Nursery
Welcome to the Busy Bees Nursery Class!
The Busy Bees class is where our youngest, nursery aged children learn. Our Communication Friendly environment is designed to be a calm and inviting place where children can feel safe and secure. We place a huge emphasis on early language skills and vocabulary development, our provision is carefully planned with this in mind.
Our children learn through play and high-quality interactions with others. Our nursery team are skilled in observing play and making sure children’s next steps and interests are identified and then planned for.
We love to learn about stories and share books in our cosy reading area. We learn our focus stories through story maps and actions.
Our Classes

About our Nursery
Our Opening Hours: 08:45 – 15:15
Our Contact Details:
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School, Queens Drive, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 0EG
01283 550 667
info@elmsleighinfantschool.co.uk
Our Nursery Setting: We can care for children aged 3 & 4 years old
Our Nursery Places: Are allocated on a first come first served basis, however we do hold a waiting list which is kept in date order of application
We can care for: up to 44 children in the setting
Early Years Entitlement Hours
Eligibility for Early Years Funding: All 3 & 4 year old children can receive up to 570 hours of funding per academic year (15 hours per child per week during term time)
Eligible Working Families: Working families can receive up to 1140 hours of funding per academic year (30 hours per child per week during term time)
All funded hours are available from the term after your child reaches qualifying age:
| A Child Born on or between | Will become eligible from |
| 1 Jan – 31 March |
Start of Summer Term (After Easter Holiday) |
| 1 April – 31 Aug |
Start of Autumn Term (September) |
| 1 Sept – 31 Dec |
Start of Spring Term (January) |
Our setting accepts both 15 hours and 30 hours per week funding
These hours can be accessed:
Term Time Only
Full Week Block
Set Patterns of AM/PM or All Day
| 15 hours per week – 2 patterns avail | 30 hours per week – set pattern |
|
Monday – Friday 08:45 – 11:45 Monday – Friday 12:15 – 3:15 |
Monday – Friday 08:45 – 3:15 |
There is no charge connected to the Early Years Entitlement hours
Additional Hours
If you wish to purchase additional hours alongside the Early Years Entitlement Hours, these are available – Hours must be purchased from the set patterns above
The cost of additional hours is £6.00 per hour – to be paid in advance
Nursery children are accepted in our Breakfast Blub, if you require this service Breakfast Club runs each day during term time from 07:50 hours
The cost of attending Breakfast Club is £2.50 per day and must be booked in advance
Meals & Snacks
Fruit snacks are offered free of charge to all children in our setting each day
Your child is welcome to bring a packed lunch in from home, alternatively if you are an All day booking (30 hours) a School Lunch is available, and can be purchased at a cost of £2.20 per day if you wish
Non-Food Consumables
We require that all nappies, wipes and suncream are to be supplied from home. We do not offer a service to purchase these items on site
Additional Voluntary Services
We do not offer any additional services alongside our Early Years Entitlement hours
If a school trip is planned we would write to you in person advising on costs and clothing requirements
