About Us

Castle Hill Pre-School is an independent, committee-run, charity pre-school operating in the grounds of Fort Hill site.  We accept all 2-4 year old children , including fee paying children, and children eligible for :

1.  HCC’s Early Years’ Education universal funding (EYE 15 hours funding for all 3 and 4 year olds).

2.  HCC’s additional 15 hours EYE funding (these two combine to total 30 hours funded).

3.  HCC’s Early Years Education 15 hours funding for 2 year olds.

We are a term time only pre-school, offering two sessions per day with  flexible lunch, start and finish times. Places are open to all children aged 2-4 years.

Parents / carers can choose what patterns of attendance they would like for their child (dependant on availability at the time) from the following start and finish times:

Starting times:

Morning session:   9.00am

Lunch:   11.30am or 12 noon

Afternoon session:  12.30pm

Finishing times:

End of morning session:   11.30am

End of lunch:   12 noon or 12.30pm

End of afternoon session:   3.00pm

Our staff are a dedicated team who always put the children first. All practitioners are qualified to Level 3 or beyond, and are constantly upgrading their skills through various means.  All practitioners who work with the children hold relevant paediatric first aid qualifications.

At times, we also have students working towards their qualifications, and volunteers who kindly come and help out.  They work under the supervision of the management team.