Admissions
Here at Kingsway, we offer both 15 & 30 hour funded sessions for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds, as well fee-paying places. We recommend that you check out the Parent Hub on the website Best Start in Life https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk/ to find out if you qualify for a funded session. We accept childcare vouchers and Tax-free childcare. Our Policy is that we add children to our lists for a place subject to availability once we have a completed registration form and enrolment (non-fundable fee – includes admin, settle in sessions and a T-shirt). Current Fees can be accessed below and payable half-termly in advance. We invoice via Tapestry.
If you need any further advice, please don’t hesitate to speak to our managers Karen and Sarah and they will be happy to help.
Stepping Stones room
We have a maximum of 8 children aged 2 – 3 years. This room is downstairs at Kingsway and has 2 members of staff.
Main room
We have maximum of 25 children per session aged from 2.5 – 4+ years. This room is situated upstairs and has 5 members of staff in attendance at full capacity sessions.
Both rooms have access to the garden.
Breakfast club is from 8am and a lunch club from 12.00pm. (Additional charges apply)
Our staff are dedicated and highly motivated, working in partnership with parents to promote learning through play using a variety of resources and exciting, challenging activities.
Current fee structure can be download above or available upon request via Karen or Sarah. All fees are payable half-termly in advance.
SEND
We have trained and experienced SENCo’s at Kingsway. We work in close partnership with parents and carers and you can ask to speak with your child’s key worker at any time.
Policies
Our policies are revised with staff, parents and carers, using a “Policy of the Month” review system. Our Policies are currently having a full review and new versions will be added soon
Ofsted Outstanding
We are pleased to announce that as of May 2022 we have retained our outstanding grading by Ofsted.
You can read our full report here Ofsted | Kingsway Pre-School
Ofsted contact number 0300 123 4666
Events This Term
A full calendar for the year can be downloaded below.
September
Wednesday 2nd – Stay and Play sessions for new families and children moving up from Stepping Stones
Thursday 3rd Re-open for Autumn term one
October
Tuesday 13th – Stay and Play session for families
Thursday 22nd – Annual General Meeting – All families 7pm
Friday 23rd – Closed inset day
Monday 26th – Friday 30th – Closed for half term
November
Monday 2nd – Re open for Autumn Term two
December
Monday 14th &/or Tuesday 15th PM – Christmas performances for upstairs children (TBC)
Thursday 17th AM – Stepping stones Christmas sing a long and last day
Friday 18th AM – Christmas party upstairs children
Friday 18th – Break for Christmas, No PM session
Resources
Please use this link to access “Nurturing Bright Futures”, This is a guide designed
to support families and professionals working together to provide every child in Southend on-Sea with the richest start to their lifelong learning journey
