Admissions

Sessions are held at the Hillside Centre and children can attend the nursery from the age of 2 until the age of 4 years and 11 months.

If you would like to apply for a place at Hillside, please complete our Application Form.

Upon receipt your child will be added to our waiting list. To secure a place a non-refundable registration fee is required.  You will be contacted during the term before your child is due to start to discuss availability of a place and to schedule a start date.

Additional information regarding your childs application to Hillside Community Pre-School can be found here.

Sessions

Session times are (Term time only):

Morning

  • 09:00am to 1:00pm- Monday to Friday (including Lunch Club)

Afternoon

  • 12:00pm to 3:00pm-  Monday to Thursday (including Lunch Club)

Full Day

  • 09:00am to 3:00pm- Monday to Thursday (including Lunch Club)

We currently do not offer afternoon sessions on Fridays.

 

Lunch Club – a packed lunch and drink must be provided. Please note we follow a NO NUT policy.

We are registered for 18 children per session.

Funding

We offer an unlimited number of funded places for all 3 year-olds who are universally entitled to 15 hours a week subject to government conditions.

In addition, we offer limited number of funded places for a 3-year-old who are entitled to a further 15 hours subject to government eligibility.

We also offer a limited number of funded places for eligible 2-year olds for 15 hours subject to government eligibility.

For 3-year-old funding, this applies the term after your child’s third birthday.  For 2-year old funding this applies the term after your child’s second birthday.

Please note that the funding calendar is established by Hertfordshire County Council and usually differs from the pre-school and local schools terms and holidays calendar.

The 30 hours free hours per week can include lunch club sessions if these are booked in advance at the beginning of each term. We give parents whose children are entitled to government funding the necessary forms to be completed at the start of each term.

Fees

For a breakdown of our fees, please contact us at admin@hillsidepreschool.co.uk or by telephone on 01923 284878.