enrolment
To apply for a place at Windmill Pre-School please contact the Pre-School Office Manager:
Donna Clarke
Tel: 01844 238859
Email: [email protected]
Donna Clarke
Tel: 01844 238859
Email: [email protected]
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admissions policy
It is our intention to make the Windmill Pre-School genuinely accessible to children and families from all sections of the local community. Children may start at the Windmill Pre-School from 2 years upwards until entry into mainstream education.
- We arrange our waiting list in order of date of birth and we keep a place vacant, if this is financially viable, in order to accommodate emergency admissions.
- Windmill Pre-School welcomes both mothers and fathers, other relations and other carers, including child minders, and people from all cultural, ethnic, religious and social groups, with and without disabilities.
- We monitor the gender and ethnic background of children joining the group to ensure that no accidental discrimination is taking place, and we make our equal opportunities policy widely known.
- Windmill Pre-School aims to be flexible about attendance patterns so as to accommodate the needs of individual children and families.
- We consult local parents to ensure that the Windmill Pre-School goes on meeting the changing needs of the local community.
In situations where the setting has to restrict the number of pupils attending because of a pandemic ie Covid-19, children will be offered places
As follows:
- Children of key workers
- Vulnerable children
- Children who will be transferring to school in September
- By date of birth
funding
The Windmill Pre-School is a registered charity (charity number 276395) and we receive funding to be open 38 weeks a year. Our fees cover only part of our day-to-day running costs. We depend on fundraising for building maintenance and for extra equipment. We therefore rely heavily on active parental support in our fundraising efforts. All our events are good fun and family centered. Plenty of notice is given of the kind of help needed and we try never to ask too much of any one person.
Funding is available the term after the child’s third birthday. A child born on or between:
- 1st April and 31st August is eligible for a free place from 1st September following 3rd birthday
- 1st September and 31st December is eligible for a free place from 1st January following 3rd birthday
- 1st January and 31st March is eligible for a free place from 1st April following 3rd birthday
We do have limited sessions so please be aware that to begin with you may not get all the funded sessions you request.
Extended funding
Windmill Pre-School offers a limited number of places for those who meet the eligibility criteria for extended hours of free child care.
Our hours for this entitlement are;
8.30-3pm Monday- Friday. Please ensure you register within the timeframe otherwise your child will not be eligible for additional funding until the following term.
For further information see:
www.bucksfamilyinfo.org/kb5/buckinghamshire/fsd/advice.page?id=2v7oIng2SVk&=
We will also charge a consumable fee for funded sessions from 1st September 2024. The rate we receive from the Local Authority is only intended to cover the fixed costs involved with providing basic child care. The consumable charge covers items such as, but not limited to, snacks, arts and craft resources (paper, card, paint, glue, clay, pencils, sand, playdough etc.) sun lotion, online learning journals and extracurricular
activities (forest school, woodwork). This charge will be £1 per day.
SESSION FEES & Early start time
Paid sessions at Windmill Pre-school are £6.00 per hour. Increasing to £6.50 an hour from September 2024
We offer breakfast club from 8am - 9am at a charge of £6.50 and an earlier drop off time from 8.30am at a charge of £3.00 From September 2024, this will be increasing to £7 for breakfast club and £3.25 for early drop off.
Sibling discount - 10% off of second sibling fees. Please contact the office for more information.
SESSION TIMES
Please note
If you want to change/increase sessions. Please do give a terms notice. Sessions for the whole academic year fill up fast!
Pre-school sessions run
Monday to Friday as follows:
Please note that funding can only be used between the hours of 8.30am - 3pm Monday - Friday (term time only).
We will also be offering a hot lunch option, the current cost of this is £2.65 a day. This will be rising to £2.85 from September 2024. All of the ingredients are provided by The Pointer Butchers, Brill. The menus are planned following the guidelines set out from The School Food Trust. Menus are changed every term, however we tend to keep some of the children’s favourites throughout the year.
Meals MUST be ordered 7 days in advance, but we would recommend you place your order for the whole term.
Here is an example menu;
We offer breakfast club from 8am - 9am at a charge of £6.50 and an earlier drop off time from 8.30am at a charge of £3.00 From September 2024, this will be increasing to £7 for breakfast club and £3.25 for early drop off.
Sibling discount - 10% off of second sibling fees. Please contact the office for more information.
SESSION TIMES
Please note
If you want to change/increase sessions. Please do give a terms notice. Sessions for the whole academic year fill up fast!
Pre-school sessions run
Monday to Friday as follows:
- Breakfast club 8am - 8.30am (includes breakfast)
- Early start from 8:30am
- Morning: 9.00am-12.00pm
- Afternoon: 12pm - 3pm
- Later collection of 4pm or 5pm on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We will offer this on a Monday from 5th February 2024.
Please note that funding can only be used between the hours of 8.30am - 3pm Monday - Friday (term time only).
We will also be offering a hot lunch option, the current cost of this is £2.65 a day. This will be rising to £2.85 from September 2024. All of the ingredients are provided by The Pointer Butchers, Brill. The menus are planned following the guidelines set out from The School Food Trust. Menus are changed every term, however we tend to keep some of the children’s favourites throughout the year.
Meals MUST be ordered 7 days in advance, but we would recommend you place your order for the whole term.
Here is an example menu;
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UNIFORM
We have no official uniform, but there is a polo top (£9.50) and sweatshirt (£10.50) available to purchase from the office.
LuNches and allergies
Please refer to our parents handbook in forms to find out about our requirements on packed lunches and any possible allergies your child may have.
