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Nursery Places, Fees & Booking Information
We are a state-maintained Nursery School, providing quality early learning opportunities for children aged between two and four years old.
We can provide childcare for your children term time only or all year round. We also offer Breakfast Club and Afterschool Club.
Our Nursery School is based in a wonderful setting, with a third of an acre of beautiful gardens, including woodland, a vegetable garden, a fire pit and a cob pizza oven! Within this outstanding, challenging yet safe environment, your child can explore, create, imagine, be inspired, learn, develop, share and above all have lots and lots of fun!
Our team of dedicated, caring and experienced teachers, learning support assistants and play workers put a great deal of thought to planning, ensuring there are opportunities for both child led and teacher led activities, which are based around the children's individual and/or combined interests, abilities and needs. Our highly trained team recognise, and value children having multiple intelligence and different learning styles and can adapt their communication styles to suit all.
Our ethos of ‘cherishing children through empowering parents’ underpins our everyday practice.
We recognise that as parents/carers you are the child’s first educator and welcome you to be a part of the Nursery School in different capacities. To help build good relationships all round and to reassure your child to feel safe and cared for, we assign a key person to each child.
Awarded an 'Outstanding' Ofsted grading for a second time.
We welcome children claiming 30 hours entitlement and 2-year-old funding, or, parents can purchase sessions.
“Outstanding quality of education…in an exceptionally nurturing school…every child thrives in this sanctuary of learning.”
- Ofsted School Inspector 2017
Opening hours and prices - September 2023
| Session | 2 year old costs | Food only (if hours are taken as part of Early Years entitlement) | 3 & 4 year old costs | Food only (if hours are taken as part of Early Years entitlement) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast club | £8.50 | £1.50 | £7.50 | £1.50 |
| Lunch session – parents to provide packed lunch | £5.00 | N/A | £5.00 | N/A |
| 3-hour morning or afternoon session | £19.00 | N/A | £16.00 | N/A |
| Afterschool club | £11.00 | £1.50 | £9.00 | £1.50 |
Payment can be made via; Parent Pay and Childcare Vouchers.
Prices do not include nappies/creams – these are to be provided by the parent/carer each day.
Late fees:
- Children attending after school club – if you are late to collect your child or drop off early, then the hourly rate, per child, will apply and be added to your next bill.
- All payments must be made within 10 days of the date of invoice. Late payments will be at risk of a late payment fee and cancellation of sessions.
Holiday retainer:
Children attending all year round can take up to 4 weeks holiday where a 50% retainer is charged to hold your space. A minimum of 4 weeks’ notice is required, otherwise the full cost in incurred.
For children attending all year round the Nursery School will close for a full week between Christmas and New Year, where there is no charge payable. We will also close for a full team training day at the beginning of the Spring Term. Please see term dates for any other closures.
“A friendly welcoming school, with attentive staff and a fun atmosphere.”
Parent of Nursery School
Illness
Please ring Nursery if your child is unwell and will not be attending. If your child has been sick or has had diarrhoea they will need to be kept off nursery for at least 48 hours since the last episode. If your child has a temperature they need to be kept off Nursery for at least 24 hours once the temperature has subsided. This advice is given to us from the Health Protection Agency.
Collecting Your Child
Holidays During Term Time
Holidays during term time will be authorised, however fees must still be paid.