Welcome to Cygnets – our Nursery class at Ducklington CE Primary School

Our Vision in Nursery:

In the Cygnets Nursery Class staff aim to inspire and enable children to unlock their potential. We hope to create a fun and happy environment in which children feel heard and valued. We create strong partnerships with parents and the community to ensure children receive a rich and varied curriculum.

Why Ducklington Nursery for my child:

  • High-quality play-based learning indoors and outdoors
  • Child-led interests, carefully planned to engage
  • Creative, imaginative, and nurturing environment
  • Wonderful new building
  • Friendly, caring and approachable staff

Information about Ducklington Nursery:

Welcome to Nursery at Ducklington C.E Primary School! We are the Cygnet class, and the nursery building is located next to the car park entrance. The Cygnet class teacher is Mrs Hannah Allen and the teaching assistants are Mrs Maureen Rhodes, Mrs Anna Davies, and Mrs Emma Pratley. If you have any admin queries about enrolment, booking sessions, funding or parentPay, please contact Mrs. Pratley on the nursery email address – Nursery@ducklington.oxon.sch.uk

As we are a Nursery Class within a Primary School, we are open Monday to Friday, term-time only.

We offer funded sessions of:
  • Universal 3 & 4 year old (15hrs) a place in each morning session – 8.30am-11.30am
  • Working parent 3 & 4 year old (additional 15hrs on top of the universal 15hrs) – 8.30am-2.30pm
  • Working parent 2 year old (30hrs) a place each day – 8.30-2.30pm
  • Economic 2 year old (15hrs) a place EITHER each afternoon session – 12-3pm OR each morning session – 8.30am-11.30am (depending on preference and availability)
Paid sessions of:
  • Wraparound care session, 2.30pm-3pm (for the working parent funded children – £5/session
  • Breakfast club session, 7.45am-8.30am (for both working parent and universal funding) – £5/session
  • Afternoon session, 11.30am-2.30pm (for universal funded children) – £24/session
  • We may be able to offer private paid 15 or 30 hour places to families not in receipt of funding (availability dependent)

Our lunch time is 11.30-12noon, so children who are staying for this will need to either bring a nut-free packed lunch from home or book a healthy hot school meal for £2.60/day.

 

Additional information:

We have included some documents below that give you more information about the school and the nursery.