Thank you for your interest in Cirencester Primary Nursery. Our Nursery is situated in the heart of the historic Cotswold town of Cirencester and is positioned within the grounds of Cirencester Primary School. We pride ourselves in offering excellent, quality childcare for children aged 2-4 years in a home from home environment where all children can feel safe and secure.

Our Nursery is totally self-contained and comprises two spacious classrooms and a large, enclosed garden offering a bright and stimulating environment to promote healthy learning and development with full access to all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage learning framework.

Our latest Ofsted inspections returned a ‘Good’ rating

Our Nursery staff are passionate about giving the very best start to your child’s education.

Nursery Values

We are a values-based School and Nursery. We link our values to everything we do from Nursery through to our oldest pupils in Year 6, our staff, and parents.

Our core values are:

• A sense of belonging
• Happiness and friendship
• Truthfulness and being trustworthy
• Caring for others and thinking of others
• Being self-motivated, curious, and inquisitive
• Respectful, polite, and well-mannered
• Doing the right thing
• Working collaboratively
• Having a sense of personal responsibility
• Creativity

Nursery Sessions

Our Nursery is open daily during the school term. Your child’s day can be comprised of morning, lunch, and afternoon sessions timetabled as follows:

• Morning: 8:45am - 11:45am
• Lunch: 11:45am - 1:15pm
• Afternoon: 1:15pm - 3:15pm

Nursery Fees

Nursery fees are £6.30 per hour (however we charge per session), and are invoiced each school term and payable with two weeks of the invoice date. Payment can be made by ParentPay, cash, cheque, or childcare vouchers. Cash and cheque payments can be made in the school office.

We accept:

• Government ‘new for 2’ funding, which can provide 15 hours free childcare from the term after a child’s second birthday
• Government ‘free for 3 & 4’ funding, which can provide 15 or 30 hours free childcare from the term after their third birthday
• Employer childcare voucher schemes
• Tax free childcare

See Funded Childcare for further information.

Buds & Blossoms

Our Nursery is divided into two classes: Buds and Blossoms.

Buds welcomes children aged between 2–3 years and accepts children from the day after their second birthday. Buds Class is often your child’s first time being independent of a parent or carer, so we aim to create an intimate and homely feel where our children can feel safe and secure as they learn through play. Our experienced staff nurture and support your child to build positive relationships and discover their interests and unique qualities.

Blossoms accepts children aged 3-4 years and children can join in the academic year after they turn three years old. In Blossoms Class, the staff care for and provide play activities to encourage children to grow in confidence, independence and develop physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually following the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. Their interests are further developed, and they are challenged to question and explore their environment.

In the mornings, both classes retain their independence regarding age-related activities and differentiated teaching and, in the afternoons, the classes join for physical development or expressive arts and design activities.

The Nursery children also benefit from engaging in whole-school activities, such as discos, plays and sports events.