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Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is a popular and high achieving school located in the east of Luton. We admit sixty pupils per year into our reception cohort.

Our ethos is built around its twelve core values and – together with our unique Prime Learning Challenge curriculum – offers pupils an outstanding educational experience.

Read the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection report here.


Admissions

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is a foundation school and is responsible for managing its own in-year admissions.

If you'd like your child to join Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre, please contact our School Operations Officer for further information about the application process by telephoning 01582 414 545.

Alternatively, you can complete an online in-year application form which is available on our website.

The allocation of reception places at Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is coordinated by Luton Council’s School Admissions team. If you'd like to apply for a reception place at Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre, further details about this process can be found here.


Eric Carle Nursery

Eric Carle Nursery is a highly-popular nursery offering both full-time and part-time places for 3 and 4 year olds. The nursery is led by a qualified teachers and operates as two classes called Caterpillars and Butterflies.

Eric Carle Nursery offers government funded places for 3 and 4 year old children, although parents and carers can choose to self-fund part of their child's nursery provision.

Children can be registered on our nursery waiting list from the date they are born and the majority of children are admitted to our nursery in the September following their third birthday. However, where places become available, pupils can be admitted to our nursery in the January or April following their third birthday.

Eric Carle Nursery fees

All children are eligible for 15 hours of free early years education per week.

From the term after their third birthday, some children are entitled to 30 hours of free early years education per week. Parents and carers can apply for this via UK Government’s Childcare Choices website. If you are applying for a funded full-time nursery place at Eric Carle Nursery, you will be required to provide Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre with an eligibility code for this. You can apply for your eligibility code here.

If you are not eligible for 30 hours free childcare, but would like your child to access Eric Carle Nursery on a full-time basis, there are additional fees for this which are outlined in the table below.

Our nursery fees have been set by the Governing Board as follows:

  • Additional 3-hour daily session: £21.69 per day, per child
  • 15 hours' additional provision: £108.45 per week, per child.
  • Daily lunch charge with a hot meal provided by the school: £5.53 per day, per child
  • Daily lunch charge with a packed lunch provided from home: £5.42 per day, per child

For further information about applying for a place at Eric Carle Nursery, please click here.


Wraparound care

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre offers a wraparound care provision for all pupils attending Eric Carle Nursery, Someries Infant School and Someries Junior School.

Our wraparound care provision operates between 7.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. daily.

Castle Club is our on-site wraparound childcare provision. It is located in Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre's main school hall and is open every morning and afternoon throughout term time.

All wraparound childcare staff are employees of Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre and are fully qualified and DBS checked.

Morning wraparound childcare sessions

Our breakfast session operates between 7.30 a.m. and 8.50 a.m.

Children can be dropped off at any time from 7.30 a.m.

Session fee: £4 per day, per child.

Breakfast is served by wraparound childcare staff and consists of healthy cereals, fresh fruit, toast, muffins and bagels, and various spreads. Fresh fruit juice, milk, and water are available throughout the breakfast.

Morning activities encourage a calm start to the school day, including reading, drawing, board games and construction kits.

All children are escorted to their respective classrooms by wraparound childcare staff at the end of each morning session for a smooth transition into class.

Early-drop-off service

Castle Club offers an early drop-off service which enables families to drop their children off at Castle Club at 8.30 a.m.

Session fee: £1.50 per day, per child.

Children dropped off at this time will be escorted to their classroom in time for registration.

If you would use our early drop-off service, you can book this via your IRIS ParentMail account. Bookings can be made up to a day in advance, and payment is required at the point of booking.

However, if you need to use our early drop-off service at short notice, take your child to Castle Club at 8.30 a.m. on that day, and they will be welcomed. You will then receive a notification of how to make your payment separately.

Our early drop-off service is open to all pupils and is not restricted to those attending our wraparound care provision.

Please be advised that doors will not be open until 8.30 a.m. and breakfast is not provided as part of our early drop-off service.

Afternoon wraparound childcare sessions

There are three options for afternoon sessions at Castle Club.

After-school session 1

Afternoon session 1 accommodates children attending between 3.15 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.

Session fee: £4 per day, per child.

After-school session 2

Afternoon session 2 accommodates children attending between 3.15 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.

Session fee: £6 per day, per child.

Hobby School extension session

We also offer a Hobby School extension session for any pupils attending Hobby School sessions at Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre or after-school clubs at Someries Junior School.

Children attending this session can remain in our wraparound care provision between the time their Hobby School or after-school club ends and 5.30 p.m.

Children can be collected at any time between the time their Hobby School or after-school club ends and 5.30 p.m.

Session fee: £2 per day, per child.

At the end of the school day, wraparound childcare staff collect children attending Eric Carle Nursery and Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre from their classrooms.

Children attending Someries Junior School are escorted to Castle Club at the end of the school day by Someries Junior School staff.

Afternoon snacks are available to all children attending Castle Club and include toast, fresh fruit and bagels. Fresh fruit juice and water are available throughout the afternoon session, too.

During each afternoon session, children enjoy various indoor and outdoor activities and access Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre's playgrounds, equipment and apparatus.

To find out more information about Castle Club, please click here.


Local Offer for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre's information for parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities can be found here.


Head Teacher: Michael Scott
Deputy Head Teacher: David Millington

Who to contact

Contact Name
Ann O'Donnell
Contact Position
School Operations Officer
Telephone
E-mail
admin@someries.infantluton.co.uk
Website
Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre's website

Where to go

Name
Someries Infant and Early Childhood Education Centre
Address
Wigmore Lane
Luton
Luton
Bedfordshire
Postcode
LU2 8AH

Last updated 06/02/2024