DORMA helps nursery achieve top mark in Ofsted report

DORMA recently installed several automatic sliding door operators at the Noah’s Ark Nursery in South Shields, as part of a £75,000 development programme to the nursery.

The doors are operated by push pads at the children’s height so that they could come and go unaided from the room during free time. This creates independence for the children which did not go unnoticed by Offsted during a recent inspection. The ability for a child to learn independence from an early age is something, which Offsted is pushing for Nursery schools to achieve and Noah’s’ Ark Nursery was praised highly for this.

With the nursery teaching children as young as one, the safety and reliability of the operators was a key priority. The nursery chose DORMA ED200 automatic swing door operators and ES200 automatic sliding door operators for use in the classrooms because of their adaptability for different situations.

Eamon Gribben, Nursery Owner explains, “I have used DORMA before so knew that their expertise in this area is second to none. We have worked together to create a space which not only allows the children to develop life skills but keeps them in a safe environment as well.” Mr Gribben further adds “ Passing the Offsted inspection with the highest marks in the North East is something which we are incredibly proud of and the facilities which DORMA created are something which strongly helped us achieve this.”

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