Our Nursery
Welcome to Saxon Nursery
New from September 2024 our Shepperton based nursery is an integral part of the wider Saxon family, working alongside our Reception year group and supporting children in taking their first steps towards being school-ready.
Taking children from 2 years old we offer a wealth of opportunities to learn as they play whilst following the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in an engaging, creative, friendly and encouraging environment.
Nursery Open Sessions
We are holding Stay & Play and Open Sessions for prospective families who are looking for a Nursery space in January or April 2025. There will be one Saturday Stay & Play session where children can come along with their families and explore our wonderful environment. Every Thursday, between now and Christmas, families can come along and see the Nursery in action from 9:30-10:00am in a very small group. All the booking information can be found below.
Date | Time |
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Thursday 14th November 2024 | 9:30am-10:00am |
Thursday 21st November 2024 | 9:30am-10:00am |
Thursday 28th November 2024 | 9:30am-10:00am |
Thursday 12th December 2024 | 9:30am-10:00am |
Thursday 19th December 2024 | 9:30am-10:00am |
Our Provision
Our Nursery children follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. You can read about this by following this link: https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage. This child-led approach allows for 'teaching alongside' as well as direct adult-led activities, such as learning to count, sounds and letters. Children follow the Little Wandle phonics programme.
Our Facilities
Our Nursery occupies a purpose-built space within our school site.
There are a range of ways to stimulate learning and exploration through the outdoors. We seek to develop children's Mathematics and Language skills through this space as much as possible.
You can take a closer look at our facilities in the slideshow below:
Session Options
Our Nursery offers 15 and 30 hour places.
Whilst offering the allocated number of 15 hour government funded nursery places will take priority, if spaces allow, there may be an opportunity to offer 30 hours childcare.
This could be either offered to parents claiming 30 hours free childcare or parents who may want to fund the additional 15 hours themselves. The cost to fund the additional 15 hours will be £91.50 per week.
The nursery offers two separate sessions. These are:
Session | Days | Times |
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Woodpeckers (15 hours) |
Monday Tuesday Wednesday |
9.00am-3.00pm 9.00am-3.00pm 9.00am-12.00pm |
Kingfishers (15 hours) |
Wednesday Thursday Friday |
12.15pm-3.15pm 9.00am-3.00pm 9.00am-3.00pm |
Please contact the school office on 01932 563035 to speak to the Office Manager about a place.
On the days that your child attends all day, they will require a packed lunch. Children who attend Wednesday mornings will not require a packed lunch. Wednesday afternoon children should have their lunch at home before coming into Nursery.
Nursery Intake
Admission will be subject to an application being made and places being available.
To register your child for a nursery place please complete the application form below and return it to the school office by hand, post or email at info.saxon@lumenlearningtrust.co.uk.
There are 2 versions of the form available below - PDF & Word document. The Word document is editable and can be returned by email. We will then hold your application on file and contact you when places become available.
If you have any questions please call the school office on 01932 563035.
Please note, children in our Nursery are not automatically enrolled into the School's Reception class. You can apply for a reception class place in the school on the Surrey Admissions website www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions or you can call on 0300 200 1004.
30 hours Childcare Entitlement
For further information on checking your eligibility for the 30 hours childcare entitlement please visit:
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/childcare-professionals/providing-free-early-education/providing-plus-15-hours-of-free-childcare.
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30 Hours Childcare: for more information about 30 hours child care and how to apply for your code.
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Childcare Choices Website: for more information about childcare choices or to apply for your 30 hour childcare code.