Rainbow Nursery
Rainbow Nursery is located conveniently in central Totnes.
We provide a fun, bright environment where children can play and learn in safety with caring and dedicated staff.
We provide a fun, bright environment where children can play and learn in safety with caring and dedicated staff.
Parents say "I am so happy with the care my child is receiving at Rainbow - they have the freedom to play and explore while learning about their world in such an imaginative way".
Sessions at Rainbow
- We are open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, all year round except bank holidays, occasional staff training days and a short closure period at Christmas and New Year.
- We have a limited number of term time only places. Contact us further if you need to apply for one of them.
- Childcare will be provided flexibly with start and finish times available on the hour across the day between 8am and 5pm. We offer start times of 8am, 9am, 10am and 1pm
- We have a few limited places available for children to stay until 5.15pm. These will be available upon request only and are subject to availability.
- Childcare bookings must be for a minimum of 4 hours in any one day and must be booked in with us over at least two separate days.
- We provide a home cooked family lunch (between 12-1) prepared in our own kitchen. We also provide breakfast/brunch between 8 and 9.45am, and a light snack tea at 3.15pm.
Fees and Charges at Rainbow
- Hourly Rates: £6.25 for 3 & 4yr olds and £6.70 for under 3s. The 5pm - 5.15pm slot is charged at £2.50
- Registration fee is £100 (non-refundable) This is not charged to funded children who are accessing 11 hours or less
- Consumables Fee Funded Children will be asked to pay an additional voluntary fee to cover the cost of consumables. This fee is £1 per funded hour.
- Invoices Fees are invoiced monthly in advance via email.
- Unpaid invoices Any outstanding unpaid accounts will incur a 10% charge against their next invoice.
- Absence If your child is absent due to illness or holiday, fees are still payable. In the case of hospitalisation, fees may be waived.
- Late collection If your child is collected late, warnings will be given followed by a charge of £15 for each 15 minute period or part thereof. If children are collected late at the end of the day (5pm) an automatic late fee will be charged without warning.
- Session changes Session times may be changed, subject to availability. An administration fee of £20 will be charged unless 4 weeks-notice is given.
- Extra, ad hoc hours may be booked, subject to availability, at a premium rate of £6.75 for 3 & 4yr olds and £7.20 for under 3s.
Funded Children at Rainbow
- All children are eligible for government funding the term after their 3rd birthday. Eligible children can access up to 11 funded hours across every week that we are open
- Some 2 year olds may be eligible for government funding. Evidence of this must be provided. Eligible children can access up to 11 funded hours across every week that we are open
- Some children of working parents may be eligible for the Extended Entitlement. At Rainbow, Eligible children can access up to 22 funded hours per week across every week that we are open.
- Funded children accessing additional hours will be invoiced with a reduction shown for the eligible funded hours charged at our current hourly rate.
- Funded children will be asked to pay an additional voluntary fee to cover the cost of consumables. This includes the following: snacks, drinks, suncream, arts and craft materials, resources, cleaning products, hand towels, baby wipes etc.
- Children who are eligible to Early Years Pupil Premium funding or who access 2-year-old funding will not have a consumable fee requested of them on the first 11 funded hours.
Help with Childcare costs
Tax credits, universal credit or tax free childcare can help with childcare costs and can be used alone or alongside the government funding. For information on these and all government funding options including how to apply for 2 year old funding and the Extended Entitlement visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Tax credits, universal credit or tax free childcare can help with childcare costs and can be used alone or alongside the government funding. For information on these and all government funding options including how to apply for 2 year old funding and the Extended Entitlement visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
We have made a short 'showaround' video to share with you. If you would like to visit the nursery in person, please call us on 01803 863447
If you want to apply for a place at Rainbow please complete our pre-registration form and we can add your child to our waiting list.
If you want to ask any questions, please either call us, at our main office at Daisy, on 01803 864737 or use the contact form here
You can read our latest OUTSTANDING Ofsted report here. Please note this link takes you to our previous Ofsted registration which now shows on the Ofsted site as closed. This is because we have recently re-registered with Ofsted, so there are no reports yet under our new registration. Please note there has been no other change apart from the registration.
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