South Acton Children's Centre
Castle Close
Acton, London
W3 8RX
Head of Centre: Sue Wadhams
Tel: 020 8992 0724
Email: admin@southactoneec.com
Website: www.southactoncc.com
Directions: [Map]
Linked to: Oaktree Community Centre, Sunlight Community Nursery and Resource Centre, Sure Start South Acton
Below is an overview of services offered through this children's centre. Please contact the centre directly for more information and for specific enquiries.
Childcare
Play and Out of School
Parent support
Work, study or volunteer
Health
Community
Information
Support for childminders
Families with additional needs
Childcare
- Full day care
- Crèche age 1-3 years ( under two hours)
Play and Out of School
- Breakfast and After School Club
- Holiday playscheme age 3-7 years
Parent support
- Parent and toddler group
- Support for parents of children with special educational needs
- Book and toy library
- Family learning including ICT, family literacy, numeracy and learning through play
- Guidance booklets for parents
- Creche for parent training
Work, study or volunteer
- A Job Centre Plus Adviser is available to give advice and help parents to access work, training for work, benefits and Tax Credits. Available by appointment as well as drop-in sessions.
- Esol classes
Health
- Support from an educational psychologist
- Family therapy and counselling
- Advice on how to access health services
- Close links with health visitors
- Visits from a dental hygienist
- Nutritional advice
- Regular family support for children with special needs
- Regular visits from speech and language therapists
- All staff working with children have received training from occupational and speech and language therapist.
Community
Information
- Parent information point
- Internet access kiosk with links to useful sites
Support for childminders
- Childminding drop in group
- Book library for under 3’s
- Childminding Network
- Crèche availability for childminders training
- Childcare vacancies information
Families with additional needs
The Special Care Unit caters for children with multiple special educational needs including children on the Autistic Spectrum.
The I CAN project for children with speech and language difficulties supports up to 10 children on a daily basis with a team consisting of a teacher, speech and language specialist and a nursery nurse.
Many children with special educational needs are included in the mainstream nursery which is well resourced including use of a multi-sensory room and a high ratio of adults to children.
