Dickory Docks Nursery ensures that each child is nurtured and encouraged throughout their stay in nursery. All play rooms are large, bright and airy. All children are individual and learn according to their abilities and pace. Transition to more challenging rooms is based on their current developmental assessment and in-depth conversation with parents and guardians.

Room	Age Group	Adult-Child Ratio
Red room	Babies (0-2’s)	1 adult per 3 children
Orange room	Toddlers (2’s)	1 adult per 5 children
Green room	Toddlers (2-3’s)	1 adult per 5 children
Blue room	Pre-school (3-5’s)	1 adult per 8 children
Yellow room	Pre-school (3-5’s)	1 adult per 8 children

Red Room – 0 to 2 years – 19 places

Activities in the Baby Room are based upon a child’s first experience of the world with all manner of sensory equipment to stimulate and encourage development. We encourage Heuristic Play, which exposes babies to different natural textures and materials. Planning in the Baby and Toddler rooms focuses on the Prime Areas of learning which children begin to develop quickly in response to relationships and experiences, and run through and support learning in all other areas. The prime areas continue to be fundamental throughout the EYFS in Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, and Physical Development. The Baby Room has a designated sleep and eating area and each is provided with a separate Milk Kitchen and Nappy Changing area.

Funding

From September 2025, working parents of children from 9 months old will be able to register to access 15 hours of government-funded childcare a week. If approved, you will receive the 15 hours for 38 weeks of the year, from the start of each term. Funding is able to be stretched over 51 weeks but will then reduce the amount of free hours you receive per week. Please see the link to apply for this funding. Also, please see the information to help pay for childcare.

Orange/Green rooms – 2 to 3 years – 49 places

By this age, children are getting more independent and we encourage development with carefully designed activities, which is largely developed through play. Planning in the Baby and Toddler rooms focuses on the Prime Areas of learning which children begin to develop quickly in response to relationships and experiences, and run through and support learning in all other areas. The prime areas continue to be fundamental throughout the EYFS in Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, and Physical Development. Again, the Toddler Room has a designated sleep area. It has a separate nappy change area and toilets as well for toilet training and making children more independent.

Funding

From September 2025, working parents of children from 2 years old will be able to register to access 30 hours of government-funded childcare a week. If approved, you will receive the 30 hours for 38 weeks of the year, from the start of each term. Funding is able to be stretched over 51 weeks but will then reduce the amount of free hours you receive per week. Please see the link to apply for this funding. Also, please see the information to help pay for childcare.

Pre School (Yellow rooms) – 3 to 5 years –24 places

Pre-School activities are planned around the individual child based on The Characteristics of Effective Learning and the prime and specific Areas of Learning and Development, which are all interconnected. Learning is encouraged through play and covers the seven areas:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development
• The Specific areas include essential skills and knowledge for children to participate successfully in society.
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

Children at Dickory Docks Day Nursery are provided with a varied and exciting programme, introducing new skills and ensuring that each child thoroughly enjoys learning with our qualified teaching staff. Learning also takes place outside of the Nursery. Children can enjoy a wide variety of trips and outings to the theatre, libraries, and other places of interest, in which parents are also encouraged to join.

The staff provide continual assessment with written reports for each child and maintain regular liaison with parents. All children at Dickory Docks Day Nursery are taught the value of friendship, honesty, fairness, and respect for others. Staff promote an equal opportunities policy for all children, and we celebrate festivals and traditions from many different cultures.

We pride ourselves on ensuring that all our children are well prepared to make a smooth and easy transition to school.

Funding

All children aged 3 – 4 years old will be able to access the 15 hours universal funding. There is no code required in this case. For working parents, children may be eligible for extended 15 hours funding, to make it a total of 30 hours. This funding can be used for a total of 38 weeks or extended over 51 weeks.

Parents will need to apply for the extended funding and must renew this funding every 3 months. If eligible, you will receive the 30 hours for 38 weeks of the year, from the start of each term. Funding is able to be stretched over 51 weeks but will then reduce the amount of free hours you receive per week. Please see the link to apply for this funding. Also, please see the information to help pay for childcare.

It is possible to combine this funding with extra attendance in line with other nursery sessions.

Breakfast / Holiday Club (Logcabin – 4 to 8 years – 16 places

We are opening a Breakfast / Holiday club from October 2025 to support working parents during out of term periods. The breakfast club is from 8am to 9am Monday to Friday, The holiday club runs from 9am to 6pm Monday to Fri. Both these clubs operate only for specific periods, and parents must complete the registration form online to apply.

You can contact us for information, or send a Holiday Club registration form to apply and we will check for an available place and email the cost.

The Registration form is available under “Enquiries & Forms”, or by following this link

Please note that there is no childcare funding for the holiday club. Parents can use Bank Transfer, a Credit / Debit card, and Tax Free Childcare to pay for the Holiday Club. A holiday club place must be paid for in full before the start of the sessions.

Prices

Breakfast Club (8am to 9am) £5.00 per day

Holiday Club Full Day (9am to 6pm) £57.00 per day

Holiday Club Short Day (9am to 3pm) £38.00 per day

Ad-hoc hourly from 3pm £9.00

10% Sibling discount available

Weekly charge is calculated on the number of days as above.