St Matthew's Nursery
St Matthew's Nursery provides children with a welcoming, safe and stimulating environment where children are able to enjoy learning, gain independence and grow in confidence.
Our nursery class is located within the infant building and is self-contained, consisting of two main large rooms, child-friendly toilet facilities and a secure outdoor play area. Our dedicated team consists of a qualified early years teacher along with experienced nursery support staff.
We give priority to creating an exciting learning environment for our nursery children. We want them to learn through purposeful, practical activities so we take great care to provide a wealth of opportunities, both indoors and out, for children to explore and investigate the world about them. Through art, music, stories and imaginative play we provide activities that help to develop the children's ability to listen and observe as well as to use their imagination. They are also introduced to numbers, language and sounds for reading and writing, which they can apply and practise within the many activities provided within the setting. Children are introduced to the whole school phonics scheme ‘Read write inc’ through the accredited Nursery programme.
It is our belief at St Matthew's that children’s Nursery experience should be led by their own interests. We know that children learn best when they are happy, healthy, safe and secure, when their interests are followed and when they enjoy positive relationships with the adults caring for them.
In the Nursery, children learn predominantly through play. We seek to achieve a balance between adult-led and child-initiated interactions and activities from which our children can choose freely and independently select and use resources.
What we offer:
- Early years education for children from 3 years old
- Qualified teacher and experienced Early Years Lead
- Option of full day Nursery 08:00 to 17.30 (Monday to Friday)
- Termly parents evening
- Phonics teaching
- Large outdoor area
- Forest school sessions
Looking to join our Nursery?
3 and 4 year olds - 15 hours of Universal funding
All parents of three and four year olds can have up to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year.
Parents can start using their funded early education from the funded period starting:
- 1 January 2025 (Spring) - for children born between 1 September to 31 December
- 1 April 2025 (Summer) - for children born between 1 January to 31 March
- 1 September 2025 (Autumn) - for children born between 1 April to 31 August
Parents can continue to access funded early education until their child either starts in reception class at a local authority maintained school or reaches compulsory school age, which is the school term after their fifth birthday.
Surrey County Council pays the funding for Funded Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds directly to the childcare provider.
3 and 4 year olds - 30 hours funding
If you are working you may be eligible to claim 30 hours funding for your child. Please ensure that you check online here https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare for full details of eligibility, when to apply and how to apply.
You must inform St Matthew’s if you are eligible for funding and provide us with the code issued to you by Gov.uk.
Surrey County Council require all eligible parents to reconfirm their eligibility every 3 months. You will receive an email reminding you to do this so please ensure that this is done to continue receiving funding.
When to apply for 30 hours free childcare
You can apply from when your child is 2 years and 36 weeks.
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Your child’s 3rd birthday |
When you can get your hours from |
When to apply |
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1 September to 31 December |
Term starting on or after 1 January |
The term before 1 January |
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1 January to 31 March |
Term starting on or after 1 April |
The term before 1 April |
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1 April to 31 August |
Term starting on or after 1 September |
The term before 1 September |
You must apply for a code by the end of the month before a new term starts. For example, if the term starts on 1 September you must apply by 31 August. Providers may ask for a code before this deadline.
Applying for a Nursery place
To apply for a place in our Nursery, please complete an application form - Click here.
Preparing your child for Nursery
To help your child settle into our Nursery, we’ve put together a helpful checklist of key skills for a smooth start:
Wraparound Provision - Breakfast and After School Club
To extend your child's nursery day, from 08:00 to 17:30, we offer a breakfast and after school club. Please find further information here.