Buttons ABC preschool
Buttons ABC preschool in Maidstone is more than just a preschool. It is a loving family. Our primary purpose is to nurture and care for every child, to provide excellent and quality early years and preschool education.
Our Buttons ABC preschool in Maidstone provides an engaging, caring and stimulating environment that will enable your child to grow.
Our staff are trained and dedicated to the highest standard of child care and education.
We're rated GOOD by Ofsted
"All children are confident and very happy during their time in the friendly and welcoming nursery."
Buttons ABC preschool in Maidstone is owned and run by Spurgeons, providing an inspiring and well-resourced preschool learning environment.
We provide morning sessions between 08:45 and 11:45 with wraparound lunch and afternoon sessions between 12:15 and 15:15. Our early years staff are trained and dedicated to the highest standard of care and early years education.
Our preschool in Maidstone is based in a bright and spacious building on with high quality play equipment, for both inside and outside play. The building is on the site of Archbishop Courtenay Primary School, which offers links and excellent transition for children. Families are welcomed and valued, and children feel comfortable, secure and can forge positive relationships with both staff and other children.
Ring us to arrange a visit anytime, you are always welcome to come and see us and find out more!
We work closely with families, building partnerships and providing parent and early years support. Buttons is part of a bigger organisation that seeks to support families and children. Our highly dedicated and motivated team are passionate about their work, and you will always receive a warm welcome!
Why choose Buttons ABC for early years education?
Our preschools in Kent are designed with children in mind. We provide the highest standard of early years childcare within a safe, stimulating and fun environment.
At Buttons ABC in Maidstone, children can enjoy a wide range of stimulating activities based on the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework that will promote and enhance their early years learning.
Staff are positive role models. All children behave well and are polite. They are caring and demonstrate empathy.
Early years learning at ABC Buttons Preschool
At Buttons, the care and preschool education offered provides interesting and engaging education activities that are appropriate for their age and stage of development.
Time spent at Buttons is varied and well-structured, with all session times geared around the school day to enable siblings to be picked up from school. A wide range of activities are delivered each day from storytelling, crafts and fancy dress to energetic education activities. We have a purpose-built outside space for play, and whatever the weather, there is always an element of free-flow and self-selection, with a mixture of education and enjoyment.
We embrace our role within a child’s development, helping to nurture rounded, joy filled children who have been loved, educated and equipped for the next step into “Big School”.
Preschool in Maidstone: Opening Times
The times of our sessions are:
8:45am to 11:45am Monday to Friday
12:15pm to 3:15pm Monday to Friday.
Children can stay for the full day and bring a packed lunch (there is a small charge to cover lunch care).
Term time only
Children share their ideas and thoughts, and have confident communication skills, which are well supported by staff.
Apply for preschool places in Maidstone: preschool fees
We offer up to 15 and 30 hours funded sessions for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Buttons is registered to provide Free Early Years Education. Under the scheme all children aged three and four are eligible for a ‘free place’ the term after their third birthday.
Early years learning is provided for sessions which amount to either fifteen or thirty hours weekly. Extra sessions can also be booked and are charges as below. We also accept ‘Free for 2’ funding for two year olds. For more information on funding please visit Childcare Choices or Kent County Council’s Childcare website.
For those that are required to pay, our fees are:
£18.50 per session (3 hours)
£37 per full day (9am–3.30pm) including lunch cover. £2.50 for lunch if all day session is covered by free entitlement hours.
Our fees are reviewed annually in September.
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