Nursery 

Our nursery class Rosebuds, is situated in our lovely primary school in Hawkchurch, a rural village a short distance from Axminster, Chard and surrounding villages.

We offer an exciting indoor and outdoor environment for children aged between 2-4 and follows the Early Years Foundation Stage profile, working supportively with parents to help children develop to their full potential.

Our nursery is led by our Nursery Teaching Assistant Becky Walker under the leadership of the Class 1 Teacher's Mr Christopher Threlfall & Marie Matthews. Class 1 already provides foundation stage activities as well as activities for Key Stage One (Years 1&2).  Although all the children are in the same class, they have learning and play activities relevant to their age and stage of learning and their own area within the classroom.

We use Tapestry as a forum to evidence the exciting learning children have been doing throughout the week and communicate with parents daily when children attend Nursery.

Nursery is open in school term time only. You can find details of term dates here.

Opening hours

Our nursery is open from 8.40am until 3.15pm, with morning, afternoon or full day sessions available. 

 For funding the nursery day is split into two sessions. Children can attend a three-hour session or a full day. Each session is three hours long -

• 9.00am – 12.00pm
• 12.00pm – 3.00pm.

Fees

2–3-year-olds £5.50 per hour 

3–4-Year-olds £5.00 per hour 

These costs are reviewed annually by the federation

Link to Eligibility Checking Service 

Childcare choices

Funding

If you live and work in England you may be entitled to 30 hours funded childcare support from the term after your child turns 9 months old, until they start school. 

You can usually get funded childcare for working parents if you (and your partner, if you have one) are:

• in work or starting a new job
• on sick leave or annual leave
• on shared parental, maternity, paternity or adoption leave
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The amount of funded childcare you can get depends on:

• your child’s age and circumstances
• your income (and your partner’s income, if you have one)
• your immigration status
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If you are not eligible for the working parent offer you will still receive the 15 hour entitlement for all 3 and 4 year olds from the term after your child turns 3 until they start school, irrespective of your income level, benefit status, or family circumstances.

If you or your child receive some additional forms of support, you may be eligible for 15 hours early learning for 2 year olds under a separate scheme and you should speak to your local council and/or provider in the first instance. If you are eligible, you should still apply for the working parent entitlement, but you will receive 15 hours from each scheme (up to a maximum of 30 hours in total).

We also accept childcare vouchers.

We now accept the governments extended entitlement childcare codes 

Link to Eligibility Checking Service for Extended Funding

Childcare choices

Admissions

Application forms are available from the school office or by downloading the relevant documents.