Opening Hours
We open from 7.45 am until 6.00 pm from Monday to Friday, excluding all bank holidays. We’re delighted to offer the flexibility of both full time and part-time sessions – to suit your needs. We offer full days or morning or afternoon sessions – a morning session runs from 7.45 am until 1.00 pm and includes lunch. And an afternoon session runs from 1.00 pm until 6.00 pm and includes tea.
Minimum Booking Policy
The minimum number of sessions your child can be booked into the Cherry Trees Day nursery is two sessions per week (one session equals either a AM or PM session).
Please note The minimum booking policy is not applicable to grant funded sessions.
Settling in Sessions
At Cherry Trees Day Nursery, we believe that children flourish when their personal, social and emotional needs are met. With this in mind, we offer Settling in Sessions for your child before they start their nursery adventure. It’s extremely important that your child feels safe and secure in their nursery environment before they start permanent sessions.
What to expect from Settling in Sessions
- We will start to build relationships with you and your child
- You will meet our team and your child’s Key Person
- We will start to find out your child’s likes and dislikes, home routine and any specific requirements such as nap times, meal preferences and comforters
The main aim of these sessions is to ensure that you and your child feel completely happy at our Slough nursery before you start permanent sessions with us.
Our Nursery and Registration Fees
We run a nursery year from 1stSeptember to 31stAugust, and we close for a week at Christmas and all other annual Bank Holidays.
We calculate fees from the actual attendance booked, based on Cherry Trees fee structure. Your fees are then calculated by taking your weekly attendance fee, multiplying by 52 (the number of chargeable weeks per year), and then dividing this by 12 to give your monthly payment – which we ask you to pay monthly in advance – on (or before) the 1stday of each month, by Direct Debit or voucher.
To book a place we require a £75.00 non-refundable registration fee for a new family (Please note this fee is not applicable for fully funded sessions).
Our Siblings Discount
If you have a child that attends our nursery already – or if you’re registering more than one child – we can offer 10% off your older child’s fees when their younger sibling starts with us. Please enquire at nursery for additional information on any of the above.
Cherry Trees Day Nursery’s OFSTED Report
Ofsted (the ‘Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills’) regulate and inspect childcare settings to ensure that they deliver support for children through the Early Years Foundation Stage. Following these inspections, the nursery receives a report documenting findings.
After the inspection of a setting, nurseries receive a full report of the inspector’s findings. Ofsted inspects us regularly, view our latest Ofsted report.