Wrap Around Care
Yew Tree Childcare is part of Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree. We offer a variety of childcare services to the local community and are open for 48 weeks of the year and for most of the school INSET days. We are open from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm, Monday – Friday and welcome all children from 2 years – 11 years old. We accept all types of funding and childcare vouchers such as 2-year-old funding, 3 & 4 year-old funding; 30 hours funding; tax free childcare and childcare vouchers. We are based in the Childcare Bungalow and we utilise all the outdoor spaces at school to provide a variety of fun and stimulating activities. We promote a healthy eating policy which meets the National Standard, and ensure that the snacks we provide offer the children a balanced and healthy diet.
Breakfast and After School Clubs
Children from Nursery to Year 6 can access this service and are known as “Saplings”.
- Breakfast Club: Is open from 07:30 am and will provide your child with a healthy breakfast and then take your child to their classroom at the start of the school day. We offer a variety of cereals, fruit, toast, spreads, and juices. The cost for a breakfast club session is £5.25.
- After School Club: Offers three sessions which run until either 4:30 pm, 5:30pm or 6:00pm. The children will participate in a variety of craft, cooking, physical and educational activities. Snack time is between 4:00pm and 4:30pm. The cost of these sessions are £6.75 until 4:30pm, £9.50 until 5:30pm and £11.00 until 6:00pm. A late fee of £20.00 will be applied if you are late to collect your child/children.
Ladybirds and Dragonflies Pre-school
Pre-school is based in the Childcare bungalow. Ladybirds Class is for 2-year-olds and Dragonflies Class is for 3- & 4-year-olds. We are open from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm and follow a “planning in the moment” approach where the children learn through play. We work with school to ensure our children are school ready before they transition to “school Nursery” or “Reception”. We use “Family App” to inform you with your child’s progress and to update you on their day-to-day activities. Children who attend pre-school wear the school uniform which is a white polo, bottle green jumper or cardigan, grey or black trouser/skirt/dress, and black shoes, or trainers.
Ladybirds
We accept 2-year-old funding, you can apply for your funding via this link: https://eservices.solihull.gov.uk/Synergy/Live/SynergyWeb/Parents/default.aspx
You will be granted this funding the term after your child’s second birthday. We also accept children from the day of their second birthday. Please see the prices and sessions available below. These prices are from September 2023:
- 7:30AM – 9:00AM: £8.00
- 9:00AM – 12:00PM: £15.75
- 12.00PM – 3.00PM: £17.75
- 12.00PM – 4.30PM: £23.25
- 12.00PM – 5.30PM: £26.50
- 12.00PM – 6.00PM: £29.00
Dragonflies
The term after your child’s third birthday they will be entitled to 15 hours of universal funding. You will not have to apply for this as your child will be granted this automatically. If you (and your partner) both work, you may also be eligible for an extra 15 hours of 3- & 4-year-old funding. You can apply for this via: https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare.
Your child can attend Dragonflies if they are unsuccessful in obtaining a school Nursery place and can remain in this provision until they are of Reception age. Please see the prices below (please note these prices are from September 2023). Prices and sessions available:
- 7:30am – 9:00am: £7.50
- 9:00am-12:00pm: £12.50
- 12.00pm – 3.00pm: £17.00
- 3.00pm – 4.30pm: £7.25
- 3.00pm – 5.30pm: £10.00
- 3.00pm – 6.00pm: £11.50
Acorn Wraparound
Your child will attend school Nursery from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Your child can then stay for a wrap-around session from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm. If you (and your partner) both work, you may also be eligible for an extra 15 hours of 3 & 4-year-old funding. You can apply for this via this link: https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare. If you are eligible for the extra 15 hours funding (30 hours funding) you can use this 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Monday – Friday, term time only. You cannot use this funding flexibly outside of these hours or dates. You can choose to use less hours of extra funding, however once you have chosen a booking pattern at the beginning of a term you cannot increase the amount of funding hours you claim until the next school term. If you are not eligible for the extra funding, you can pay for your child to attend extra sessions:
- 12:00pm – 3:00 pm: £17.00
- Hot Dinner £2.30 (payable via parent pay)
- 3:00pm – 4:30pm: £7.25
- 3:00pm – 5:30pm: £10.00
- 3:00pm – 6:00pm: £11.50
Holiday Clubs and Inset Days:
We are open for most of the school INSET days; October half term, February half term, Easter holidays, May half term and 4 weeks of the summer holiday period.
We close for 2 weeks during the Christmas holidays and 2 weeks at the end of August. We are open from 7:30am – 6:00pm daily.
We offer the children an array of fun and stimulating activities and healthy balanced snacks. The children attend in their own clothes and bring a packed lunch. and stimulating activities and healthy balanced snacks. The children attend in their own clothes and bring a packed lunch. Please see the price list below:
Miss E Griffiths is our Childcare Lead and you can contact her on 0121 704 2067 or via email at:
office@yewtree.tgacademy.org.uk.
30 Hours Childcare Provision – Acorn Class
In addition to your funded 15 hours childcare, some parents may be entitled to an additional 15 hours totalling 30 hours of funded nursery provision. For more details about eligibility or to apply for 30 hours of free childcare, visit the government’s website at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Should you be eligible for the additional 15 hours entitlement (30 hours), this will be arranged to complement our funded 15 hours, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm in Acorn class. If you are eligible, you will be issued with a code, share this code along with some other information by filling out a 30-hour funding claim form. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the 30 hours entitlement further, please contact Miss Griffiths, our Acting Childcare Manager on 0121 704 2067 or email her on office@yewtree.tgacademy.org.uk.
What if I’m not entitled to 30 hours?
Any child within the 3-to-4-year age range can attend Dragonflies, subject to places being available. Parents who are not entitled to 30 hours can book their children in and pay in the usual way. Please see our price list below.
2 Year-old Funding
2-year-olds may be eligible for a free childcare place of up to 15 hours per week (up to a maximum number of hours per term) if your family receive at least one of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
- the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit with a gross annual income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit 4-week run on
- Universal Credit with net earnings below £15,400
Please follow the link for more information. https://www.solihull.gov.uk/2yearoldfunding
Meet The Team
Miss E Griffiths – Childcare Lead
Miss B Khosla – EYFS Leader
Mrs R Egan – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Miss K Freeman – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Mrs C Gough – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Miss S Holland – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Mrs J Turner – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Miss S Clarke – Early Years Teaching Assistant
Mrs K Szilvasi-Clark – EYFS Practitioner Apprentice
Mrs T Parsons – Playworker
Mrs A Pakeman – Playworker
Our Safeguarding Team
Mrs R Kundi – Head of School
Ms M Burgess – EAL Lead/Arp HLTA/Out Reach Worker
Mrs T Parsons – Learning Support and Family Support Worker
Please follow the link for more information. https://www.solihull.gov.uk/2yearoldfunding