About our Nursery

Our dedicated staff are committed to providing a safe, happy and welcoming environment where every child feels valued, cared for and supported. We recognise that every child is unique, and we work closely with families to ensure their individual needs, interests and stages of development are at the heart of everything we do.

We offer a rich variety of learning experiences and activities, carefully planned around the children’s individual interests and needs. Our aim is for children to feel happy, confident and excited to learn, while developing their independence, curiosity and social skills.

Our nursery follows a free-flow approach, giving children the freedom to explore and make choices about their play and learning. Alongside this, we provide structured activities and focused group times to support children’s learning and development across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

Children have access to high-quality indoor and outdoor learning environments, as well as opportunities to use additional facilities within the school. This allows us to provide a wide range of experiences and environments where children can explore, learn, play and develop.

The nursery is open from 7:45am to 5:15pm, providing flexible childcare to support our families.

We believe that strong partnerships with parents and carers are an important part of a child’s nursery experience. We encourage open, honest and regular communication, working together to ensure every child feels safe, happy, supported and ready to learn.

Fees and Funding

The 2 Year Funding and Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is additional funding for early years’ settings to improve the outcomes for disadvantaged 2 - 4-year olds.

We can use the extra funding in any way we choose to improve the quality of the early years education that we provide for your child. This could include for example, additional training for our staff on early language, investing in partnership working with our colleagues to further our expertise or a hot meal every day, 1:1 support for your child or to support our staff in working on specialised areas such as speech and language.

It is well documented that high quality early education can influence how well a child does at both primary and secondary school so we do want to make the most of this additional funding. You may be aware if you have older children that a pupil premium has been available for school age children and it has proved to have given a real boost to the children receiving the funding. We want to do the same for our early years children entitled to this funding.

How can you help us?

When you fill in your Parental Declaration claim form, please ensure you provide us with your national insurance number and Date of Birth so that we can claim this additional funding on your child’s behalf (subject to eligibility).

 

Hedgehogs	Squirrels	Badgers
Accommodates babies from three months old.	Accommodates children from two to three years old.	Accommodates children from three to four years old.

 

Description	Unit	Charge
Funded Entitlement Hours – Universal offer for 3 & 4 year olds (term time only – 38 weeks)	15 hours	Free
Funded Entitlement Hours – 9 months old plus for working parents (term time only – 38 weeks)	30 hours	Free
Funded Entitlement Hours – Universal offer for 3 & 4 year olds (full year care 47.5 weeks)	12 hours	Free
Funded Entitlement Hours – 9 months old plus for working parents   (full year care 47.5 weeks)	24 hours	Free

 

Session Times	Unit	Hedgehogs (3 months - 2 Years)	Squirrels (2 - 3 years)	Badgers (3 - 4 years)
07.45 - 08.00  (paid only)	Per session	£2.20	£2.10	£1.50
08.00 - 13.00  (paid or funded)	Per session	£44.05	£41.95	£30.00
13.00 - 16.00  (paid or funded)	Per session	£26.40	£25.15	£18.00
08.00 - 16.00  (paid or funded)	Per session	£70.45	£67.10	£48.00
16.00 - 17.15  (paid or funded)	Per session	£11.00	£10.50	£7.50

 

 

Optional Extra Charges	Unit	Unit Charge (for all ages)
Nursery Breakfast (7.45-8.30am)	Per session	£2.00
Nursery Lunch (provided by the school – term time only)	Per session	£2.76
Nursery Tea (sessions past 4.00pm)	Per session	£3.00
Annual Sun Cream Charge	Per year	£7.50
Morning Snack	Per session	£1.50
Afternoon Snack	Per session	£1.50
Both Morning and Afternoon Snack	Per session	£3.00

 

 

Tax-Free Childcare

Tax-Free childcare can help with the cost of paying for childcare.

You’ll need to set up a childcare account, which both you and the government will pay into. You can then use this money to pay your childcare provider.

For every £8 you pay into the account, the government will top it up by £2.

The total top up you can get for each child is £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year). This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if your child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

You’ll usually need to be working, and your child must be 11 or younger

Click here to check if you're eligible.

 

Nursery Non-Funded Days

Hedgehogs, Squirrels and Badgers using the 15/30 Hour Flexible Funding Offer

Children using the 15/30 hour Flexible Funding Offer will not be funded on the following dates: 

• 19th October – 30th October 2026
• 21st December 2026 – 1st January 2027
• 15th February – 19th February 2027
• 26th March – 9th April 2027
• 31st May – 4th June 2027
• 26th July – 13th August 2027 

If you would like your child to attend nursery during any of the above periods when the nursery is open, please email the nursery detailing your request. Places available during each holiday period may vary and will be dependent on staffing levels.

 

Nursery Closures

Please remember that the nursery will be closed to all children on the following dates:

• 24th December 2026 – 1st January 2027 inclusive
• 22nd February 2027
• 16th August – 30th August 2027 inclusive
• All UK Bank Holidays