Our Aims

• To provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age.
• To provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment.
• To work within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families.
• To work closely to the curriculum for the Early Years Foundation stage and the Early Learning Goals.
• To develop language and listening skills by talking and listening and by reading and writing.
• To develop early Maths concepts and the basics of using numbers.
• To develop physical control, mobility (different ways of moving around), awareness of space and manipulative skills (ability to handle a range of objects) both indoors and outdoors.
• To develop creativity by focusing on how children’s imagination develops and their ability to communicate and to express their ideas and feelings in creative ways.
• To develop personal and social development by learning how to work, play and co-operate with others and mix in a group other than their family.
• To encourage the children to develop knowledge and understanding of their environment, other people and the features of the world.
• And above all to ensure that the children are happy and have fun!
  

Session Times

Benington Nursery offers morning sessions 9:00am – 12:00pm, from Monday through to Friday, and afternoon sessions, either 12.00pm – 3.00pm, or 1.00pm – 3.00pm Mondays through to Thursdays. We also offer a lunch club which runs every day from 12:00pm – 1:00pm,  you will need to provide a packed lunch in a clearly named bag.

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Fees and Finance

Each 3 hour nursery session is £11.00, each 2 hour session is £8.00 and each lunch club session is an extra £3 per day. Fees will be collected half termly in advance. Due to the constant nature of the financial commitments of the nursery, it is not possible to issue refunds for sessions or lunch clubs not taken due to sickness or holidays.

The preferred payment method is by electronic transfer to sort code 20-41-12 account number 33559041. Cheques should be made payable to "Benington Nursery". Payment is due on or before the first day of the relevant half term.

A registration fee of £15.00 per child is charged upon booking a place at the nursery, and will include one polo shirt and book bag depicting the nursery logo, and a  Ready, Steady, Talk! activity book, from the I Can charity.

Nursery Education Grants are accepted by Benington Nursery.  The grants become available the term after your child has turned 3 years old.  Grants are also available for some 2 year olds.  Please talk to the Nusery owner if you think you may be eligible.

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Our Staff

At Benington Nursery we will provide a high staff to child ratio to ensure that children have sufficient individual attention and to guarantee care and education to a high quality.  All members of staff are checked for criminal records through the Criminal Records Bureau in accordance with Ofsted's requirements.

Full staff details are in the prospectus.

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The Curriculum

Our Early Years Curriculum provides an excellent framework to ensure each child receives the care and education for every aspect of their development.  Effective learning is carefully planned in order to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Children from the age of two follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ Curriculum. From September 2008 the Government stipulated that all early years education is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. Individual activities are carefully planned to ensure that they challenge each child to develop their interests, skills and enthusiasm.

The new structure is based on four themes and they express important principles underpinning effective practice in the care, development and learning of young children. Each principle is supported by four commitments which describe how the principle can be put into practice.

Full details are in the prospectus.

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The Nursery received an Ofsted Inspection in October 2009 which rated us as OUTSTANDING and the report can be read by clicking this link
Ofsted Report

or you can download a PDF version by clicking here


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Contact us

Benington Nursery
Benington Primary School
Walkern Road
Benington
Hertfordshire
SG2 7LP

Telephone 07518 649875

e-mail: benington.nursery@tiscali.co.uk

Download Registration Form here