Dingley’s Promise in Cheltenham
Introducing our Cheltenham Centre
Dingley’s Promise early years centre in Cheltenham opens to families in early 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. Our learning environment 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 benefits from a large outdoor play space with a variety of areas and learning opportunities. Children will have access to an all weather playground, where they will be able to ride bikes & scooters or engage with sand and water play. They will have their own large grassed area, with a variety of trees to develop a forest school area – using the natural world to influence learning and development. They will also have access to an allotment area where children will be able to grow their own plants and vegetables, learn about the natural world and how we take care of it.
Our Cheltenham Centre
We work alongside the Gloucester Early Years Team to ensure children with SEND have access to early years 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 Cheltenham centre provides:
- An inclusive environment for all children, ensuring they feel safe, nurtured and supported to thrive.
- 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.
Meet the Cheltenham team!
Centre Manager : Kayleigh de Brunner
Kayleigh has worked in early years for over 10 years and has found working with children and families with SEND a truly rewarding experience. Throughout her career, Kayleigh has taken pride in supporting children and families, helping to guide them through all the different obstacles and challenges they may face, ensuring all children are given the opportunity to reach their full potential. Kayleigh is passionate about ensuring that all children and families with SEND receive equal opportunities, always aiming to create an environment in which they can thrive. Kayleigh loves working at Dingley’s Promise and being a part of making a real difference to the lives of children and families with SEND.
Deputy Manager : Louise Wilson
Louise has worked with children for 20 years, within mainstream settings supporting children with SEND, which she found extremely rewarding, helping children and families to thrive. She joined Dingley’s Promise two years ago in the Gloucester centre working as an EYP, progressing to senior EYP. Louise has gained a wide range of knowledge and experience around SEND, and believes every child is unique with their own strengths. She is always willing to further her learning to support children and families and is currently working towards her Level 5. Louise thrives in creating a caring, nurturing, and welcoming environment where all children and families feel safe.
Family Support Worker : Coming Soon
Early Years SEND Support Cheltenham
At Dingley’s Promise, we support children in the early years with SEND to achieve their full potential. For parents and teachers, we provide additional support, working closely with families to understand their unique challenges and barriers.
Through our specialised practices, we aim to:
- Develop greater inclusion and enable more children with SEND to access mainstream settings.
- Help families access the appropriate support services for their child’s needs, such as working with our family support workers.
- Ensure every child with special needs transitions into the best educational setting for them. We value the importance of early identification and diagnosis criteria, enabling us to create tailored EHC Plans for each child.
- Seek excellence in our specialist early years intervention.
Understanding the needs of our early years children has never been more important. From perfecting motor skills to deepening emotional engagement, every child must be supported in reaching their full potential. That’s why we’ve tailored SEND support services to fulfil the specific needs of our early years children. We actively promote collaboration through SEN support groups, where families can connect, share experiences, and provide mutual encouragement. Our commitment to working with families and offering a nurturing environment makes us a trusted partner in every child’s early learning journey.
We value the importance of understanding areas of difficulty as well as creating targeted interventions and activities to overcome them. With this approach, we ensure that our youngest learners are equipped with the necessary tools to reach their highest potential.
To enquire about the Cheltenham centre, please email [email protected]
Volunteering and vacancies:
If you are interested in a career with Dingley’s Promise or would like to volunteer at one of our centres, please visit our vacancies webpage to see our current openings.
To express interest in volunteering at our Cheltenham centre specifically, please email [email protected]. You can also take a look at our volunteering webpage to learn more about volunteering at Dingley’s Promise!
Our Frequently Asked Questions:
What are the centre's term dates?
TBC
Do you have any spaces at the centre for my child?
To enquire about places at the Cheltenham centre please email [email protected]
Can I see a virtual tour?
We hope to be able to provide a virtual online tour of our Cheltenham centre in the near future. Watch this space!
Do you have any volunteering opportunities or vacancies?
If you are interested in a career with Dingley’s Promise, or would like to volunteer at one of our centres, please visit our vacancies webpage to see our current openings.
To express interest in volunteering at our Cheltenham centre specifically please email [email protected]. You can also take a look at our volunteering webpage to learn more about volunteering at Dingley’s Promise!
Mornings: 9:15-12:15
Monday – Thursday
Afternoon 12:45-2:45
Cheltenham
GL51 0HZ