Nursery Welcome

Nursery Welcome

Kents Hill Park School is opening a brand-new nursery in September 2025 for children from the age of 3 years.

Every parent/carer wants their choice of nursery to give their child the best possible start. Kents Hill Park believes that each child’s experiences in their early learning setting is crucial for future success, both in and out of school. Every child as a unique individual, who will be nurtured to grow to be the best they can be.

The school’s purpose-built nursery aims to offer a safe and engaging environment, where children are happy, confident and independent.

The application window is now open. Please visit Admissions for more information on how to apply for a place.

Nursery Sessions

Parents have the option of applying for the following sessions:

• 15 hours a week morning session - 5 morning sessions from 8.30am – 11.30am
• 15 hours a week afternoon session - 5 afternoon sessions from 12.30pm-3.30pm
• 30 hours a week all day sessions - 5 daily sessions from 8.30am-2.30pm

Parents of children attending an all-day session can extend their child’s session by an hour. The extra hour of childcare can be purchased at an additional cost per day. The extended day session will run from 8.30-3.30pm.

30 hours funded childcare places

Kents Hill Park School Nursery offers 30 hour funded places for eligible families. For more information about extended entitlement, please visit Milton Keynes City Council website:

The Extended Entitlement - 30 Hour Free Childcare

It should be noted that a place in the nursery class does not automatically guarantee admission to the Primary school. Parents should refer to the Primary School admissions policy for further advice on applying for a place in Foundation.

Provision

Each class at Kents Hill Park School is named after a significant and inspirational individual who has shown our school characteristics – being confident, independent and forward-thinking.

The Nursery class is named ‘Sunflowers Class’ after the artist Vincent Van Gogh.

The brand-new Nursery offers an engaging and well-resourced environment that stimulates learning through both its indoor and outdoor provision. Learning revolves around chosen themes that reflect the children’s interests. Promoting a love of reading sits at the heart of the curriculum and a range of books are shared each day to capture the children’s imaginations. The Nursery instils a love of learning through exciting and stimulating experiences that run through the indoor and outdoor provision. Every child will be supported to flourish as they take their first steps into their early learning journey.

Children are allocated a key worker to support their learning journey and, through structured play, independent exploration and adult-led activities, they learn and develop through experiences that cover the seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum:

• Communication and Language
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding of the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

Communication

The nursery views parents and carers as partners and acknowledges the importance of their involvement in their child’s learning and development. Through the school’s online system, Tapestry, each child has their own individual learning journal account, which only their parents/carers are able to access. The nursery records observations of the children, which parent/carers are able to view. Experiences from home can be shared too.