Croyland Nursery School
Croyland Nursery School
Croyland Rd, Wellingborough NN8 2AX
01933 279681
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Croyland Maintained Nursery School and Day Nursery has been part of the community for 80 years. The School is open all year round from Monday to Friday, providing a wide range of educational and care places for children from the age six months to aged five.
The School is open from 8am to 6pm. We have a dedicated team of nursery practitioners, teachers and leaders who are passionate for providing the best quality care and education for all children. We work in partnership with our parents right from the start from a home visit and play sessions, before a child starts.
We build positive relationships with parents and children to ensure every child feels secure and thrives.
Our Ethos
We build a secure foundation for all children and their families to become happy, confident, caring individuals who achieve personal success and develop a lifelong love of learning.
Notices
New Early Years Specialist Provision officially opened at Croyland Nursery School
A new Early Years Specialist Provision – named Sunflowers - has been officially opened at Croyland Nursery School.
The Mayor, Valerie Anslow cut the ribbon (and cake!) to declare the unit open – joined by a large gathering from the local community including Early Years professionals, members of Wellingborough Town Council, families and staff.
The pilot provision established by North Northamptonshire Council and Croyland Nursery School, aims to create a specialist provision for young children with moderate or significant communication and social interaction difficulties.
The provision aims to implement adaptations and modifications to the curriculum and teaching approaches to enable the children to make excellent progress. The aim is that the children will then move into primary schools or a specialist provision with an understanding of the adaptations required for their continued success. With a high number of children not able to access their school place at statutory school age and children starting school without a clear plan of what support is required, the need for units of this type is increasing.
There are currently 9 children already attending the provision, aged 3-5 years, with all making exceptional progress. It is hoped that the success of this pilot provision continues and that there will be opportunities to grow this model across North Northants, so that all children have an equal opportunity to develop their talents and thrive.
14 December 2023
Our new website is here!
Dear Parents/Carers
We are proud to share our new website with you. Please bookmark this page for future reference.
We'll share anything School related with you here, and hope to keep you informed of future events at Croyland. In the meantime, please feel free to contact us for any further information.
14 June 2022
School notices will appear here, but there are none to see at present.
Executive Head Teacher
Lyndsey Lambert
Deputy Head Teacher
Kate Smith
Bursar
Cheryl Chapman
Contact
bursar@croyland-nur.northants-ecl.gov.uk
We continue to build on Croyland Nursery School’s well–established foundations and principles, developed through more than 70 years experience and training. We are proud to be part of the Foundations for Children Nursery Schools Federation, working with children and families across Northamptonshire.
This has been recognised by Ofsted, the body responsible for inspecting early year’s education and care settings:
"Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery continues to be an outstanding school, staff nurture and keep children safe" – Ofsted Inspection Report March 2020
"Children are happy and settle quickly into routines. Their time in nursery is fun and filled with thought provoking activities and experiences" – Ofsted Inspection Report March 2020
Ofsted
Nursery Education
Funded Places
These are early education places funded by the Government. They are available for all 3 and 4 year olds and for some eligible 2 years olds. Please see the County Council website for more information click here
Starting in September 2021 the way we offer these funded hours are as follows:
3 and 4 Year Funded Children / 2 Year Funded Children
These children are entitled to a total of 570 hours per year. We offer these as either:
15 hours per week for 38 term-time weeks. Children attend either Morning (8.30am-11.30pm) or afternoon (12.40-3.40pm) sessions.
12 hours per week for 48 weeks of the year. Additional fees will apply (see our fees section below).
30 hours Funded Children
The Government also offers up to 30 hours free childcare (1,140 hours per year) for 3 and 4 year old children of working parents who meet certain criteria. For more information please click here.
We offer these hours as 23 hours per week for 49 weeks of the year. Additional fees will apply (see our fees section below).
If you would like to access any of these places please fill in an application form specifiying what funding your child will receive. The form is available by clicking the 'Enrol Your Child' button below.
If you would like to see what weeks are open for your funding see our calendars below.
Childcare Fees
Calendars
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Policies & Reports
Staff members
There is a Code of Conduct, to which all staff are required to work. As a staff team we are extremely experienced, and we are actively involved in the training and professional development of students and of other staff in the County.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
To contact us on any safeguarding issue please contact us and ask for the Designated Safeguarding Senior Lead and in her absence ask for any of the other Deputy Safeguarding Leads.
Staff Vacancies
Please contact the Nursery School using the contact button above to find out about our current vacancies
Staff Training Day
Staff are very well inducted and supervised and have regular appraisals. We close on 3 days per year for staff training.
Our last training day on 22nd October 2021 was our first joint training day as 'Foundations for Children Nursery Schools Federation.' The Federation comprises of Camrose Early Years Centre, Parklands Nursery School, both in Northampton, and Croyland and Highfield Nursery Schools in Wellingborough. The training day was focused on the Early Years Reforms for Education and Care of children aged 0-5 years, published in Sept 21.
These professional development opportunities allow the teachers and practitioners working with your children to be up to date with the most effective teaching and learning strategies that can help all children achieve their full potential. As you can see from the photos there were many opportunities to share and discuss best practice across the four Nursery Schools.
Please see some pics from the day below.
Contact the School
We would love to hear from you, please do get in touch. You can do this by calling Croyland Nursery School and Day Nursery on 01933 279681 (8am to 6pm Mon-Fri).
Alternatively, you can complete the enquiry form and a member of our admin team will get back to you.
Our Bursar can be contacted directly by email bursar@croyland-nur.northants-ecl.gov.uk
Email Camrose Early Years Centre
Email Croyland Nursery School
Email Highfield Nursery School
Email Parklands Nursery School
“I am very happy with the nursery, staff are friendly. My child loves coming and has made friends and has achieved so much since starting e.g. confidence, socialising, colours, numbers…. The list goes on.”
– Parent Feedback June 2016
Croyland Nursery School
Croyland Rd, Wellingborough NN8 2AX
Tel:
01933 279681