DAY NURSERIES
Day nurseries provide registered early education and childcare for young children from birth to age 5. They usually open from early morning to early evening, Monday to Friday, all year round. They offer a caring, safe, stimulating environment either as full day care or part-time care for babies and pre-school children. Some may also provide care before and after school and in the holidays for children aged 4 to 7 and sometimes older children too.
| Registration: |
Day Nurseries must:
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| Qualifications: | In any nursery there will be one manager (who isn't included in the staff child ratio). Along with this there should be depending on the size of the nursery a relevant number of staff with a Level 3 qualifications(including BTEC, NVQ, CACHE etc) this allows staff to work unsupervised. Other staff in the nursery should have a Level 2 qualification (including BTEC, NVQ, CACHE, etc); these staff must be supervised as they work. The aim is that all staff will be working towards Level 3 qualifications. |
| Fees: | Most nurseries are run by private and voluntary organisations and fees vary between £18-£35 per day and £120-£150 per week. |
| Other information: |
All day nurseries are encouraged to become members of the National Day Nurseries Association and join a quality assurance scheme. Most day nurseries have facilities to prepare food and snacks for the children in their care. They should produce at least a 3 week menu of quality food and provide snacks appropriate to the length of day the child attends. Support with costs is available from tax credits, childcare vouchers and free part-time places for all 3 year olds. |
