Abbey Pre-School
A preschool based at Abbey Children's Centre. The preschool caters for 2-year-old children receiving free (funded) early education places. Children take up their places from the school term after their second birthday. A limited number of paid for places are also available.
Website
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Merton Abbey website
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Who to contact
- Telephone
- 0208 274 5342 0208 274 5342
- mcs@merton.gov.uk
- Parent Organisation
Location
- Name
- Abbey Pre School
- Address
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Merton Abbey Primary School
High Path
South Wimbledon
- Postcode
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SW19 2JY
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Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- 9.00am to 12noon 5 days a week
- Time of day
- Morning
- Session Information
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Monday to Friday Term Time only
Costs
- £90 Per week
Availability
- Age Ranges
- 2 year olds
- Has wheelchair access
Inclusion Information
Wheelchair access
- Has provision
- Yes
Special needs
- Has provision
- Yes
- Experience with
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- Speech and language delay
- Medical needs
- Hearing impairment
- Global developmental delay
- Physical disabilities
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Details
- All childcare providers must comply with the SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and the Equality Act 2010 which states that they must not treat a disabled child less favourably and make reasonable adjustments to ensure they are not substantially disadvantaged. Additional information about support available at this setting may be provided under the section Local Offer at the foot of this website page.
Special diet
- Has provision
- Yes
Cultural provision
- Has provision
- No
Childcare Information
Funded places
- 2-year-olds
- Yes
- 3 & 4 year olds
- Extended entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds
- How are funded places delivered?
- Over 38 weeks of the year (school term time)
Vacancies
- No immediate vacancies
- Updated
- 02/02/2024
School Pickups
Does not offer school pickups
Ofsted Information
- Ofsted URN
- Inspection history
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Inspection History Date type Outcome 08/03/2013 Inspection (Early Years Register) Good 06/07/2017 Inspection (Early Years Register) Good 02/03/2023 Inspection (Early Years Register) Good
Local Offer
- Description
We have a SENCO who has undertaken a wide range of training to enable them to work in partnership with parents and professionals and put strategies in place to ensure children with SEN have positive outcomes whilst in our setting.
We also provide a range of training courses for staff within our setting, to support their skills to meet the needs of children with SEN, which has included:-
- Supporting children’s language and communication
- Supporting children’s behaviour
- Supporting children with social communication difficulties
- Supporting children with ASD
Our staff use a range of different strategies to meet children’s individual special educational needs which includes:-
- Small group work to encourage children’s listening and understanding using visual props
- Small group work to support children’s developing vocabulary/speech
- Small group work to support children’s interactions with their peers and encourage turn taking
- Small group work to support children’s joint attention
- Individualised support for short periods during the session to work on targets set by occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists
- Use of visual timetables, visual props, objects of reference and sings to support children’s understanding of the routines, what will happen next, and encourage children to make a choice
Our environment is purpose built and we have wheelchair access and accessible toilets and nappy changing areas.
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