St Dominic Catholic Primary School offers Nursery provision in a happy, secure and caring setting. We aim to create a stimulating environment where all children are encouraged and motivated to explore, discover and learn. At the end of their time with us, we hope the children will leave Nursery with a solid foundation on which to build their future learning. We know that as parents, you aim to provide the best for your child - as educators, we want to work with you in partnership to do the same.

In September 2018, we are looking forward to expanding our Early Years provision to enable parents to access the 30 hours free childcare.

We will be continuing with our usual morning sessions to provide the 15 hours universal provision but afternoon sessions run by Friends Together (our breakfast and after school provider) will be available for anyone who is interested.  This will take many forms, depending on your eligibility as well as your need.  Please do read the information below and call the school office if you have any further questions.

30 Hours Provision in St Dominic Early Years Foundation Stage:

Since 1997, St Dominic have offered a morning only nursery provision, catering for the 15 hour entitlement and as a school, we have a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 30.

Our mornings will continue to run for all, including the 15 hour current entitlement from 8:45am until 11:45am.

In addition to the morning session, we offer Lunch Club provision. Parents have the option to pay for this session, with the children bringing in a packed lunch from home. For children just attending the morning session, this will run from 11.45am until 1.00pm and will cost £7.50 per session. For children staying for the afternoon session, this will run from 11.45am until 12,30pm and will cost £5.00. Both of these will be run by St Dominic School and we ask for parents to establish a weekly pattern for a half term block.

 For parents who are entitled to 30 hours fee childcare, the afternoon session is from 12.30pm until 3.30pm and will be run by Friends Together within the Nursery classroom.

If parents are not eligible to the 30 hour entitlement, we are offering the option of paying for the afternoon sessions and this will be managed and payable to Friends Together.

Friends Together are also able to offer breakfast and after school provision if you should require it.

If you would like to apply for our Nursery and extended care then please visit our website www.stdominic.herts.sch.uk, where you will find details of how to make your application. The application process opens on 5 February 2018 and closes at 3.30pm on 5 March 2018.

We are offering 3 opportunities to visit our Nursery on Thursday 8 February, Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 28 February at 10.15am. If you would like to see our Nursery in action, then please call the school office on 01582 760047 to book one of the visit days.

We look forward to welcoming your child into our Early Years Foundation Stage