Private.
Blue House Day Nursery & Pre School is a privately funded establishment that is based in central Croydon, they also have establishments around the London area.
As this is a privately funded establishment parents pay a fee as well as receiving financial help from the government in the form of tax credits and may receive childcare vouchers from employers.
This nursery offers full and part time child care. Its hours are between 8am and 6pm, 51 weeks per year. Full day hours stretch from 8am to 6pm whereas half days are from 8am to 1am or 1am to 6pm. Early drop offs and late pickups are available. The age that this nursery requires a child to be is anything from 3 months of age to 5 years. Blue House is helpful to parents who may want to go back into full time work and need somewhere for their child to be looked after during their working hours. It helps parents to earn money and have a better life. By working it allows the child to stay in this privately run nursery when needed. This is also helpful for the parents as they know that their child is safe and where their child is. It is also helpful to children by allowing them to socialise with other children.
All the training is done based in the nursery itself. Some of the training that takes place is a; Early years learning and development programme, Partnerships with external training providers delivering early years qualification and Succession planning and internal promotion opportunities. To be able to take part in this training a CRB now known as DBS is needed.
Statutory/Public.
St Mary’s Catholic Infant School is a government funded and partly funded by the Catholic Church. This establishment is based in Central Croydon.
This school is a full time educational school for stages Nursery and higher. This school has a Nursery class and two Reception classes in the foundation stage. Fifty-two children are able to attend the nursery. Twenty-six attend morning classes and the other