Nursery Places - New Funding Opportunity
In the nursery, we are currently enrolling children born between 01.09.21 and 31.03.22 to start in April 2024 to meet the demand for the government’s new offer of 15 hours of Free Entitlement for working parents of 2-year-old children. We also have spaces reserved for children who will be starting school in September 2025 and for 2-year-olds who are eligible for existing funding offers to start at any time. Please get in touch to check our availability.
The government have launched a significant expansion of the Free Entitlement offer, which starts rolling out from April 2024. Working families will qualify for 15 hours of Free Entitlement for 2-year-old children from this time, with planned future expansions due to extend this further. You can read more about this expansion of childcare support for working families in this blog post https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/07/free-childcare-how-we-tackling-the-cost-of-childcare/
Further to this, families who do not qualify for this new offer may find that they are eligible for 2-year-old funding under the existing schemes for lower income households. You can find out more about this on the government’s website: https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds
The government have launched a significant expansion of the Free Entitlement offer, which starts rolling out from April 2024. Working families will qualify for 15 hours of Free Entitlement for 2-year-old children from this time, with planned future expansions due to extend this further. You can read more about this expansion of childcare support for working families in this blog post https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/07/free-childcare-how-we-tackling-the-cost-of-childcare/
Further to this, families who do not qualify for this new offer may find that they are eligible for 2-year-old funding under the existing schemes for lower income households. You can find out more about this on the government’s website: https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds
Welcome to the GNRC Website
GNRC Limited is a small family-run business providing Nursery and Wrap-Around Childcare in West Sussex. We have 3 Settings: Greenway Nursery and Rainbow Club in the grounds of Greenway Academy in Horsham (also serving Trafalgar Infants); Rustington Funstars at Rustington Community Primary School; and Littlehampton Beachstars in the grounds of River Beach Primary School.
GNRC is run by a small family team of 4 Directors operating out of our home office in Rustington. The team have a wide range of experience, comprising of a Primary Head Teacher, a Primary Teacher, an Early Years Practitioner an Early Years Proprietor. The Directors deal with most admin and organisation matters, leaving the setting staff free to focus on the children.
For Greenway Nursery, please use the “Nursery Care” menu tab.
For Rainbow Club (providing Wrap-Around Care for Trafalgar Infants and Greenway Academy) please use the “Wrap Around Care” tab and select “Rainbow Club”.
For Rustington Funstars (Providing Wrap-Around Care for Rustington Community Primary School) please use the “Wrap-Around Care” tab and select “Rustington Funstars”.
For Littlehampton Beachstars (Providing Wrap-Around Care for River Beach Primary School) please use the “Wrap-Around Care” tab and select “Littlehampton Beachstars”.
For everything else, please use the “Information” tab (Including: Safeguarding, Ofsted & Contact Information; Term Date Calendars for each setting & Activity Planning; Our Aims, T&Cs and Policies; Staff Pictures and Details; Pictures of our Settings and Comments from parents; Food & Allergy Information; and a Children’s Area).
Founded 2003
GNRC is run by a small family team of 4 Directors operating out of our home office in Rustington. The team have a wide range of experience, comprising of a Primary Head Teacher, a Primary Teacher, an Early Years Practitioner an Early Years Proprietor. The Directors deal with most admin and organisation matters, leaving the setting staff free to focus on the children.
For Greenway Nursery, please use the “Nursery Care” menu tab.
For Rainbow Club (providing Wrap-Around Care for Trafalgar Infants and Greenway Academy) please use the “Wrap Around Care” tab and select “Rainbow Club”.
For Rustington Funstars (Providing Wrap-Around Care for Rustington Community Primary School) please use the “Wrap-Around Care” tab and select “Rustington Funstars”.
For Littlehampton Beachstars (Providing Wrap-Around Care for River Beach Primary School) please use the “Wrap-Around Care” tab and select “Littlehampton Beachstars”.
For everything else, please use the “Information” tab (Including: Safeguarding, Ofsted & Contact Information; Term Date Calendars for each setting & Activity Planning; Our Aims, T&Cs and Policies; Staff Pictures and Details; Pictures of our Settings and Comments from parents; Food & Allergy Information; and a Children’s Area).
