Admissions and Fees

Please contact us to arrange an appointment if you would like to come and have a look around our Nursery.

Enquiries Form

 Enquiries Form

Opening Times

St James Church School Nursery is open from 8.45am-3.30pm.

We are open Monday-Friday, term time only.

We offer morning, afternoon and all day sessions.

Morning: 8.45 - 11.45
Lunchtime: 11.45 - 12.30
Afternoon: 12.30 - 3.30
All Day: 8.45 - 3.30

Breakfast and Late club is also available to provide full day care from 08.00-17.45 for children aged 3 and over. Please contact us for more information.

Prices

  The fees policy is available here:

St James Nursery Fees Policy June_2025.pdf

Our session prices are:

Mornings - £16.20
Lunchtime - £4.05
Afternoons - £16.20
All Day - £36.45

We do not have any additional charges for all children, including children claiming for funded hours. 

Children staying for lunch will either need to bring a packed lunch, or order a school dinner from the school office. We are proud to provide hot meals free of charge for nursery aged children.

Funding

Information regarding government funded childcare hours is available via the Government website - childcare choices.

Homepage | Childcare Choices

We are able to offer a range of attendance patterns to suit different families' needs. Please contact us if you would like to speak to us further about this.

We operate a waiting list system as per our fees and admissions policy. If you would like to apply for a place for your child, see the bottom of the page for a link to Famly to complete an online expression of interest. 

It is the parent’s/carer’s responsibility to provide information in time for claims to be submitted.  If this is not produced, Nursery will charge fees based on their hourly rate for the sessions attended.  These fees will be subject to our non-payment of fees procedure.

 Parents who meet the eligibility criteria as detailed on the government website may be able to access additional funded childcare at the Nursery. As a term time only Nursery, any funded hours will be offered over 38 weeks of the year resulting in a maximum of 15 or 30 hours per week depending on the child's eligibility. Parents eligible for working family entitlement, need to apply through this website and will receive an eligibility code.

Parents need to notify the setting of this eligibility code as early as possible. The deadlines are: