What are your opening times?
We are open 7.30 - 18.00, Monday - Friday.
Attendance depends on personal requirements, but sessions are generally a whole day or half day (8.30 - 13.00) or a school day type session (9.00 - 15.30/16.00). This can all be discussed on an individual basis.
What happens when it rains?
The vast majority of the time, the children will don their all in ones (which they usually are already wearing!), pop up their hoods and keep going - after all, what could be more fun in the rain than to splash in unexpected puddles or to get out our drain pipes and water toys for an impromptu play?! If the rain is torrential (which is no fun for any of us!) we will take shelter indoors and keep ourselves busy there, keeping an eye out for when we can get back to the outdoors.
Do you provide meals and snacks?
Yes, we provide breakfast, morning snack, hot lunch, afternoon snack and high tea.
All food is healthy, fresh, home cooked and prepared from scratch, with menus changing every week. Food is charged at £4 per day.
Children are allowed to select their own breakfast and are offered a choice of cereal, toast, fruit, yoghurt, boiled or scrambled egg, or toasted crumpet or pancakes. Indepedence is always promoted and children will pour out their own cereal and milk, for example.
What are the fees?
Unlike other nurseries, we charge by the hour – this allows us to tailor flexibly to each child and family’s needs. We do not demand a minimum attendance or a certain number of days, although I strongly recommend that children attend for at least two sessions per week to allow them to settle properly.
We offer full, half and ‘school’ day routines, with a variety of start and finish times available; we recommend contacting us to talk through the different options available to best suit you and your child
Our hourly fees are either £7 per hour for a full time (year round) contract, or £7.50 per hour on a term time contract, with no retainer charged for the school holidays. Included in our hourly rate are all nappies, wipes and creams and suntan lotion; all activities, including Forest School sessions for the older children, cookery, yoga, French and gardening club. We charge a £4 food charge per day, which covers a buffet breakfast, a home cooked hot lunch and homemade pudding, high tea and morning and afternoon snack.
Do you offer funded hours?
We offer both 15 and 30 hours funding for children of eligible working families, as well as the universal 15 hours funding currently offered for all children in the term after their third birthday.
These hours can be used on either the standard offer, of up to 15 hours for 38 weeks of the year, or the stretched offer of up to 11.25 hours per week for up to 50 weeks of the year.
Do you provide nappies, wipes and bedding?
Yes, nappies, wipes and bedding are all provided.
What age are the children?
Our children range in age from 4 months to 4 years old.