Nursery Provision of Early Years & Childcare for RAF Valley and RAF Honington

The below provides a brief illustration of the current provision and operational delivery of the nursery site. Please note this is an illustration and detail can be subject to change. There will be scope to work with each station to adapt the operational delivery and outputs of the setting to meet the needs of service families and the station’s statement of requirements.

RAF Valley

The nursery operates out of a purpose-built single-story nursery that is located outside of the wire at RAF Valley, Holyhead, Anglesey, LL65 3LW. The nursery is open Mon – Fri from 08.00 – 18.00 for 51 days of the year providing up to 68 places for children aged 0-5 years, including an offer of full, half day and sessional options to meet the needs of service families living and working at RAF Valley. There are currently 76 children on roll. There are 21 staff employed to work with the children. Where capacity permits and is identified additional provision including wraparound childcare and holiday provision for 4 - 11 years should be provided.  This is needed to support the workforce of RAF Valley (Military, Civil Servants, and Contractors) and to also deliver childcare support to the wider local community.

The below provides a brief illustration of the current provision and operational delivery of the nursery site. Please note this is an illustration and detail can be subject to change. There will be scope to work with each station to adapt the operational delivery and outputs of the setting to meet the needs of service families and the station’s statement of requirements.

RAF Honington

The nursery operates outside the wire at RAF Honington, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 1EE. The nursery is open Mon – Fri from 07.45 to 18.00, 51 weeks of the year providing up to 75 places for children aged 0-5 years, including an offer of full, half day and sessional options to meet the needs of service families living and working at RAF Honington. There are currently 87 children on roll. There are 21 staff employed to work with the children. The nursery accepts funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. Wraparound childcare and holiday provision (4 - 11 years) has been identified as a requirement where capacity permits. This would ideally be reinstated to support the workforce of RAF Honington (Military, Civil Servants, and Contractors) and to also deliver childcare support to the wider local community