Hummingbirds Nursery

Providing quality education through  a secure, happy and nurturing environment for children aged 2, 3 and 4 years. We aim to offer learning through play that stimulates and develops each individual child to achieve their potential and is supported by a close working relationship with parents.

Wraparound provision is available for pre-school children from 7:45am – 8:45am and 3:15pm – 6pm (See Larks and Owls out of school provision)

We accept the following funding:

Universal 15 hours funding, Working parents 2 year old funding (15 hours per week), 3 & 4 year old additional "30 hours" funding and THINK2 funding, please see below:

• Universal 15 hours funding - all children entitled to 15 hours funded care from the term after their 3rd birthday

• 30-hours additional funding - some working parents will be eligible for an additional 15 hours of funding (often called 30-hours funding)

• 2-year old working parents funding - some children will be eligible for 15 hours per week from the term after their 2nd birthday (we currently only offer places in the academic term your child has their 3rd Birthday)

• Think-2 funding - if your child is 2 years old, you may be entitled to 15 hours ThinkTwo Funding. Please visit www.staffordshire.gov.uk/think 2 or telephone 0300 111 8007 for more information

Check your eligibility for funding at www.beststartinlife.gov.uk See the terms and conditions for more details or ring the school office. Funding cannot be used for wraparound care.

Hummingbirds nursery and wraparound care can be paid for securely using our Parentpay online school payment system, Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare.

For the current academic year - September 2025 to July 2026

Pre-school places for children born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 are now oversubscribed. We have filled all available places and are now operating a waiting list.

Afternoon places for children in our Rising-3s cohort (born between 1st September 2022 and 31st August 2023) - we have a limited number of places for Easter 2025 starters living within our School Catchment area 

For Nursery places starting in September 2026 - priority places are allocated to children living within our school catchment area - for children outside our catchment area please contact us.

In the first instance for any application, please contact Sharon Thomas on 01902 850373 or by email office1@stmarystchad.org to discuss availability