About us

Kookaburra Playgroup was established in August 2008.  We are situated behind the scout hut at the top of Hills Farm Lane by the playing field, and have fully qualified members of staff who are all DBS checked.  We are Ofsted registered for children aged 1-5 years old, and welcome visits by prior arrangement during the opening hours of 8.30am - 3.30pm Monday to Friday.  We are also registered to take 2 year old funding, 3-5 year old 15 hour funding and 30 hours funding for 3-5 year old's.

Fees and Funding 

We accept:

  • 2- year funding
  • Working families 2 year funding
  • 3 and 4 year universal 15 hour funding
  • 30 hour funding

For extra hours outside of funded hours we charge:

  • £8.50 for 1-2 years 
  • £8.00 per hour for 2-3 years 
  • £7.00 per hour for 3-5 years  

To see if your child is eligible for 30 hour funding follow this link:

https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/how-to-apply-for-30-hours-free-childcare/

We offer flexible sessions which are as follows 

For fee paying

  • AM (8.30am - 12pm)
  • PM (12pm - 3.30pm) 
  • or all day (8.30am-3.30pm)

For Government funded sessions:

  • Morning sessions - 8.45am -12.15pm (3.5 hours)
  • Afternoon sessions - 13.00pm - 15.30pm (2.5 hours) 
  • Lunch club - 12.15pm-13.00pm - £2.00 per session

For consumables we charge £3.50 per week which covers additional services 

Ofsted Report 

We were last inspected in November 2022 and recieved another Good rating.  Our latest report can be found on the link below.

https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50203924

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