Please find the PDF document below which provides information relating to starting Puddle Ducks Nursery 2022-2023. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us.
Puddle Ducks Nursery
Our nursery provides funded early education (FEET, 15 and 30 hours) for 2, 3 and 4 year olds and offers an extended day between 8.50am and 3pm.
The nursery at our setting offers children an opportunity to have a high quality educational start in life, learning through play indoors and in our extensive outdoor facilities.
Chilworth C of E Infant School is an Ofsted Outstanding school, with enthusiastic teaching and support staff of the highest quality. Our school pupil attainment is above the national and Surrey averages for reading, writing and maths. We have a long established Forest School, run in the adjacent Outstanding Area of Natural beauty, Chilworth Gunpowder Mills woodland and on our school site. Our qualified Nursery Nurse, is an accomplished Forest School leader, highly competent at delivering the Early Years Curriculum.
Our site is set in a beautiful location with the backdrop of St. Martha's Hill. The large tarmacked playground has a trikes and bikes & playtime resources garage, an extensive school playing field, Wildlife Area and a new adventure playground. Our school is a friendly, caring community, passionate about providing an excellent education and wide life experiences for the children in its care.
We provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which excites and stimulates each child’s desire to learn,
- Providing a social and moral environment in which each child respects the views, feelings and beliefs of everyone.
- Encouraging children to reach their full potential whilst having the confidence to risk failure. Developing their independence from day one.
- Developing self-confidence, independence and raising awareness of the responsibilities of good citizenship and care of the environment.
- Enabling children to make choices that will keep them safe and healthy.
Please download the Application Form, Admissions Policy and Terms & Conditions. If you have difficulty doing so, please ask our office for a printed version. If you have any questions please give us a ring or pop into the school office.
Child start date |
Deadline Date |
Offer of a place |
Summer Term Start April 2024 |
Wednesday 13th December 2023 |
Friday 19th January 2024 |
Autumn Term Start September 2024 |
Wednesday 27th March 2024 |
Friday 26th April 2024 |
Spring Term Start January 2024 |
Friday 14th July 2023 |
Friday 15th September 2023 |
Please see Surrey County Council website for more information about Free Early Education for Two Year olds (FEET) and Universal Entitlement for
3 to 4 year olds:
Feet Application Form 2 to 3 year olds
15 hours Universal Entitlement 3 to 4 year olds
30 hours funded childcare for working parents 3 to 4 year olds