Opening Hours
We are open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Fees include care during these Hours, but we also offer a ‘Breakfast Club’ from 7.30am – 8.00am which may be pre-booked and paid for as an extra.
We offer full time and part time places
- Our morning session runs from 8.00am to 1.00pm (and includes breakfast, lunch, fruit, snacks and drinks)
- Our afternoon session runs from 1.00pm to 6.00pm (and includes tea, fruit, snacks and drinks)
- And our full day runs from 8.00am to 6.00pm (and includes breakfast, lunch, tea, fruit, snacks and drinks throughout the day).
Minimum Booking Policy
The minimum number of sessions your child can be booked into the Gingerbread House Day Nursery is two sessions per week (one session equals either a AM or PM session).
Please note The minimum booking policy is not applicable to grant funded sessions.
Settling in Sessions
At Gingerbread House Day 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 our South Croydon 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
Our regular monthly fees are based on actual booked attendance and the nursery’s fee plan. Fees are calculated by taking weekly attendance for your child x 52 – which is the number of weeks chargeable per year – dividing by 12 (to give a monthly payment) which is payable in advance on – or before – the start of each month.
Payment can be made by standing order, childcare voucher or Tax Free Childcare.
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
If you already have a child at our nursery or if you’re registering a place for more than one child, we offer a Sibling Discountof 5% discount off your oldest child’s nursery fees when their younger sibling starts.
Gingerbread House Day Nursery’s OFSTED Report
After the inspection of a setting, nurseries receive a full report of the inspector’s findings. Ofsted inspects us regularly, view our latest Ofsted report.
For more information please call in and have a chat with the Gingerbread House team, who’ll be delighted to see you and show you around.