We provide wrap-around care from 7.45am to 6pm every day, where children are looked after in a safe and caring environment. By offering this flexibility we want to help parents juggle their work and home life commitments knowing their children are happy and well cared for. We also offer holiday camps run by our superb team of staff. We hope that by extending our care into the holidays we are able to help parents to manage the holiday/work dynamics knowing their child is engaging in lots of fun activities within a familiar environment.
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club runs from 7.45 – 8.30am in the Dining Hall. Children will be provided with breakfast including cereal, toast, yoghurt and fresh fruit with water, milk or juice to drink. Bookings should be made via the details provided by the office.
After School Care
Children are able to attend After School Care, which is run by our staff from 4.00pm until 6pm.
Bookings for After School Care should be made by phoning the main school phone number and selecting option 2 or by emailing office@richardpate.co.uk. Please book no later than 12 noon on the day in question. If you find you no longer require an After School Care booking you have made (e.g. your child may be involved in sports matches and you want to collect afterwards), please cancel the place or you will be charged for it and may deny another child from having a place. Please cancel by 12 noon on the day in question. You can either leave a message or drop an email to office@richardpate.co.uk
If your child stays after 5.30pm, we will assume you intend to make use of the extended facility until 6pm and you will be charged an additional £3 for that extra half hour. This will be recorded on the sign sheets by staff on duty on any given day. Children will be supervised in the Nursery for the final 30 minutes, so collection for all children after 5.30pm will be from the Nursery.
Collection is promptly by 6pm and if any later, the late collection charge of £15 will be applied to anyone collected after 6.10pm. We do understand that emergencies arise and we will be sympathetic in those circumstances. We do advise parents to have another contact (family friend or relative) on hand should such an emergency arise. The contact number should you be delayed is the Nursery: 01242 531472.
Holiday Camps
Our holiday camps are run by our Head of EYFS and Nursery Manager, Mrs Hunte. For further information, please email Mrs Hunte: phunte@richardpate.co.uk
