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We currently have limited availablity for September 2025- July 2026.

From September 2025 we will be offering up to 30 hours Working Parent Entitlement.

We offer nursery care Monday to Friday term                                      time only.

Woodland Nursery School has served the local community of Lower Bourne and the surrounding villages since 1984. We pride ourselves on providing a caring and nurturing environment where the individual child counts and the relationship with carer respected and valued. We have been rated outstanding in our last 2 Oftsed inspections.

The nursery is managed by Carole Jones and the owner is Carolyn Stidston who also owns and manages Tilford Meadow Nursery School and Pine Wood Nursery School in Lower Bourne.

From September 2025, children aged 2 years plus meeting the working parents’ eligibility criteria will also be eligible for up to 30 hours funding. Woodland Nursery School will claim for the grant on your behalf once the appropriate documentation has been provided.

All children receiving funded entitlement can claim up to and including to 15 –30 hours (depending on eligibility). All children are entitled to 15 hours universal funding in the term after they turn 3 years of age.

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

For further information regarding the nursery please see our Contact page.

All nursery policies are available via e mail on request or onsite in the nursery.

Nursery Hours

9.00-12.00pm/1.00/3.00pm for children aged from 2.5 years of age  Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday

Friday 9.00 -12.00/1.00

We offer extended sessions on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.00am-3.00pm.