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The Village Pre-School, Upham
Term Time Nursery for 4 months -5 years old children
The Village Pre-School, Upham was opened in 1991. We are registered with Hampshire County Council Services for Young Children (Registered number 510957) , and the Office for Standards in Education (OfSted) (Registered number 2603777), who inspect the setting on a regular basis. We are members of the Early Years Alliance and The National Day Nurseries Association.
Pre-School is held within The New Millennium Village Hall in Lower Upham, and is open between the following hours, (term-time only):
Monday 7.30am- 5.00pm
Tuesday 7.30am- 5.00pm
Wednesday 7.30am- 5.00pm
Thursday 7.30am- 5.00pm
Friday 7.30am- 5.30pm
Children between the ages of 3 months-5 years are welcome at Pre-School. We will be happy to discuss individual session times with you when you register your child. You are welcome to come along to Pre-School for a visit but for security reasons, please ring the number on the Contact Us page to make an appointment.
We accept a number of vouchers from employer schemes, and we are registered to accept the Early Years Education (EYE) Funding for eligible two year olds and all three year olds.
The Village Pre-School has exclusive use of the village hall for most of the time. We use a small room for our Nursery where the children who are aged from 3 months - 2 years can play with lots of toys and equipment suitable for their age. We also have cots for those younger children who still need a sleep during the day.
In the larger hall we have toys and equipment for children aged 2, 3 and 4. We have a lot of small world and role play equipment, ICT equipment including iPads and touch screen computers, as well as art and craft materials.
We have a large outside area part grass and part patio with a lots of different physical toys as well as construction, books, role play, mud kitchen and many more resources providing opportunities to learn through play.