Information for Prospective Parents
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Below are links to several documents that you may find helpful when deciding if Little Paxton Preschool is the right setting for your child.
SESSIONS Please note that from September 2024 our fees will be increasing to £19.50 per session. Morning: 8.40am-11.40am Afternoon: 11.55-14.55 We offer sessions to children aged 2 years and over, places are allocated on availability so please contact preschool in advance of their 2nd birthday to be added to our waiting list. There is no charge for registration. FUNDING If you are in receipt of government support your 2 year old may be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare at preschool. Working families are now also entitled to free childcare hours under the recent government expansion of childcare funding. All children from the term after their 3rd birthday are entitled to 15 hours of free universal childcare. Working families may also be entitled to an additional 15 extended hours based on eligibility. To check your eligibility for funding and to apply please visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk If you have any further queries regarding funding please do not hesitate to contact the preschool. |
SEN Provision
At Little Paxton Pre-School we are extremely proud of the support we offer our SEN children.
Through regular observations and target assessments we identify any needs early in the children’s learning journey.
We work with Parents/carers to identify any concerns that they may have with their child’s development and if required we will start our assessment cycles and refer for some Early Help Support.
We work closely with other agencies to ensure that strategies and targets are worked to, all the time being sensitive to our parents/carers wellbeing.
We have secured funding for many of our SEN children and have worked closely with the transition school to ensure that this support is consistent and continued, involving parents/carers at all times throughout this journey.
We aim for all of our children to be the ‘best they can be’ and our setting to be a positive experience for the whole family.
Through regular observations and target assessments we identify any needs early in the children’s learning journey.
We work with Parents/carers to identify any concerns that they may have with their child’s development and if required we will start our assessment cycles and refer for some Early Help Support.
We work closely with other agencies to ensure that strategies and targets are worked to, all the time being sensitive to our parents/carers wellbeing.
We have secured funding for many of our SEN children and have worked closely with the transition school to ensure that this support is consistent and continued, involving parents/carers at all times throughout this journey.
We aim for all of our children to be the ‘best they can be’ and our setting to be a positive experience for the whole family.
Testimonials
“Thank you for embracing our boy”
“…how you helped us to secure him an EHCP for school is phenomenal”
“We are so grateful for the extra help you have given us as a family to enable diagnosis and going through the EHCP process”
“…how you helped us to secure him an EHCP for school is phenomenal”
“We are so grateful for the extra help you have given us as a family to enable diagnosis and going through the EHCP process”
"Little Paxton Preschool is the perfect set up to help your child create an easy transition into their school life. This is because the staff are patient, kind and actually have your child’s best interests at heart, whilst making every day super fun! My son has been in the school just over a year now and the difference in his level of understanding is amazing. He was a little lost before he started, but with their help and guidance, they helped us discover that he is autistic and have created a world for him that he truly adores. I honestly couldn’t be more thankful that we picked this school, it is wonderful."
Information for Current Parents
COVID 19 Guidance
Little Paxton Preschool is currently open and we have special measures in place to help protect our staff and children from the Coronavirus Outbreak. We are carefully monitoring all government guidelines and adapting our practices as recommended by the local authority. If you have any concerns, please feel free to get in touch with us.
We have a Facebook page for Parents of children currently attending preschool only. This is regularly updated with information for parents. The link below will take you to the group where you can request to join.
This is a closed group (not public) for the safety of our children.
This is a closed group (not public) for the safety of our children.
News
Project – Sensory/Quiet area.
We have found due to the layout of the environment a separate area would be ideal for our Pre-School.
We were very fortunate to have a huge store area within the main playroom, we gave this some thought about how best to use this space and came up with the idea to transform this into an area to carry out more quiet focussed activities, a chill out area (when needed) and an area to stimulate and focus our SEN children.
Before the lockdown, we had cleared the area out, sorted through the resources and acquired some large storage cupboards from the Primary School which we are extremely grateful for. We have positioned these just outside the Pre-School room. Without this storage we would not have been able to use the space for our area as this was where all of our equipment was stored!
The quiet area is now decorated and kitted out with the help of funding from a local group, and is being well used- see the photo below!
We have found due to the layout of the environment a separate area would be ideal for our Pre-School.
We were very fortunate to have a huge store area within the main playroom, we gave this some thought about how best to use this space and came up with the idea to transform this into an area to carry out more quiet focussed activities, a chill out area (when needed) and an area to stimulate and focus our SEN children.
Before the lockdown, we had cleared the area out, sorted through the resources and acquired some large storage cupboards from the Primary School which we are extremely grateful for. We have positioned these just outside the Pre-School room. Without this storage we would not have been able to use the space for our area as this was where all of our equipment was stored!
The quiet area is now decorated and kitted out with the help of funding from a local group, and is being well used- see the photo below!
