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Contact Nursery Rhymes Day Nursery. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our nursery settings, please feel free to contact us.Address
Nursery Rhymes,
Peacecroft,
Kidnappers Lane,
Leckhampton,
Cheltenham,
GL53 0NR
Contact Nursery Rhymes Day Nursery
01242 260550
07541645009
nurseryrhymes@btinternet.com
To enquire directly with the nursery for future spaces please follow this link.
Operating Hours
Monday – Friday
8.00am – 6.00pm
We are closed at weekends and Bank Holidays.
We are also closed at Christmas for one week.
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Sessions at Nursery Rhymes Day Nursery
Mornings: 8.00am –1.00pm (includes lunch)
Afternoons: 1.00pm – 6.00pm (includes tea)
Full day: 8.00am – 6.00pm (includes lunch and tea)
Nursery fees for 2026 –
0-3 years –
| AM/PM sessions | £46 |
| Full day | £92 |
3-5 years –
| AM/PM sessions | £43.50 |
| Full day | £87 |
Nursery fees are subject to periodic review to reflect inflationary changes and increase in staffing and operational costs.
To apply for nursery at Nursery Rhymes, please contact us using any of the formats above.
Notes
Day nursery fees are payable monthly in advance.
Minimum booking – 2 sessions.
£100 deposit to book your place – Deposits are non-refundable if the reservation is not utilised. However, deposits will be returned on the final invoice, provided the account is settled and a minimum notice of four weeks is given. For deposit information for those receiving the working parent entitlement please refer to this section below
Our fees cover a wide range of amenities and services to ensure the comfort and safety of your child, including the provision of nappies, formula milk, sun cream, all drinks, meals and snacks. Additionally, we provide the use of our wellies, waterproof suits and legionnaire style sun hats to protect your child from the elements and ensure that they can comfortably enjoy their outdoor activities without any concerns.
Sibling discount (on sessions attended together):
2 children (10%)
Working Parent Funding entitlement
At Nursery Rhymes, our aim is to provide funding as flexibly as possible while ensuring that children receive the high-quality care and enriching experiences that we are committed to delivering. Outdoor learning and opportunities to connect with nature form part of our regular EYFS provision and are available to all children accessing a funded place. We also offer an optional all-inclusive package for families who choose to use it, covering the clearly defined food, non-food consumables and voluntary activities detailed below.
The hourly rates for privately paid hours are outlined as follows –
0-3 yr olds – £9.20 p/h
3-5yr olds – £8.70p/h
Consumable charges are as follows for our all-inclusive package –
0–3-year-olds –
| AM | PM | Full Day |
| Food consumable – £4.50 | Food consumable – £3.50 | Food consumable – £8.00 |
| Non-food consumable – £3.50 | Non-food consumable – £3.50 | Non-food consumable – £7.00 |
| Activity charge – £0.50 | Activity charge – £0.50 | Activity charge – £1.00 |
| Total – £8.50 | Total – £7.50 | Total – £16 |
3–5-year-olds –
| AM | PM | Full Day |
| Food consumable – £4.75 | Food consumable – £3.75 | Food consumable – £8.50 |
| Non-food consumable – £2.00 | Non-food consumable – £2.00 | Non-food consumable – £4.00 |
| Activity charge – £1.75 | Activity charge – £1.75 | Activity charge – £3.50 |
| Total – £8.50 | Total – £7.50 | Total – £16 |
Food provided –
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AM |
PM |
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Healthy selection of fruit for morning snack |
Healthy afternoon snack – |
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Hot meal prepared from scratch by our in-house cooks, menus created using government guidance around healthy & nutritious meals for growing children. Followed by pudding – mostly fruit based puddings with natural yoghurt. |
Buffet style tea – consisting of options of either sandwich with a variety of fillings, homemade scones, ploughman’s platter etc served with a variety of vegetable sticks and cheese sticks. |
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Formula milk provided (Aptamil) & cow’s milk or other dairy free milk options |
Formula milk provided (Aptamil) & cow’s milk or other dairy free milk options |
Non-food consumables –
Suncream (Boots Soltan), nappies, nappy bags and cotton wool for nappy changing. These are the non-food consumables included within the voluntary non-food consumable charge.
Activity charges –
Optional special festivals and celebration activities involving additional resources or external providers; optional extracurricular activities delivered in addition to our core EYFS provision; graduation events; and animal encounters delivered by visiting providers alongside events such as our Outdoor Classroom Day celebration – a special event linked to the global movement celebrating and inspiring outdoor play and learning. This is additional to our everyday outdoor learning and EYFS provision and includes specially arranged activities, experiences and resources. Regular outdoor learning, including our usual use of the outdoor environment, forms part of our core EYFS provision and is not dependent on payment of the activity charge.
Stretched funding model –
For children accessing the Working Parent Entitlement over 50 weeks, Nursery Rhymes offers a stretched pattern of 22.8 funded hours per week (1,140 hours across 50 weeks).
Families may access this as two full 10-hour funded days, plus a further funded session of 2 hours 48 minutes on Friday from 1:00pm to 3:48pm. This enables families to access the full stretched entitlement without being required to purchase additional private childcare hours.
Alternatively, where a family voluntarily books an additional day or session, the remaining 2 hours 48 minutes of funded entitlement may be used as a continuous funded block within that booking. Any hours attended beyond the funded 2 hours 48 minutes will be charged at the normal private hourly rate. Purchasing these additional private hours is optional and is not a condition of accessing the funded entitlement.
Families who only wish to attend two full 10-hour days may access 20 funded hours per week. Over 50 weeks this uses 1,000 funded hours. Families wishing to access their full stretched entitlement can use the additional Friday funded session or another agreed funded pattern offered by the nursery.
Funded attendance patterns must be agreed in advance and will be offered consistently, subject to the nursery having an available place within the requested attendance pattern. Funded hours will be provided in continuous blocks and will not contain artificial breaks for privately paid hours.
Invoices will clearly show the funded hours being accessed and separately identify any optional privately paid hours and voluntary consumable or activity charges.
We require a £100 deposit to secure a place upon booking. For families accessing funded-only hours, this deposit will be fully refunded within the first term and is not a charge for accessing the funded entitlement. Where families voluntarily book hours above their funded entitlement, the terms and conditions in our Childcare Agreement will apply.
Parents who opt out of food consumable charges may provide suitable food from home in accordance with our Packed Lunch Policy. Homemade food and food supplied in reusable containers is permitted. Where reasonably required to manage an identified allergy risk, parents may be asked to provide sufficient ingredient and allergen information.
Families opting out of non-food consumable charges may provide the relevant items in accordance with our policies. Opting out of any voluntary charge will not prevent a child from accessing their funded place or the same quality of core EYFS provision.
