Abinger Common Nursery
Embracing the nature around us...
Session Times & Term Dates
Abinger Common Nursery is a term-time only Nursery. We run the following sessions:
MORNING – Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 11.45am
We run Breakfast Club everyday from 7.45am to 8.45am or a half Breakfast from 8.15am to 8.45am.
We run Lunch Club for our 2 year olds on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday until 1pm and an open to all Lunch Club on Friday until 12.45pm.
AFTERNOON – Monday to Thursday from 11.45am to 2.45pm
We run Afterschool Club on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with the option to stay until either 3.45pm, 4.30pm or 5.00pm.
Term Dates for 2026/2027:
Autumn Term
Monday 7th September – Friday 18th December
Half term: Monday 19th October – Friday 30th October
Spring Term
Monday 4th January – Friday 26th March
Half term: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February
Summer Term
Monday 12th April – Friday 23rd July
Monday 3rd May Bank Holiday
Half term: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June
Costs
Our current hourly rate is £8.50 per hour with a £1.25 voluntary charge per session (8.45am to 11.45am is one session and 11.45am to 2.45pm is one session) for experience enhancement (eg cooking, french etc.) Invoices are sent on a half termly basis.
Half Breakfast Club is £4.25, Full Breakfast Club is £8.50.
Lunch Club is £10.50, Friday Lunch Club is £8.50.
Afterschool Club until 3.45pm is £8.50, until 4.30pm is £15 and until 5.00pm is £19.
We accept Edenred childcare vouchers and payments through HMRC tax-free childcare.
Autumn Term 2026
Start of Term: Monday 7th September
Half term: Monday 19th October – Friday 30th October
End of Term: Friday 18th December
Early Years Universal Funding Entitlement
Parents can access their child’s Free Entitlement Government Funding the term after their child is 3 years old. The entitlement is for 15 hours per week of funded Nursery time.
Working Parents Entitlement 15/30 Hours
Some families of 2 and 3 year olds will be entitled to access 15 or 30 hours of funding, providing they meet the criteria. Please see the following link for more information.
Early Learning for two year olds
Early Learning for two year olds (FEET) offers eligible families up to 15 hours of funded early education and childcare a week, for 38 weeks a year. You can find out if your child can get FEET by checking the eligibility criteria by clicking the link below:
Early Years Pupil Premium
The Early Years Pupil Premium is additional funding that can be accessed by families to provide additional funding for their child’s Nursery.
This funding is to enable settings to provide further support for individual children. This may be through specialist training for their staff or new experiences for the children.
For more information including the eligibility criteria, please see the link below and for further guidance, please speak to a member of our Nursery team.
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