Service Description
Service Description:La Petite Academy has been established since October 1995 and is a small friendly nursery serving the local community. It is registered in total for 58 children, which includes a separate, small cosy baby unit registered for only 12 babies under 24 months. The baby unit has been specially modified to cater for the needs of the babies.
The main nursery is registered for children from 2 - 5 years and operates a before and after school club on the premises with its own separate facilities for age group 5 - 11 years. A nursery nurse escorts children collected from Ridgeway and Gayton and St Georges via a safe path with no traffic, back to the nursery.
Full Day/Week Sessions: 7.30am – 18.00pm. Morning Session: 7.30am – 13.15pm. Afternoon Session: 13.15pm – 18.00pm. A Holiday Club, before and after school sessions are also available. Before School: 7.30am – 9.00am. After School: 15.30pm – 18.00pm.
All staff are qualified or working towards a qualification in Education and Childcare and hold a first aid certificate and Basic Food Hygiene certificate. La Petite Academy receives nursery education grant funding and is a ''good'' rated nursery (Ofsted, November 2023).
Closed all Bank Holidays. Closed at 4:00pm on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Please contact the nursery to discuss your childcare needs further or for more information.
Charging information for funded and non-funded hours
Answered Questions:- 01. Childcare Provider Offers Funded Morning Sessions: No
- 02. Childcare Provider Offers Afternoon Funded Sessions: No
- 03. Childcare Provider Offers All Day Funded Sessions: Yes
- 9am to 3pm x 5days, or 9am to 4:30pm x 2days
- 04. Funded Sessions Can Be Stretched Over How Many Weeks Of The Year?: No
- 38 weeks per year only if not also taking private care.
- 05. No Funded Session Is Conditional On Taking Extra Fee-Paying Hours: Yes
- 06. Additional Purchased Hours For 9-Month-Old To 2-Year-Old Cost: Yes
- 07. Additional Purchased Hours For 2-Year-Old Cost: Yes
- 08. Additional Purchased Hours For 3- And 4-Year-Old Cost: Yes
- 09. Childcare Provider Has A Charges Policy: Yes
- 10. Breakfast Costs: Yes
- 11. Lunch Costs: Yes
- 12. Tea Costs: Yes
- 13. Snacks Cost: Yes
- 14. All Day Meal Package Costs: Yes
- £10.80 (9-3) £11.90 (9-4:30) per day.
- 15. Half Day Meal Package Costs: No
- 16. If Parents Do Not Want To Pay For Meals Provider Is Happy For You To Bring Packed Meals: Yes
- have to follow healthy meals policy.
- 17. The Provider Has A Healthy Eating Policy That Is Shared With Parents Who Bring Packed Meals: Yes
- Emailed to parents and on website
- 18. Provider Charges Nappies: No
- All parents provide own, £1 charge if forget and we provide.
- 19. Provider Charges For Wipes: Yes
- Part of consumables charge which is 80p per hour for all consumables.
- 20. Provider Charges For Suncream: Yes
- Part of consumables charge which is 80p per hour for all consumables
- 21. Any Additional Consumable Charges: Yes
- Part of consumables charge which is 80p per hour for all consumables
- 22. Provider Charges For Additional Voluntary Services (for Example, Trips, Forest School Sessions O: Yes
- £2 per session of Boogie Beat music and movement session
- 23. If Parents Do Not Want To Pay For Consumables, The Provider Is Happy For Parents To Bring Items: Yes
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Special Needs Area of Experience:Autistic Spectrum
Can Administer Medication
Challenging Behaviours
Downs Syndrome
Dyslexia
Hearing Impairment
Language/communication Needs
Learning Difficulties
Learning Disabilities
Physical Disability
Speech And Language Difficulties
Visual Impairment
Diabetes
Facilities Available
Facilities:- Car Parking
- Outdoor Area
- Sensory Room
Provider Access Channels:- Open For School Inset Days
- Open In Half Term Holidays
- Open In The Easter Holidays
- Open In The Summer Holidays