Dingley’s Promise in Worcester

Dingley’s Promise early years centre in Worcester opens to families in February 2025 and will be providing a specialist enhanced provision for children under 5 with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.

Our dedicated and passionate staff team will work closely with children and families, within a holistic approach to provide a safe, nurturing and supportive space for our families. We will work with a range of external professionals to ensure children’s individual needs are met and take a celebratory approach to learning and development – sharing all children’s successes with their family.

Our intent is to create an inclusive environment for our children where they can have fun and explore a range of diverse activities and opportunities. Each is created to encourage learning across 7 areas of the EYFS and nurture the 8 senses. Children have access to cosy areas, creative areas, malleable resources, sensory and messy play resources as well as books, small world and block play areas, where children can explore freely and learn through play. In addition to our play based approach, we implement our Dingley’s promise curriculum to provide enhancements to children’s play and further extend opportunities for them to learn and grow.

The centre has an outdoor play area which will provide hands on natural experiences with the mud kitchen, loose parts and construction. The outdoor space is accessed all year round, no matter the weather, and children have access to forest school, with staff using these principles to influence outdoor learning opportunities.

We work alongside the early years inclusion team and area SENCOS to identify children in need of a placement at our enhanced provision.

We work with other early years providers to provide outreach support, share best practice and practical strategies to help meet the needs of SEND children in mainstream provision.

Our focus is on breaking barriers and overcoming challenges that children with SEND may face.

Our Worcester Centre Provides:

• Forest School trained manager with principles of forest school influencing outdoor learning opportunities.

• Collaborative working with external professionals such as speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapies. Hosting these professions and implementing strategies in session for individual children’s needs.

• Family support workers who are able to offer holistic support at home and a wide range of opportunities at the centre including stay & play sessions & coffee mornings, building a network of families sharing lived experiences and helping to improve support for families.

Centre Manager : Lisa Peters

Lisa has worked in childcare for 24 years, in a variety of roles from nursery assistant to preschool owner. She holds a BA Hons degress in childcare and education, and has a level 3 forest school leader qualification, alongside children and families yoga and children’s mental health qualifications. Lisa has 10 years of experience with SEND, both personally and professionally. She prides herself on supporting the families and children and ensuring that the child always comes first. Lisa is passionate about advocating for children with SEND and their families, and is proud to be part of Dingley’s Promise and the positive changes we are making.

Deputy Manager : Coming Soon