Our Nursery
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Our Nursery provides high-quality education and care for children aged 3-4 years old with experienced and passionate professionals. We follow a play-based approach, where children engage in a range of explorative experiences through child-led and teacher-led methods. Our ambitious curriculum is founded on the EYFS Framework, ensuring we plan and provide a range of experiences to support the seven Areas of Learning and the Characteristics of Effective Learning. Our provision focuses on developing learning skills and dispositions which provide a confident and secure foundation for their education into primary school. Our curriculum embraces a range of exciting topics and themes, as well as embracing children’s interests and needs. We embrace our Catholic virtues to inform our pedagogy, practice, curriculum and environment.
All children born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 are eligible for our morning nursery sessions from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Monday to Friday. These sessions are funded by the government and are free to all 3/4 year olds.
Some children of working parents will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare and education during term time.
Please be advised that children who are in our nursery for 30 hours will pay an additional charge of £3.50 per day to cover the cost of childcare over their lunch break.
From September 2025, we will be able to offer an additional pre-paid 15 hours to those parents who are not eligible for 30 hour funding. This will be at a cost of £75.00 per week. Please note that it is expected that your child attends for the whole 30 hours. The additional lunch break charge will be a separate charge.
Our nursery sessions are as follows:
- Option 1: 15 hours funding – Morning Sessions only - 8.30am to 11.30am, Monday to Friday.
- Option 2: 30 hours funding - 8.30am to 3.30 pm, Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 1.00pm Friday (32.5 hours, additional 2.5 hours to be pre-paid at £3.50 per day to cover lunch break).
- Option 3: 30 hours (15 hours funded and 15 hours pre paid) - 8.30am to 3.30 pm, Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 1.00pm Friday (32.5 hours, additional 2.5 hours to be pre-paid at £3.50 per day to cover lunch break).
For more information and to apply for 30 hour funding, visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. Please provide us with your Eligibility Code and, National Insurance number prior to your child starting. It is the responsibility of the parent to re-apply every 3 months.
Fees for extra hours and lunch break cover will be invoiced half-termly and can be pre-paid through the ParentMail app. If you have difficulty paying fees, please inform the office immediately.