Admissions
The preschool is registered on the Early Years Register and can provide childcare for a maximum of 14 children in a session aged from 18 months to 4 years old.
When sessions are oversubscribed, we offer a waiting list.
The preschool is open during term time only. We are closed during school holidays and bank holidays
We are Ofsted registered (URN. 106297) and in receipt of the under 2-year-old scheme, the 2-year-old scheme and the Early Years Entitlement for 3 – 4-year-olds. We offer the 30 hours free childcare to eligible families.
Preschool provision
For children aged 9 months to 4 years, eligible working families can apply for 30 hours of childcare for 38 weeks a year, to use from the term after their child turns 9 months until they reach school age
All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours free childcare from the term after they turn 3 years old.
You can apply for this funding at 30 hours childcare - Best Start in Life
Opening Times
Monday - Friday
8:00am until 4:00pm
Term Time Only
Funding and Fees
Your child’s government funded hours can be use between the hours of
8:00 am to 4:00pm
Our current fees for non funded hours are:
Under 2-year-olds £10.30 per hour
2-year-olds - £7.70 per hour
3–4-year-olds - £6.50 per hour
(from April 2026)
We accept most childcare vouchers through work scheme and the government Tax-Free Childcare scheme.
Tax-Free Childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk
Other charges
We ask for a Registration Fee of £20.00.
This is to cover administration cost and includes a folder for your child’s profile, a scrapbook to record your child’s art work and a Pre-school t-shirt to welcome your child to the setting.
Voluntary Termly contribution
As a charity, we ask parents for this contribution as it go towards purchasing extra resources such as seeds to make bird feeders, or for planting in our garden and other ingredients for cooking such as flour, butter, sugar or vegetables and fruit to eat, exploring new flavours.
This is a voluntary contribution and is not compulsory.
Session times
We are open daily Monday to Friday and offer the following sessions
Morning Session 9:00am – 12:00pm
Afternoon Session 12:00pm – 3:00pm
All day Session 9:00am - 3:00pm
We offer Add-on Session
Early Bird 8:00am - 9:00am
Extended Session 3:00pm - 4.00pm
You are welcome to choose how you arrange your child’s sessions, choosing an all-day 6-hour session
or a 3-hour morning session or a 3-hour afternoon session
and add any Add-on Session if needed