Location & Fees
Cotton Socks Nursery & Preschool, registered for 94 children is ideally located in the centre of Aylesbury in George Street, but still within easy walking distance of the mainline railway station. Cotton Socks offers superb childcare facilities both to those working in the town centre and commuters. It operates the High Scope approach to pre-school education, with the added benefit of a music and internal games/gym room. Cotton Socks also has a highly secure outside play area, which is semi covered and can therefore be used throughout the year.
Fees: From £122 per week (£ 24 per day) for School Days (09.00 -15.00); to £179 per week (£35 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Basildon (Lilliput Village Nursery)
Suzanne Wells & Jenny Kelly
Tel: 01268 725694
e-mail lilliputvnursery@sunhilldaycare.com
Burnt Mills Road Basildon Essex SS13 1DY

Lilliput Village Nursery & Preschool, registered for 87 children is located in green belt on the outskirts of Basildon adjacent to a country park but close to the A127 and within easy driving distance from the town centre and local business parks. Lilliput occupies the grounds of former Rose Garden Nursery, providing brilliant facilities, both internal and especially external with its extensive garden adventure play area which is be used throughout the year.
Fees: From £136 per week (£ 27 per day) for School Days (09.00 -15.00); to £206 per week (£41 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Established over 50 years in Hemel Hempstead and registered for 66 children, St Nicholas is one of the oldest nurseries in the country. The nursery occupies a delightful listed manor house just 5 minutes from the M1 motorway. St Nicholas operate the High Scope approach to pre-school education advocated by Hertfordshire schools. It has an excellent Ofsted report, and parents can be confident that all children staying on for pre-school preparation will enter reception classes at a considerable advantage to their peers.
Fees: From £152.75 per week (£30.55 per day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £200.00 per week (£40.00 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Just 5 minutes from Luton Airport you will find our Little Hands Day Nursery. Registered for 75 children, Little Hands occupies a convenient position for both those working at the airport and Luton town centre. Little Hands has a highly experienced staff team, who also operate the High Scope approach to pre-school education supervised by experienced pre-shool staff.
Little Hand's Ofsted report for nursery education is outstanding.
Special corporate rates are available to staff employed by companies at Luton Airport, and other major employees in the area, please request details.
Fees: From £137.75 per week (£27.55 per day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £167.50 per week (£33.50 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Sunhill’s original Royston nursery offers superb facilities with an idyllic outside play area for very young children, and a mature and highly experienced staff team. Its smaller capacity at circa 30 children permit a high level of individual care and pre-school preparation, based on the High Scope approach favoured by Hertfordshire schools.
Fees: From £140 per week (£28 per day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £174 per week (£34 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Established since 1991, Apricot Day Nursery & Out Of School Club with its highly experienced staff team and modern facilities is the latest nursery to join our group in 2006. Apricot OSC is located a short distance away at Priory Park Infant School, Almond Road, St Neots, Cambs PE19 1DZ Telephone 01480 473551. Both accept children of staff and parents using the school sites, and also welcome all children from the local area.
Fees: From £121 per week (£24 per day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £172 per week (£34 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Our Castle Montessori Nursery, registered for 67 children is located in a parkland setting in rural Berkhamsted just 5 minutes from the
A41. The nursery employs an experienced Montessori teacher to ensure the full advantages of the Montessori approach to pre-school education is achieved by all children attending for pre-school preparation, as well as gaining from the general ethos advocated by Maria Montessori.
Castle Montessori holds the Hertfordshire Quality standard in Childcare (HQS) kite mark.
Fees: From £ 146 per week (£29 day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £206 per week (£41 per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Granta Park is an important R&D centre focusing mainly on biotechnology and Granta Park Montessori Nursery is located within the park facility at Gt Abington , South East of Cambridge. The nursery is purpose designed and registered for 75 children, located in a highly secure parkland setting within minutes of the M11/A505 junction and main line rail links to London – Liverpool Street. Granta Park Montessori Nursery offers superb facilities, including a wonderful adventure garden for children to explore and operates the Maria Montessori approach to early education, supervised by experienced Montessori and pre-shool staff. Children are introduced to the Montessori ethos before reaching pre-school age. The nursery accepts children aged from 3 months to 5 years for daycare and pre-school, and up to 8 years for Out of School Club.
Granta Park Nursery is open to families both on and off the park.
Fees: From £110.00 per week (£22 per day) for School Days (09.00-15.00); to £203 per week (£40per day) for Extended Care (7.30 -18.30) 0-3 years including all meals.
Corporate discounted fee rates apply for Granta, Chesterford Park and Sanger Centre employees.
They are also negotiable to other employers taking up multiple nursery places for their staff. Contact us for details
Fully Funded free pre-school places also available for qualifying children
Administration & Registration:
Tel: 01763 247474 - e-mail childcare@sunhilldaycare.com