Hilltop Nursery

Nursery class timings:

Arrival at school: from 8:45am – 9.00am

Phonics: 9:05 to 9:30am

Morning session: 9.00am to 12.00 pm

Lunch and outdoor play: 12.10 pm to 1.10 pm

Afternoon session: 1.10 pm to 3.30 pm

Home time / end of the school day: 3.30 pm

During the morning and afternoon sessions children will have adult led inputs and activities, including phonics and maths, as well as lots of opportunities for child-initiated play.

*It is very important that children are collected on time from the classroom. If you child has not been collected by 3:35pm.

Due to the way in which nursery funding works from September 2025 we are having to make some changes to our sessions:

AM session 9:00am – 12:00pm

Lunch club 12:00pm – 12:30pm – please note there will be a £3 daily charge for this session which will be added to Arbor each half term.

PM session 12:30pm – 3:30pm

Top Up Nursery Fees

There are several different government schemes which parents can use to pay for childcare depending on personal circumstances e.g., Tax-free childcare, 30 hours free childcare, Universal Credit for childcare.

If you exceed your entitled funding you will be charged for all extra sessions as follows:

Half day – 3 hour session between 9:00am – 12:00pm am or 12.30 – 3.30pm – £20.00

Full day – morning and afternoon session 8.45am – 3.15pm – £40.00 (Plus Lunch club as detailed below)

Hilltop Lunch Club is the childcare between 12:00pm and 12.30pm in the Nursery charged at £3.00 per session. This will be added to Arbor each half term.

KiddiActive

Our Nursery children have a wonderful opportunity to attend weekly classes with Primary Stars called Kiddi Activ. These sessions are an enhancement to their broad curriculum and are payable via Arbor. These are currently £2 per session.

Trips/Events

Throughout the year we offer our children a variety of trips and events to support their learning and development. The cost of these are shared on an individual trip/event basis.

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