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About Roundabout Nursery
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At Roundabout Nursery, our aim is to be creative, passionate and inclusive in everything we do.
Working in partnership with parents and carers, we aim to provide an inclusive, stimulating, challenging environment which is a warm, friendly extension of their home.
Children and adults can be creative, have fun together and develop as happy, confident, independent individuals within our community. We welcome children from all parts of the city.
We have specific expertise in supporting children with special needs.
We provide high-quality care and learning for babies and children aged from 3 months to 5 years.
Our environment
Indoors
We provide enabling environments for all age groups. Children enjoy creative and sensory activities, where adults follow their lead and intervene sensitively.
We have 3 rooms for 3 age groups:
Each room is spacious and fully equipped to support the children’s learning through play and exploration.
Outdoors
We have fantastic gardens for children to explore, come rain or shine. Children are able to access the gardens for the whole of their sessions, and we have wonderful structures and self-selecting resources for them to explore.
We have 3 chickens and an allotment. Children collect the eggs daily and enjoy them in snacks and cooking.
We grow fruit and vegetables, including courgettes, tomatoes, pears, grapes, plums and loganberries. Children can pick and eat the things we grow and love helping to tend the allotment and feed the chickens.
Our staff
All staff are qualified and have a wealth of knowledge and experience of working with children.
We support the council’s apprenticeship scheme, training in-house apprentices who often become staff members when they finish their training.
Key person
We operate a robust ‘key-person’ approach where each child and family has a dedicated worker supporting them with all aspects of their settling, their development and their transitions.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
We cater for children with a wide variety of additional needs and differing abilities. We're inclusive and passionate about all children we care for.
We have a fully qualified Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator. Many of our staff are experienced in caring for children with additional needs and some hold SEND qualifications.
We have a specially equipped Sensory Room and a room dedicated for use with children with SEND where they have small group interventions and one-to-one support.
Inclusion
We've recently been successful in our application to become a Nursery of Sanctuary, as part of Brighton & Hove City Council’s City of Sanctuary award.
We were commended for our work with EAL (English as an Additional Language) families and with refugees and asylum seekers.
We have support from the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) and bilingual support for some of our children. We have 19 different languages spoken in our nursery.
Food
We provide breakfast for our early starters. Our lunches and teas are sourced and cooked locally and delivered fresh to us on a twice-daily basis.
We can cater for dietary requirements for diagnosed allergies/intolerances and offer a vegetarian option.
Our menu runs on a 3-week rolling basis and supports healthy choices for children.
Breakfasts are included in the below fees. Lunches and teas are optional and charged separately.
Flexible, emergency and occasional childcare
Ad-hoc sessions may be booked subject to availability for children already attending the nursery.
We'll consider each request for occasional or emergency childcare on an individual basis, subject to availability.
Transport options
Local bus routes 1 and 1a run every 7 minutes.
We're next door to Roundabout Children's Centre in Whitehawk.
There's plenty of parking for dropping off and collecting children.
Opening times
We're open for 51 weeks of the year.
We're open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Funded places, session times and fees
There are now more ways than ever to reduce your childcare costs. You can benefit from a wide range of funding options depending on your circumstances and the age of your children. To find out more visit Childcare Choices.
We welcome children with funded places including all 3 and 4-year-olds.
Two-year-olds with parents in receipt of eligible benefits or tax credits are entitled to funded places, find out if you're eligible and apply online.
Three and four-year-olds whose parents work can get 30 hours of free childcare, check your eligibility.
Nursery fees from 1 April 2023
Children under 3 years old - Explorers and Adventurers
£65.30 - for full day, 8am to 6pm, includes breakfast, lunch and tea
£32.65 - for a morning session, 8am to 1pm, includes breakfast and lunch
£32.65 - for an afternoon session, 1pm to 6pm, includes tea
£6.00- hourly rate
Children age 3 to 5 years - Investigators
£65.30 - for long full day, 8am to 6pm, includes breakfast, lunch and tea
£49.15 - for short day, 8am to 3:45pm, includes breakfast and lunch
£18.00 - for a morning only, 9:15am to 12:15pm
£25.50 - for a morning session, 8am to 12:15pm, includes breakfast
£18.00 - for an afternoon only, 12:45pm to 3:45pm
£34.15 - for an afternoon session, 12:45pm to 6pm, includes tea
£6.00 - hourly rate
Lunch and tea are optional and cost £2.65 per meal.
Nappies and wipes are not included in the costs and should be provided by the parent or guardian.
Funded Sessions
If you want your child to have their EYFE-funded hours only these stand-alone sessions can be taken as follows:
EYFE funding for 2-year-olds
- 15 hours may be taken as 3 morning or afternoon sessions (5 hours per session) during school term time, 38 weeks per year
EYFE for 3 or 4 years olds
- universal offer - 15 hours. May be taken as 5 mornings or 5 afternoons (3 hours per session) during school term time, 38 weeks per year
- extended offer - 30 hours. May be taken in various ways term time only, for example, 3 full days per week (10 hours per day). There's some capacity to stretch the funding across 51 weeks, contact us for details
If your child is having EYFE hours and additional non-funded hours, these can be taken as either:
- the 51 weeks we're open (as 11.17 hours for 2-year-olds and universal 3 and 4-year-olds or 22.35 hours for extended 3 and 4-year-olds per week) or
- term-time only
The additional hours will be charged at £6.00 per hour.
More information about session times and fees
All fees must be paid whether or not your child attends their booked sessions.
We need a minimum of 2 weeks' notice for holiday bookings.
There is a minimum requirement of 2 sessions a week.
Ending your place
If you wish to end your place here at Roundabout, we require one month's notice in writing to withdraw a child from their place.
Ofsted
Ofsted URN: EY334821