Awarded Setting: Highbury Community Nursery

Highbury Community Nursery has been established for over 30 years. As a large Nursery of over 30 staff, gaining Millie’s Mark was always going to be a challenge. We firstly gained our award in October 2018; we renewed our award in 2021 and now renewed our award in 2025.

We are dedicated to ensure the safety of all of our children, staff and families and First Aid knowledge is a priority for us. We chose to train a member of our staff to become a First Aid Instructor so that all training could be completed in-house with the opportunity of continuous learning and updates.

Millie’s Mark has not only enabled us to train all Practitioners to a high level of First Aid but also review, reflect and implement in many areas of our practice as a team. All Practitioners have gained the skills to deal with any First Aid incident and are more confident First Aiders knowing that they have the full support of their colleagues due to being trained to the same level.

As a staff team, we are so excited and proud of the achievement in gaining and remaining at the required level to be awarded Millie’s Mark for the last 6 years. First Aid is a priority for many families, and we feel that Millie’s Mark is a clear message to all of our families that we are committed and go above and beyond the minimum requirements to keep our children safe and to minimise risks and prevent accidents.

Thank you, Millie’s Mark, for giving us this opportunity!