Dandelion Nursery School
Foundations For Life
Why choose us?
Our Vision
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
At Dandelion Nursery, we believe a child's first steps into education should be filled with joy, wonder, and warmth. Our mission is to nurture happy, resilient, and naturally curious children, laying a secure foundation for them to become independent and confident learners for life.
We welcome babies from three months old up to four year
At Dandelion Nursery, we believe a child's first steps into education should be filled with joy, wonder, and warmth. Our mission is to nurture happy, resilient, and naturally curious children, laying a secure foundation for them to become independent and confident learners for life.
We welcome babies from three months old up to four year olds and we only have a maximum of 13 children at one time.
Our Promise: By fostering an environment of respect and freedom within gentle boundaries, we empower children to trust their own abilities, make choices with confidence, and grow at their own perfect pace.
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
We proudly offer a unique, blended approach to early years education by weaving together two world-class frameworks:
The British EYFS Curriculum: Provides a robust, play-based framework ensuring every child reaches their critical developmental and social milestones.
The Montessori Approach: Inspires our classroom design and daily flow, enco
We proudly offer a unique, blended approach to early years education by weaving together two world-class frameworks:
The British EYFS Curriculum: Provides a robust, play-based framework ensuring every child reaches their critical developmental and social milestones.
The Montessori Approach: Inspires our classroom design and daily flow, encouraging child-led exploration, self-directed learning, and hands-on practical skills.
At Dandelion Nursery, we believe that children learn best through purposeful, hands-on work that they can choose, carry, complete, and tidy independently. Each activity is arranged simply and beautifully, allowing the child to understand it at a glance and engage with it without adult interruption. This approach supports the child’s concentration, order, independence, coordination, and sense of responsibility. By selecting their own work and caring for the materials, children in our nursery school experience themselves as capable, trusted, and intrinsically motivated learners.
Children have access to the outdoor garden all day and they are encouraged and supported to learn through play.
Our Team
Our Curriculum
Our Team
At Dandelion Nursery, our team is comprised of experienced professionals devoted to creating a safe and happy learning environment for children. With a founder who served as a Headteacher in a primary school for nine years, we bring excellent practice and pedagogy to our nursery school.
We understand that leaving your child for the first
At Dandelion Nursery, our team is comprised of experienced professionals devoted to creating a safe and happy learning environment for children. With a founder who served as a Headteacher in a primary school for nine years, we bring excellent practice and pedagogy to our nursery school.
We understand that leaving your child for the first time is a significant and challenging step, and we strive to work alongside you to ensure the transition is as smooth as possible for both you and your child.
Our Fees
Affordable and transparent fees
Navigating childcare fees, including claiming tax back, can be complex and costly, which is why Dandelion Nursery School seeks to guide parents through the process but crucially effort is taken to reduce extra hidden costs.
The funded hours for our nursery school can be applied during regular school hours from 8 am to 6 pm for the 38 term time weeks. For those using funded hours, for the extra weeks outside of the funded 38 weeks, the charge s £9 per hour. For families who do not claim funded hours, our fees are £9 per hour, and you have the option to book for the hours you need. for example, you can pick up at 4pm or 5pm rather than pay up to 6pm if you do not need that hour.
Our breakfast club sessions run from 8 am to 9 am and includes a nutritious breakfast featuring options like eggs, porridge, or yoghurt and kefir with fruit. The cost for breakfast food is £1 per day (bring your own breakfast if you would rather).
For children attending after school club, they can eat a healthy snack of cheese, crackers, salad, and fruit which costs £1.50 per day (bring your own snack if you would rather).
School lunches are available for £2.50 per day, or alternatively, children can bring a healthy, nut-free packed lunch. Our homemade lunches are designed to be healthy, fibre-rich, and packed with goodness.
Please note that we are open for 46 weeks of the year, closing for one week at Easter, three in the summer and two at Christmas. Parents can opt for a term time only place or a 46 week place.
We provide nappies and wipes free of charge.
Families with two or more children attending are entitled to a 10% discount.
