eNurseries

Enabling nurseries to offer a professional service

One eNurseries enables authorities to offer childcare providers a comprehensive management system which simplifies the day-to-day running of nurseries. It dramatically eases the burden of administration in pre-school settings and helps authorities ensure the best possible service is provided to families with young children.

Easy access to detailed information on children and staff

One eNurseries enables childcare providers to maintain a comprehensive record of the children using their services. Parental contact details, special educational needs or key medical data, such as information on allergies, can be accessed in no time, ensuring all staff can be made aware of the current needs of every child in their care. Information on children is readily available in the required format for the DfES’ data gathering requirements, saving time for nurseries in meeting their statutory obligations. A complete record of staff can be stored on the system with detailed information on any training required or qualifications gained, helping managers understand where staff skills need to be improved.

Efficient management of waiting lists and staff-to-child ratios

Childcare providers can manage waiting lists simply and ensure spare places are offered quickly to the families that need them. The system uses current data entered on children and staff to automatically calculate the number of available places in a setting and ensure compliance with Ofsted regulations on staff-to-child ratios. In addition, staffing levels can be forecasted across particular time periods throughout the day and the system highlights the need for additional staffing provision when levels fall below what is required.

Simple administration of finances

Financial management is greatly simplified as session fees can be calculated at the click of a mouse. Individual providers can tailor billing to suit their needs or those of their clients, and invoices are generated automatically according to these requirements. Managers can use the system to keep track of overdue accounts and forecast the expected income for individual children, or the setting as a whole, supporting more informed budget-planning. The system also tracks those families entitled to Early Years’ funding and calculates this automatically.

Monitor the standard of provision

eNurseries allows for data exchange with other authority systems to help the authority monitor pre-school provision as a whole or for an individual child. This makes it easy for authority staff to monitor the quality of provision in individual pre-school settings to ensure standards are being met. By sharing information with other providers, such as Children’s Centres, an intelligent picture of a child’s usage of services across an authority can be seen, so any gaps in provision can be identified.

(click here for more information on eNurseries Functionality Sheet)