Welcome to Early Years at Longacre
At Longacre we understand and celebrate that every child is unique. Our wonderful Pre-School setting provides a wide range of environments that ignite the children’s interests and thirst for learning.
The value of play in a young child’s development is vital. We provide many different opportunities for play to support the children’s curiosity whilst encouraging exploration through building, singing, dancing, climbing and being creative. But most of all, we nurture every child to ensure self-confidence and independence whilst forming secure emotional attachments with the other children and our staff.
The Pre-School at Longacre is made up of one Nursery class and two Kindergarten classes, all housed across three purpose-built classrooms in the Pre-School block with direct access to their own separate playground. The children also enjoy access to all the main school’s facilities including our own woodland and a modern Sports Hall and Creative Arts studio.
The Nursery and Kindergarten children wear their own Longacre Pre-School uniform, belong to one of the four school Houses and are full members of the school community, making the transition to formal schooling at Reception much easier.
Watch our Video
Watch our ‘Day in the Life of Nursery and Kindergarten’ video below to get a flavour of what the children get up to on a normal day at Longacre.
Register Your Interest
To find out more about the Early Years at Longacre please complete the form below to register for our Open Day on Wednesday 19th January.
We look forward to welcoming you.
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Open Day
If you would like to attend our Early Years Open Day on Wednesday 19th January please complete the form.
Nursery (2 to 3 years)
Our Nursery team have a combined experience of over 30 years working with small children and every effort is made to ensure that the children feel comfortable in their new environment.
Children are able to join our Nursery from the age of 2 (*provided they will be turning 3 by the 31st August of that academic year).
Children start in Nursery with a minimum of four sessions per week. However, we work closely with parents to ensure the child is able to cope with the number of chosen sessions and parents have a choice in selecting the sessions which suit their own requirements.
There is one full-time Nursery Teacher and two part-time Teaching Assistants. The Nursery staff also work closely with the Kindergarten staff and the children enjoy ‘free-flow’ time when both classes come together.
The children have access to the very best quality teaching staff and enjoy specialist lessons such as Music, P.E. and Forest School. We provide planned play, both outdoors and indoors, in a stimulating environment, with a balance of teacher directed and child-initiated activities. We use lots of praise, encouragement and above all, have fun.
The Nursery children participate in the annual Early Years Nativity performance, take part in the school’s Sports Day and at the end of the year perform their own class assembly.
Kindergarten (3 to 4 years)
We have two Kindergarten classes at Longacre with four full-time staff. Attendance in Kindergarten is normally part-time with six sessions being the minimum attendance. Our aim would be to slowly increase the number of sessions attended throughout the year, in preparation for full-time attendance in Reception.
The curriculum is very flexible at this stage and the children will be following an individual programme of learning, which will be closely monitored and recorded by the teacher.
The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum is followed, with the emphasis on first hand learning through well-structured play activities and each day is different. Specialist lessons such as Music, Forest School and P.E. are spread throughout the week and are taught by specialist teaching staff in the dedicated classrooms.
Kindergarten children participate in the annual Early Years Nativity performance, take part in the school’s Sports Day and at the end of the year perform their own class assembly.
School Fees
Nursery
Minimum charge for first 4 sessions £2,500 per term
An additional morning session – includes snack and lunch £625 per term
An additional afternoon session – includes snack £170 per term
Full time 10 sessions per week – includes snacks and lunch £3,785 per term
Kindergarten
Minimum charge for first 6 sessions £3,295 per term
An additional morning session – includes snack and lunch £625 per term
An additional afternoon session – includes snack £170 per term
Full time 10 sessions per week – includes snacks and lunch £3,785 per term
Contact Us
If you would like to arrange a personal tour of the Early Years at Longacre please contact our Admissions team below. We look forward to meeting you and your family in person and having the opportunity to show you our wonderful school.