Chelwood Nursery - Free spaces available for 3 and 4 year olds

[devsdev]

If anyone is looking for 15hr or 30hr a week spaces in nursery for their 3 or 4 year old, Chelwood Nursery has spaces available. It's in SE4 but very close to Nunhead and easy to get to. A really lovely nursery and it's a shame it's undersubscribed this year (something to do with the 30hrs). Details available online http://www.chelwood.lewisham.sch.uk/

[midivydale]

This is an amazing nursery. Can really recommend it!

[Jemmarc]

They do also take some 'rising threes' if anyone is looking for a nursery school for a child that is approaching 3.

It's an amazing nursery and usually oversubscribed.

[hammerman]

It's probably undersubscribed because it can't afford to offer the 30 hours 'free' funding which was brought in this month.

Childcare providers i.e. nurseries and childminders already provide the 15 hours but some are having difficulty providing a further 'free' 15 hours childcare i.e. 30 hours altogether and they are having to close or thinking of having to close.

[devsdev]

I think they are able to provide the free 30 hours - the problem seems to be that parents have been unable to get the necessary approval to get the 30 free hours themselves. Unclear why people haven't applied for the 15 free hours in the meantime though. Chelwood is also a 5 day a week commitment. But it really is a lovely nursery - I'm choosing to not send my younger one to nursery yet (we're doing a summer-born delayed entry), else I would have jumped at this opportunity!