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BIG CHANGES TO FREE CHILDCARE HAVE ARRIVED!!!

Best Start in Life parent Hub:  Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life

Early Years childcare support has expanded.   

From September 2025, 15 hours for working families with children under 3 has expanded to 30 hours, meaning eligible working families can now apply for 30 hours of childcare for 38 weeks of the year from the term after their child turns 9 months until they reach school age.  

If you currently receive 15 hours as working parents, just reconfirm as usual and the code will work for the 30 hours offer, providing you remain eligible. 


Thousands of families could be saving money on their childcare costs. But some simply don’t know what support they might be eligible for. The Best Start in Life parent hub brings together all the existing childcare offers in one place, so parents can get the help that fits their family. This could be through Tax-Free Childcare, 30 Hours Childcare, or Universal Credit Childcare. Some families might be eligible to use more than one childcare schemes together and get the most out of it.


Don’t miss out on getting the support you are entitled to. Visit the Best Start in Life parent hub  to check what offer you might be eligible for and sign up to their newsletter and personalised weekly emails to get the latest updates.

Please come into our branch and speak to our managers if you need help applying for funding.

 

Typical Day

While each day is a unique and exciting adventure there are some familiar experiences that the children encounter every day. Children at Flying High Nursery enjoy a balanced routine of free choice and structured activities, which are specifically designed to support their physical, personal, social, emotional and educational development.

All sessions are planned thoughtfully by staff with the individual needs and interests of the children in mind and according to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and the Birth to 5 non-statutory guidance.  

A Typical Day at Flying High Nursery

Children have an entitlement to access our outdoor areas throughout the day so we ask parents to send their children to nursery in suitable clothing for outdoor activity.  Please avoid expensive clothing and footwear that could get damaged.

​From 7.30am - Optional breakfast club

​8.30am - Welcome to our morning children
Start the Day Whole Class Activity

​9.15am - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; Shape Space and Measures or Number

9.30am – Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor)
Flexible snack where children have access to milk, water and a range of healthy snacks.

10.30am - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; shape space and measures or number

11:00am - Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor) ending with story time/ Sing-along

​11.30am Session ends for funded places

11.30am-12.30pm - Lunch

12.30pm - Welcome to our afternoon children
Start the afternoon focused activity

12.45pm - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; Shape Space and Measures or Number

1.15pm - Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor)
Flexible snack where children have access to milk, water and a range of snacks.

3.15pm - Story time/ Sing-along

3.30pm – Afternoon session ends for funded places

3.30pm onwards - Optional After school club sessions including snacks and afternoon tea for children staying later than 4.30 pm.

​6.00pm Latest collection time for children