Opening Hours
We’re open from 8.00am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday, except bank holidays.
Our fees include care during our normal Hours, but we also offer and ‘early drop’ and ‘late collection’ between 7.30am – 8.00am and 6.00pm – 6.30pm which can be pre-booked and paid for as an extra.
We offer full time and part time places to suit your needs. Each full day session runs from 8.00am until 6.00pm and includes breakfast, lunch, high tea, fruit, snacks and drinks throughout the day, with half day sessions running from 8.00am – 1.00pm (which includes breakfast, brunch, lunch, fruit, snacks and drinks) and 1.00pm – 6.00pm (which includes high tea, fruit, snacks and drinks) – with all food prepared by our talented chef on-site.
Minimum Booking Policy
The minimum number of sessions your child can be booked into our nursery in Hoddesdon is two sessions per week (one session equals either an AM or PM session).
Please note the minimum booking policy is not applicable to grant funded sessions.
Settling in Sessions
At our nursery, we believe that children flourish when their personal, social and emotional needs are met. With this in mind, we offer Settling in Sessions for your child before they start their nursery adventure. It’s extremely important that your child feels safe and secure in their nursery environment before they start permanent sessions.
What to expect from Settling in Sessions
- We will start to build relationships with you and your child
- You will meet our team and your child’s Key Person
- We will start to find out your child’s likes and dislikes, home routine and any specific requirements such as nap times, meal preferences and comforters
The main aim of these sessions is to ensure that you and your child feel completely happy before you start permanent sessions with us.
Our Nursery and Registration Fees
We close for one week at Christmas, for 2 staff training days per year, and for all Bank Holidays. Our ‘nursery year’ runs from September 1st to August 31st.
We review fees each year, in January – and any changes are communicated to parents at least a month beforehand. Fees are calculated based on our fee sheets and are calculated by taking your child’s pre-booked bookings to create a weekly attendance fee. We multiply this by 52, the number of chargeable weeks per year, and divide this by 12 to give you your monthly payment due – which is payable monthly in advance, on (or before) the first day of every month by Standing Order, cheque or childcare voucher.
Included within our fee structure are SMA (1&2) and Aptimil (1&2) formula milk (under 1 Yrs old) and nappies for our babies (under 2yrs). In addition, for all our children we provide Calpol, sun cream, nappy wipes, bedding and our own unique and innovative child development programmes.
To book a place we require a £75.00 non-refundable registration fee for a new family (Please note this fee is not applicable for fully funded sessions).
Our Sibling Discount
We offer a 10% discount on the oldest child’s fees if you already have a child at our nursery or if you’re registering a place for more than one child.
Please ask at the nursery for more information on the above.
Angels At Play Hoddesdon Nursery’s OFSTED Report
Our nursery is currently awaiting inspection. After the inspection of the setting, the nursery will receive a full report of the inspector’s findings.