Parent Information and Term Dates

Below you can find some useful information and guides which can be saved or printed out as required.

St Thomas’ Nursery Information Leaflets:

Introduction to EYFS, A Parent’s Guide

Key Person, A Good Practice Guide

Inclusion, A Good Practice Guide

Home Visit, A Good Practice Guide

Parent’s Guide to ‘drop in’ sessions; learning, development, progress & assessment.

Parent’s Guide to ‘School readiness’ & what it really means!

A Parent’s Guide to Signing.

Outdoor Play

Sharing Books, A Good Practice Guide

Introduction to a child’s brain & how we can keep the brain happy

Schemas, Information for Parent’s & Carers.

Working Together to Safeguard Children


Nursery will also be closed on Monday 4 th May for bank holiday replaced by MondayTerm dates

Holiday List

Summer term 2026
Monday 13 th April ———————————- 5 weeks ———————— Friday 15 th May
                                                                               2 weeks holiday
Monday 1 st June ———————————— 7 weeks —————— ——Monday 20 th July

Nursery will also be closed on Monday 4 th May for bank holiday replaced by MondayTerm dates

Holiday List September 2026 to August 2027

Autumn Term 2026

Tuesday 1st September ————————– 8 weeks ———————— Friday 23rd October

                                                                        1 week holiday

Monday 2nd November ————————— 7 weeks ———————– Friday 18th December

                                                                        2 weeks holiday

                Spring term 2027

Monday 4th January ——————————- 6 weeks ———————– Friday 12th February

                                                                         1 week holiday

Monday 22nd February —————————- 4 weeks ———————– Friday 19th March

                                                                         2 weeks holiday

              Summer term 2027

          Monday 5th April ————————————- 7 weeks ————————- Friday 21st May

                                                                                   2 weeks holiday

          Monday 7th June ————————————- 6 weeks ——————  ——Monday 19th July

Nursery will also be closed on Monday 3rd May for bank holiday replaced by Monday 19th July

Nursery fees for September 2025 – July 2026

Core hours – £7.00/HR

These are the sessions available and are charged for though children can be collected any time from 3pm by arrangement.

Government funding can be used for all or part of the hours attending – we will add up hours attending and deduct 15/30 hours as appropriate, then charge for remaining hours.

Morning and Afternoon snacks as well as milk are included.

Persistent late pick-ups will be charged for 1 hour extra