Founded 2003
You said – We did…
Our 2023 survey was overwhelmingly positive. Thank you for all who took part, it was fantastic to have so many responses from across our settings. The responses included quite a few requests for specific toys and games, which we have implemented as part of our constant renewal of our toy stock. Several requests were made to increase the focus that we put on toys and games for older children – we have responded to this by seeking specific toys for 7+ which can be kept away from the younger children. There were some comments from Horsham families that the site is less secure in our Wrap-Around Care sessions because of the main school gate being open out of hours. Whilst this is out of our hands to an extent (of course, our setting is a fully secure building in its own right), we have arranged with the school to build separate access facilities with a dedicated, fenced off path as part of the renewal of the school site. This will take some time.
Our 2023 survey was overwhelmingly positive. Thank you for all who took part, it was fantastic to have so many responses from across our settings. The responses included quite a few requests for specific toys and games, which we have implemented as part of our constant renewal of our toy stock. Several requests were made to increase the focus that we put on toys and games for older children – we have responded to this by seeking specific toys for 7+ which can be kept away from the younger children. There were some comments from Horsham families that the site is less secure in our Wrap-Around Care sessions because of the main school gate being open out of hours. Whilst this is out of our hands to an extent (of course, our setting is a fully secure building in its own right), we have arranged with the school to build separate access facilities with a dedicated, fenced off path as part of the renewal of the school site. This will take some time.
Feedback means a lot to us at GNRC, we wanted to share this example of a particularly great email from one of our nursery families, as their daughter leaves us this summer:
Dear Selena and Chris,
I just wanted to email, in advance of XXXXX's last day on Friday, to say thank you for the last 3 years.
Whenever we have had to communicate with you both at the office, you have always responded quickly and been reassuring and helpful when we have needed you to be. Most of all, you have been flexible and understanding. Effective communication in an educational setting is no easy task, but you have always done it so well-thank you.
Despite a difficult start in life, we always felt that with the right support in place that she would thrive and this has been absolutely proved correct in her time at Greenway Nursery. She has absolutely loved her time there and the trust and affection she has held for your staff is a real testament to everyone. It has meant so much to us that the nursery staff have always accepted her for who she is, and this, I'm sure, is the reason she has done so well.
I have to give a special mention to Paula Denhart, because she has been so amazing, and is such a great asset to you. She has supported XXXXX immeasurably, and also us, when times have been challenging. The work she has done in the one to one sessions with XXXXX, but also with SEND U5 and more recently through the transition process to XXXXX, has gone above and beyond what we expected and really helped us navigate some tricky processes.
I also know that the whole team who have been involved with XXXXX and have given her such brilliant levels of support and made her whole experience exciting and fun. Most of all, the kindness demonstrated on a daily basis, from all of your staff has been second to none.
Thank you! Have a wonderful Summer!
Best wishes,
XXXXX
Dear Selena and Chris,
I just wanted to email, in advance of XXXXX's last day on Friday, to say thank you for the last 3 years.
Whenever we have had to communicate with you both at the office, you have always responded quickly and been reassuring and helpful when we have needed you to be. Most of all, you have been flexible and understanding. Effective communication in an educational setting is no easy task, but you have always done it so well-thank you.
Despite a difficult start in life, we always felt that with the right support in place that she would thrive and this has been absolutely proved correct in her time at Greenway Nursery. She has absolutely loved her time there and the trust and affection she has held for your staff is a real testament to everyone. It has meant so much to us that the nursery staff have always accepted her for who she is, and this, I'm sure, is the reason she has done so well.
I have to give a special mention to Paula Denhart, because she has been so amazing, and is such a great asset to you. She has supported XXXXX immeasurably, and also us, when times have been challenging. The work she has done in the one to one sessions with XXXXX, but also with SEND U5 and more recently through the transition process to XXXXX, has gone above and beyond what we expected and really helped us navigate some tricky processes.
I also know that the whole team who have been involved with XXXXX and have given her such brilliant levels of support and made her whole experience exciting and fun. Most of all, the kindness demonstrated on a daily basis, from all of your staff has been second to none.
Thank you! Have a wonderful Summer!
Best wishes,
XXXXX