Our aim is:
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To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age in a parent-involving, community based group
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To provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment
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To work within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families.
We offer your child:
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A specially tailored curriculum leading to the six early learning goals
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Individual care and attention made possible by a high ratio of adults to children
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Fun and friendship with children and adults
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The support of a personal keyworker
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Opportunities for you and your family to be directly involved in the activities of the group and in your own child's progress.
Sessions
We are open the following sessions:
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AM Session |
Lunch Club available? 11.30am - 12.30pm |
PM Session |
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Monday |
9 - 11.30am |
Yes |
- |
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Tuesday |
9 - 11.30am |
Yes |
12.30pm - 3pm |
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Wednesday |
9 - 11.30am |
Yes |
12.30pm - 3pm |
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Thursday |
9 - 11.30am |
No |
- |
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Friday |
9 - 11.30am |
Yes |
- |
Lunch Club Optional lunch club sessions are available every day (except Thursdays) from 11:30am till 12:30pm. If you are interested in lunch club sessions, please contact a member of staff or committee for current availability.
Fees and Funding
For children eligible for nursery education funding:
All 3 and 4 year olds now have the right to an early years education paid for by the government, and these children qualify for free sessions in the term following their third birthday (assuming a 3 term year)
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Date of third birthday |
Government funded preschool sessions start from: |
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1 April – 31 August |
Term 1 - September |
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1 September – 31 December |
Term 3 - January |
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1 January – 31 March |
Term 5 - April |
These children have a right to 5 free 2½ hour sessions of preschool education a week for 38 weeks a year. Any sessions additional to the 5 government funded ones (whether the sessions are at Benson Community Pre-School or another setting) cost £8.50. You can claim 2 funded sessions in one day if you wish.
Each term, you will be asked to sign a parental declaration stating how many government funded sessions you are claiming for your child at Benson Community Pre-School. We will then claim the grant for you after checking that your child is not receiving free sessions elsewhere.
You will be asked to pay for any extras, such as lunch club, and an administration fee payable with each invoice. Fees are currently £7 per session per term payable in advance (where a term refers to the current Oxfordshire system of terms 1 - 6). You will be asked to pay for any extras, such as lunch club, and an administration fee payable with each invoice.For children not yet eligible for nursery education funding:
