Admissions Information  

 Registrations are now being accepted for September 2026 -July 2027 onwards. Limited Availabity from January 2026 -July 2026

We offer nursery care Monday to Friday term time only

9.00- 12.00 or 1.00 for 2-3 year olds

9.00-1.00 or 3.00 for 3-4 year olds.

We offer Early Club 8.45- 9.00 to support families with children attending local schools.

We are now able to offer wrap around care via The Hen House at All Saints School to coincide with our nursery hours for children aged 3 years plus.

Breakfast Club 7.40 - 8.40 (Early club at Tilford Meadow 8.45-9.00)

After Nursery Care 3.00 - 4.30 or 6.00 

Please contact to add this to you nursery hours - See prospectus and documentation tab for further information.

At Tilford Meadow Nursery School we aim to build a happy, caring environment where children and their families matter by respecting their individuality.

We value children's learning, supporting their development not only in the indoor nursery environment but by providing a wealth of learning opportunities using our wonderful garden and woodland access.  The nursery embraces the "Forest School" ethos of learning, encouraging independence, investigation and questioning. We have achieved the Quality Assurance award which is the "kite mark" for providers of high quality care.

We offer EYFE ( Early Years Free Entitlement) for children in the term after their 3rd birthday and FEET funding for some children meeting criteria aged 2 years. We offer the universal 15 hours from the term after the child's 3rd birthday and Working Parent Entitlement of 30 hours for children aged 2 years plus.

All nursery key worker staff hold an Early Years qualification and our Forest School team have completed Forest School training. All staff are DBS checked, all have attended safeguarding training, all key workers have also completed paediatric first aid training.Staff update and extend their early years knowledge by attending regular early years specific training.

Nursery Hours

We offer the following hours for the children attending Tilford Meadow Nursery School

Children age two and a half to three years - 9.00 -12.00 or 1.00 Monday to Friday

Children aged three years plus  -9.00 - 1.00 Mon- Fri

Extended sessions 9.00 -3.00 (flexi pick up from 2.30) Mon,Tues,Thurs and Fri - children aged 3 years plus

Nursery Clubs 

Playball -Thursday afternoon

Moo Music -Friday afternoon

Forest School is part of the curriculum for all children from the term they receive the grant, before then we offer mini explorers to all our younger children as part of their weekly routine.