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We are taking applications for April 2024.
INFORMATION
Welcome to St Joseph’s Pre-school Playgroup
We are a small, friendly, privately run setting based on a Catholic School site in Brighton. We have close links with the school, and the majority of our children move on to the school’s Reception class. Our Owner is an Early Years Professional and she is also a qualified Primary School Teacher. Our Managers are qualified in Early Years and have many years’ experience. Most other regular staff are qualified to at least Level 3 in Early Years. We cater for around 20 children aged between 2 and 4 years. We are open term-time only.
Opening Hours:
WE ARE OPEN FROM 8.00AM TO 3.30PM EVERY DAY TERM TIME ONLY with 4.00pm finishes on some days.
We offer the Early Years Free Entitlement which means that from the term after your child turns 3, you will be entitled to a free 15 hours per week. We also offer 30 hours per week free for eligible families – see this link for more details of and to apply:
30 hours free childcare – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We offer free funded places for some 2 year olds. See this link for eligibility and how to apply:
Free early learning for 2 year olds (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
We will be offering 15 hours free from April 2024 for eligible working parents. Find out how to apply here:
apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working
We have a beautiful, adjacent garden with lovely equipment including a large covered deck and a variety of surfaces which offers lots of opportunities for outdoor play.
Please get in touch if you are interested in a place. Either:
Ring: 01273 911438 or ring/text/whatsapp 07463 730964
email: stjosephs.playgroup@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/stjosephspreschool
We use an online system called ‘Tapestry’ for recording children’s progress with photographs, observations and assessments. When your child starts with us we will explain how this works.
Here is our Parents’ Guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage EYFS_Parents_Guide
Fees are payable on a monthly or half termly basis in advance. Please see the Fee Summary and Fee Structure below for more information on fees.
GDPR: Please note the revised Privacy Notice and Data Protection Policy on the ‘policies’ page.
We have produced an information sheet explaining how we follow Fundamental British Values in our setting. Please scroll to the bottom of the page to find it.
The main school’s website is http://www.st-josephs.brighton-hove.sch.uk