Modbury Pre-School is set within the grounds of Modbury Primary School and caters for two to five years olds. School’s Out @ Modbury also operates from the Pre-school, offering wrap-around care including Breakfast Club, After School Club and Holiday Club.
The Pre-school welcomes two to five year olds and are open five days a week, enabling your child to receive full day care or to attend for various sessions through the week.
School’s Out @ Modbury welcomes 3-11 year olds and have children attending from all over the South Hams. Holiday club takes place every school holiday except for Christmas.
The premises have been recently refurbished and the furniture has been designed to support open-ended play in calm, protected areas. All the staff are qualified with years of childcare experience.
About Modbury Pre-School
Modbury is a small town in the beautiful countryside of the South Hams in Devon. Our pre-school and School’s Out benefits from being part of this friendly and active community. Throughout the year we are involved in community events and we have links with local play groups and businesses.
The Pre-School is closely linked to Modbury Primary School. Our location makes it easy for us to share experience and gives our children a great opportunity to see and mix with pupils at the school. We are often invited to join in with key events in the school calendar and, once a week, our children join in with the school reception class.
To provide an introduction to Modbury Pre-School, we hold stay and play session on Friday afternoons from 1:00p.m. to 3:30p.m. (pre-booking is essential as numbers are limited).
We are a registered provider of the extended entitlement of 30 hrs (1140/annum) free childcare for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds. If your child becomes eligible next term you can register now to be contacted by the HMRC when it becomes available to you: at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. You can apply at https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/par/app/applynow. If you are eligible you will be given an 11 digit code which we will need to process your application. If you are not entitled to extended entitlement you will still receive the universal entitlement which is 570 hours funding per year: 15hrs per week. We will also be excepting the 2 year old funding from eligible parents. Please contact us if you need help determine your eligibility for any of the above funding.
Modbury Pre-School open from Monday to Friday and the session times are shown below:
Morning
9:00-12:00
Lunch
12:00-1:00
Afternoon
1:00-3:30
Fees
Attendance is charged at £4.30 per hour and is booked as whole sessions. Parents may opt for a hot lunch for their child from the primary school kitchen. It is carried over to the preschool for the child. The charge for this meal is £2.30 and is payable to the Primary School in addition to the pre-school fee. You can pay a lump sum in advance. A menu of the school meals can be provided upon request and is always available on Modbury Primary School website in the Parent section. All attendance fees are invoiced monthly in arrears and continue to be payable if the child is absent or on holiday. We offer electronic payment methods and a flexible payment system for families of differing means.
As a registered Early Years Education Funding (EYEF) Provider, the pre-school is able to offer eligible three and four year olds EYEF entitlement in accordance with Devon County Council guidelines and conditions.
We are a registered provider of the extended entitlement of 30 hrs free childcare for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds. If your child becomes eligible next term you can register now to be contacted by the HMRC when it becomes available to you: at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. You can apply at https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/par/app/applynow. If you are eligible you will be given an 11 digit code which we will need to process your application. You need to re-apply for this funding every 3 months.
An eligible child is funded for a maximum of 15 hours per week for 38 weeks per year.
School's Out at Modbury
The Preschool manages wraparound care clubs: Breakfast Club, After School Club and Holiday Club. These services come under the umbrella of School’s Out at Modbury and cater for 3-11 year olds. The sessions are all very popular and if you would like to book your children in for any sessions please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Breakfast Club is open 7.30am Mon – Fri
After School club is open from 3.30pm – 6pm. Tea is available at about 5pm.
Breakfast and After School Club Fees Breakfast Club is £5.25/child (Breakfast included) Afterschool club is £5.25 for 3.30pm – 4.30pm or £10 for 3.30pm to 6pm (any time beyond 4.30pm) Tea is £2.25/child (optional)
Holiday Club (3-11 year olds, children from all over South Hams) Holiday club runs every School holiday except for Christmas. The children have access to arts and crafts, a reading area. games and toys for all ages and music. There is all day access to outdoor playground and garden area with sand pit and mud kitchen, we encourage them to bring bikes, skates and scooters.
Holiday club fees are £23.50 full day (8.00am – 5.30pm) or £13.00 half day (8.00am – 12.45 or 12.45 – 5.30pm)
