscliffe currently has four apprentices working as part of a nine person team, including Forida, a senior deputy manager who joined the company five years ago.
“I have been encouraged to develop my skills through training from the outset. I now find myself in the position of mentor to those undertaking Apprenticeships within the business and can see how far I have come”, Forida reveals.
Kingscliffe Day Nursery is a finalist in the Micro Employer of the Year category in the national Apprenticeship Awards 2008.
Last Updated: 10/03/2010