Sessional daycare nurseries

What is sessional daycare?

Sessional daycare nurseries also sometimes known as playgroups or pre-school playgroups provide care and education for children. The age range of sessional daycare nurseries is from two years to five years, although some nurseries only take children that are three years of age and above.

Some sessional nurseries are on the Richmond Directory of Providers. All children that attend nurseries on this list are entitled to 3 & 4 year old funding from the term beginning after their third birthday. Follow this link for more information on the nursery education grant.

Are sessional daycare nurseries registered?

Sessional daycare nurseries have to be registered with Ofsted.

Download a copy of Surestart Sessional day care, National Standards for under 8s day care and childminding.

When do sessional daycare nurseries run?

Sessional nurseries operate for periods of less than four hours at a time and usually follow term times. Most sessional nurseries are open in the morning for a minimum of two and a half hours, but some also run sessions in the afternoon.

Where are sessional daycare nurseries located?

Sessional daycare nurseries are located in specially built facilities or facilities that have been modified specifically for the purpose.

To search for sessional daycare nurseries in the Richmond Borough, please click on the following link, childcare search.

Where can I find out more?

Lists of sessional daycare nurseries can be found online on the following websites:

ChildcareLink For National and Local Childcare information
Richmond Family Information Service Childcare Search

'Looking for Childcare' is a very useful leaflet that is produced by surestart that has information about all types of childcare including holiday playschemes, to view the leaflet visit the Surestart website