The Grantham Preparatory School Nursery and Pre-School
- Local Offer
- Free 3 & 4 Year Olds Places
Welcome to the Grantham Preparatory Early Years Foundation Unit
In our care children thrive and make excellent progress within all the areas of learning and development. It is our aim to have happy, independent children, who are confident in their play and learning. In our last ISI inspection report (2014) it was said that in EYFS there was a rich breadth of planned purposeful activities, both indoors and outside that enabled the children to develop and learn extremely effectively.
The unit offers full and part time places for children. The EYFS Unit accepts children in the term after they are three and government funding enables the children to access five free afternoon sessions. This continues until the term after they have reached five years old. Prior to commencing, we offer 4 weekly half day Taster sessions and we visit the child’s existing nursery to discuss their progress with their key person. This aids a smooth transition into the setting.
We run a key person system to ensure excellent communication between home and school and work in partnership with the parents to ensure children have a curriculum which not only meets their needs but also their interests.
We have an excellent staff ratio and highly qualified staff who are supported by qualified and experienced assistants. All staff within the EYFS Unit hold paediatric first aid certificates.
Children can access the outdoors all year round as the school provides warm and waterproof all-in-one suits for the children to wear. Attached to the unit is a large area covered by a canopy and on the school playing field there are several wooded areas in which the children have a den and climbing areas to explore and play in. The EYFS children also regularly use the school’s adventure playground and have P.E. lessons in the hall.
Within the EYFS Unit there is an interactive whiteboard which the children can access or is used by staff to aid the children’s learning. There are planned sessions in the school’s ICT room and the children also have opportunities to use and play with different programmable toys, equipment and iPads.
The EYFS children regularly visit surrounding places in the school mini bus for different learning experiences, such as a village walk, fruit picking at a local farm, planting at a nearby allotment, an indoor soft play area, and Belton House.
The school offers a creche facility to help with wrap around care; it opens at 8am and closes at 6pm.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Mrs Jane Thompson
- Contact Position
- School Administrator
- Telephone
- 01476 593293 01476 593293
- admission.grantham@iesmail.com
- Website
- Grantham Preparatory International School
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- Parent Organisation
Where to go
- Name
- Grantham Preparatory International School
- Address
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Grantham Preparatory School
Gorse Lane
Grantham
Grantham
Lincolnshire - Postcode
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NG31 7UF
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Other Details
Costs
- Table of costs
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Table of costs Amount Cost Type 32.75 Per Day
Inclusion Information
Premise Accessibility
- Has Provision
- Yes
Wheelchair Access
- Has Provision
- Yes
Special Needs
- Has Provision
- Yes
- Experience with
- Universal Disability Provision
Dietary Needs
- Has Provision
- Yes
- Experience with
- Details
- Cooked lunches provided
Languages Spoken
- Languages
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French
English
Childcare Information
Age Range
- Age Range
- From 3 years 0 months To 5 years 0 months
- Do you cater for over 8's?
- No
Funded Places
- 2 year old funding
- No
- 3 & 4 year old funding
- Yes
30 Hours Extended Entitlement
- Intending to provide 30 hours entitlement
- No
- Registered to provide 30 hours entitlement
- No
Vacancies
- Registration exempt?
- Yes
- Immediate vacancies
- Yes
- Maximum number of vacancies (registered)
- 20
- Maximum number of vacancies (unregistered)
- 0
- Is there a waiting list?
- No
- Details
- Vacancies available. Last updated 02/05/2023
Costs
- Contact provider for cost details?
- Yes
- Are there any cost reductions?
- No
- Are there any age related price differences?
- No
Facilities
- Facilities
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- Arts & Crafts
- Projector
- Push-alongs
- Accessible Parking
- Adventure playground
- Refreshments
- CCTV security cameras
- Ride-ons
- Role play dressing up
- Sandpitsand play
- Climbing Frame
- PuzzlesJigsaws
- Books & Storytelling
- Both indoor and outdoor activities
- Car Parking
- Reading
- Creche Available
- DanceDrama
- Short Breaks
- Disabled Access
- Computer
- Schools
- Construction toys
- Secure Access
- Cookery
- Creche
- Flipchart
- Themed Sessions
- Toys
- Full cooked lunch
- DVD
- Songs, Rhymes and Music
- Events parties
- Visit & Outings
- Home Corner
- Water play
- House based activities
- Games
- Laptop
- Meeting Rooms
- Messy Play Area
- Wendy House
- ICT Facilities
- Internet Connection
- Kitchen
- Kitchen Facilities
- Nature Exploration
- Open Space
- Multicultural Themed Play
- Music Room
- Music time
- Out-door Play
- Outdoor Playspace
- PC's & Game Consoles
Transport & Pickups
- Offers pickups
- No
- Provider has their own transport?
- Yes
- Provider is near public transport routes?
- Yes - None
Ofsted Information
- Ofsted URN
- EY242204
Local Offer
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