Our Nursery Values

At Little Pickles, our values are taught, modelled, and lived every day. They support children’s achievement, behaviour and attitudes, well-being, and personal development, helping every child to feel proud, succeed, and thrive. We are committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity, actively removing barriers to learning so that all children — including those with additional needs — can fully access our provision.

Our Four Key Values

In the younger years, staff gently introduce and model these values.

In Brambles and Pippins, children understand them clearly, talk about them, and feel proud when they show them.

Our Wider Nursery Values

These values create a safe, inclusive, and motivating environment where children feel secure, valued, and able to achieve and thrive:

Belonging

Feeling safe, valued, and confident

Happiness & Well-being

Feeling cared for and

emotionally secure

Engagement

Being interested, involved,

and motivated

Challenge

Taking safe risks and learning

that effort leads to success

Curiosity & Imagination

Exploring, questioning,

and leading play

Communication

Building confidence, language,

and relationships

Integrity

Honesty, trust, and understanding

right and wrong

Aspiration

Aiming high and celebrating

achievement

Love

Warmth, care, encouragement,

and feeling truly known

Together, these values promote inclusion, remove barriers to learning, and support positive behaviour, strong attitudes to learning, emotional well-being, and achievement for every child.