Opening Hours
We open from 7.30 am until 6.30 pm, from Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
We offer both full time and part-time sessions and you can book full days or AM or PM sessions. Our AM session runs from 7.30am – 1.00pm and includes lunch. Our PM session runs from 1.00pm – 6.30pm and includes tea.
Minimum Booking Policy
The minimum number of sessions your child can be booked into our Lavender nursery and pre-school is two sessions per week (one session equals either an AM or PM session).
Please note The minimum booking policy is not applicable to grant funded sessions.
Settling in Sessions
At Lavender Hill Day Nursery, we believe that children flourish when their personal, social and emotional needs are met. With this in mind, we offer Settling in Sessions for your child before they start their nursery adventure. It’s extremely important that your child feels safe and secure in their nursery environment before they start permanent sessions.
What to expect from Settling in Sessions
- We will start to build relationships with you and your child
- You will meet our team and your child’s Key Person
- We will start to find out your child’s likes and dislikes, home routine and any specific requirements such as nap times, meal preferences and comforters
The main aim of these sessions is to ensure that you and your child feel completely happy before you start permanent sessions with us.
Our Nursery and Registration Fees
Our year runs from Sept 1st to Aug 31st. We close for 1 week at Christmas and all Bank Holidays.
Fees are calculated from booked attendance and based on our fee structure. The fees payable are calculated by taking your child’s weekly attendance fee x 52 (the number of chargeable weeks per year), and dividing by 12 – to give a monthly payment which is payable in advance, on the 1st day of each month by Direct Debit or by voucher.
To book a place we require a £75.00 non-refundable registration fee for a new family (Please note this fee is not applicable for fully funded sessions).
Our Sibling Discount
If you have a child at our nursery already, or if you’re registering a place for more than one child, we offer a 5% discount on your oldest child’s fees when your younger sibling starts with us.
Lavender Hill Day Nursery’s OFSTED Report
Ofsted – ‘Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills’ – regulate and inspect settings to achieve excellence in the care of children.
They inspect all childcare settings, ensuring that they deliver effective support for children through the EYFS. Following an inspection, the nursery receives a report documenting the inspector’s findings.
After the inspection of a setting, nurseries receive a full report of the inspector’s findings. Ofsted inspects us regularly, view our latest Ofsted report.
If you’d like more information on our childcare philosophy, or our operating standards and how we do things, then please contact us and have a chat with the Lavender Hill team. We’d be delighted to show you around.