Case study: Goddard Park Centre of Early Excellence The Background: Goddard Park Centre of Early Excellence, based in Swindon, cares for over 100 children and has 26 staff. The nursery is on the same site as the Ofsted graded Outstanding Goddard Park Primary School. In the school’s most recent Ofsted report, inspectors commented that “children get an excellent start in the Children’s Centre and throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage.” The challenge: Fiona Godfrey, Manager of the Centre of Early Excellence, was using a nursery management software package which was difficult to tailor to the nursery’s individual requirements. She explained: “The software that we were using was limited in its capabilities and adaptability. From a management point of view, the reporting functio

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