Information for Parents

Home Visits:

The first step at working in partnership with parents. We understand that starting nursery can be daunting for everyone involved, so with this in mind we want to do all we can to make the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible for families and their children.

The purpose of the visit is to help the child, family and practitioners to get to know more about each other in the home environment where the child usually feels most relaxed. We hope to establish a partnership between parent/carers and staff where both parties share their knowledge and understanding of the child.

Engaging with your child’s Learning:

We host regular events for you to come in to the setting and participate in activities with your children, these range from story and song sessions, breakfast, forest school, orienteering and much more!

We regularly provide home learning activities to parents so that you can support and extend learning that your child has experienced in the setting.

Parent Workshops:

School Readiness

Phonics

Paediatric First Aid

Solihull – ‘Understanding Your Child’s Behaviour’

Intervention and Inclusion Specialist:

Inclusive practice offers equal access to opportunities and support to all children.

Our Intervention and inclusion specialist provides dedicated support to children, families and staff across all of our settings.

Our Family Platform

Our Family App platform for staff and families to collaborate and share knowledge. Communicate in seconds, find information and bills. Everyone has more time to dedicate to helping each child thrive.

Learn more here

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Early Education Entitlement

As of April 2024, the following early years funding streams are available:

All parents of 3 & 4-year-olds can access the universal entitlement of 15 hours of early education per week, during school term times only

Eligible working parents of 3 & 4-year-olds are entitled to 30 hours of early education per week, during school term times only
Eligible working parents of 2-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of early education per week , during school term times only

Parents of 2-year-olds who are receiving some additional forms of government support may be eligible for 15 hours of early education per week, during school term times only.

From September 2024:

In addition to the above mentioned entitlements, Eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months will be entitled to 15 hours of early education per week, during school term time only

From September 2025:

Eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months up to school age will be entitled to 30 hours of early education per week, during school term time only.

All parents of 3 & 4-year-olds can access the universal entitlement of 15 hours of early education per week, during school term times only

Parents of 2-year-olds who are receiving some additional forms of government support may be eligible for 15 hours of early education week, during school term times only.

Tax Free Childcare

If you’re a working parent with children under 12 (or under 17 for disabled children), you can open an online account to pay for registered childcare. The government will top-up the money you pay into the account. For every £8 you pay in, the government will add an extra £2. You can receive up to £2,000 per child, or £4,000 if disabled .

Childcare Choices

Visit the Childcare Choices for more information on Government help with childcare costs including: funded childcare, tax free childcare, universal credits and support for study.

Leicestershire Holiday, Activities & Food Programme (HAF)

We are an approved provider of the Leicestershire HAF programme, offering FREE holiday care, activities and meals to children aged 4-11 years who are eligible for benefits-related school meals.

Food Vouchers

We work with Leicestershire County Council to distribute food vouchers to ensure families of eligible children can purchase food over the school holidays.

Online Safety

Keeping children safe online is not just a matter of protecting them but also teaching them how to navigate the online world safely themselves.

Keeping Children Safe in Education categorises online safety into three areas of risk:

Content: being exposed to illegal, inappropriate or harmful material
Contact: being subjected to harmful online interaction with other users; and
Conduct: personal online behaviour that increases the likelihood of, or causes of harm.”

Visit NSPCC website

What parents say about us

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The Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school Group is a family run business. We opened our first setting in Thurmaston in 2001. We now have four nursery and pre-school settings as well as three out of school and holiday clubs.