Nursery

Welcome to our Nursery!

Honey Pot Nursery is part of St Mary’s RC Primary School, part of St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Academy Trust. We are a 26 place Nursery, which means we can accommodate up to 26 children aged 3-4 years in each morning and afternoon session. Children can join the nursery from three years of age but will only receive funding the term after their third birthday.

We believe in equal opportunities for all children and support all children whatever their need.

Children’s experiences and opportunities to learn in Nursery can create strong and lasting foundations which can be developed further in later life. The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework guide provides information on key areas of learning and development, keeping children safe and promoting their welfare.

The Early Years staff are skilful, trained educators, who are knowledgeable about how children learn, about child development and care, and have a strong commitment to the nursery and its aims. Our Nursery lead is a fully qualified and experienced classroom practitioner, whose passion lies in Early Years. We have a well-resourced, purpose built, indoor and outdoor foundation stage and work closely as an integrated team. We are also very keen to work with you to enable your child to be happy and to make good progress.

Our Sessions

If you require additional sessions above the government funded allocation (either 15 hours or 30 hours) these are available and are charged at £12.00 per session or £4.00 an hour.

We offer the following sessions

Morning sessions 8:45 am – 11:45 am
Lunch session 11:45 am – 12:15 pm *
Afternoon session 12:15 pm – 3:15 pm

* Lunch time will incur an additional charge of £2 plus a school dinner charge of £2.30, unless you wish to provide your child with a packed lunch.

Our Aims

To treat and develop each child as an individual.
To create a safe, secure and happy environment, helping to provide each child with the opportunity to grow in confidence, enabling them to develop emotional resilience.
To further develop social skills.
To encourage children to explore and participate in structured, engaging and stimulating playful learning activities.
To foster a love of learning and a positive attitude to challenge and resilience to learning.

St Mary’s RC Primary School follows these three simple principles: ‘Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Safe’.

Our Nursery is a purposeful and exciting environment, which encourages curiosity, ensuring children learn and explore the world through play. We encourage outdoor, messy and multi-sensory activities.

Parents/Carers can apply in advance for a place at nursery through our ‘Honey Pot Nursery’ application form. You can collect an application form from the school office or we can email a copy to you by contacting us at [email protected]. Our Nursery team are more than happy to contact you via telephone or video platform to have a personal discussion.

There is no catchment area for nursery schools. A place in our Nursery does not guarantee a place at St Mary’s RC Primary school which would need to be applied for through the North Yorkshire admissions process.

Nursery Funding Information

15 Hours funding (universal funding)

Children who come to our Nursery can get 15 hours free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year. We provide these hours during the school term. The child is eligible from the term after their 3rd birthday. The school claim this funding on your behalf. If you wish your child to attend Honeypot Nursery as soon as your child turns 3 years old, we can accommodate this and would invoice accordingly with our current charges.

30 Hours funding (extended funding)

The Government have extended the current universal free childcare entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds from 15 to 30 hours per week for working parents from September 2017.

What do you need to do?

Apply for additional funded hours through your childcare account on gov.uk.
Your claim will be assessed against the eligibility criteria which are on the Gov.uk website and are based on you
(and your partner, if you have one) being in work and earning the national minimum wage. There are other
criteria so please check the website for details.
Once you have received the code please let us have it as without it we cannot claim funding for the childcare
provided. (We will also need some additional details from to you to complete the claim)

For more advice please visit the government website.

https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Reconfirming your code

Your eligibility code needs to be reconfirmed every 3 months. You can do this through your existing childcare account. If the code is not reconfirmed it will not be valid and we will not be able to claim funding for the childcare that we have provided to you. Without a valid eligibility code any sessions above the 15 hours will need to be paid directly by parents.