About Us
Summary
Breadsall Pre-School was established in 1978. It has a long-standing reputation in the village and further afield providing the first part of your child’s educational journey. Many children and parents in the area have passed through our doors.
This is a small pre-school with qualified, friendly and supportive staff.
The Pre-School is a charitable organisation and relies on a committee, made up of volunteers, who have a strong partnership with the management and staff in the running of the pre-school.
We update our training regularly to make sure your child gets the best out of their time at Breadsall.
The School supports any children with additional needs.
Our most recent Ofsted report (2019) was ‘GOOD’ . You can read the full report here.
Our Approach
Your Child’s Development is our primary objective
When your child joins our pre-school they will be allocated a ‘key-person’.
Your child’s key-person is responsible for your child’s development records. They will carry out a series of observations (along with other key-persons) to see how your child is progressing.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (E.Y.F.S) was revised in 2021, targeting children from birth to the end of the reception year.
Children are expected to undertake learning activities, which enable them to achieve the early learning goals by the end of the foundation stage. At Breadsall Pre-school, we cover the 7 areas of learning:
- Communication & Language
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts & Design
Admission & Times
- Children are admitted regardless of race, creed, ability or gender.
- Children must be at least 2 years of age.
All children are welcome to stay all day. If they stay all day, you will need to provide a packed lunch. Please see our session times below:
- 9.00 – 12.00 Every morning
- 12.00 – 3.00 Tuesday to Thursday
Fees & Funding
Fees from March 2024 are:
- £17.50 per session for 2 year olds (payable at the beginning of each term)
- £15.50 per session for 3/4 year olds (payable at the beginning of each term)
- Contribution for snack (termly)
All children from the term following their 3rd birthday qualify for 15 hours funded childcare. In addition, working parents/carers or parents who qualify for certain benefits can claim an additional 15 funded hours.
From April 2024, working parents with 2 year olds will be able to claim 15 hours of government funded childcare.
Please apply for the necessary childcare codes at https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working
For more information about funding please visit https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Please speak to the pre-school manager for if you need more information.
We are a registered charity and we are not a profit-making organisation. Fees are calculated to cover regular expenses such as staff wages, training costs, insurance, rent and expendable materials.
You can help us to raise funds too…
Anyone can help support the pre-school by selecting them as their preferred charity on Easyfundraising.org, just following the links below:
Autumn Term (2024):
- 9th Sep – 25th Oct
- 5th Nov – 19th Dec
Spring Term (2025):
- 6th Jan – 14th Feb
- 24th Feb – 4th Apr
Summer Term (2025):
- 22nd Apr – 23rd May
- 2nd Jun – 24th Jul
Inset Days (2024/25):
- Monday 4th November 2024
- Friday 20th December 2024
- Thursday 20th March 2025
- Tuesday 17th June 2025
- Wednesday 16th July 2025