Early years provision

Small rooms. Named adults. No waiting-list theatre.

Early years places with a short day that still has a proper lunch, outdoor time and a book corner that is used.

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What we do

Funded hours

The hours you are entitled to, written down.

Wraparound

Early drop and late pickup, same room.

Settling

A named key person from day one.

Key person from day one

A named adult, not a floating smile at the door.

Honest daily note

What they ate, whether they slept, the conflict that happened — not a stock ‘learning through play’ line.

Funded hours on paper

The hours you are entitled to, written, so the invoice is not a surprise.

Who this is for

Canterbury families

Who need a place, not a waiting-list performance.

Working parents

Early drop and late pickup in the same room.

Local partners

When a funded hour must match a real chair.

How a typical job runs

  1. 1. Place enquiry

    Age, days, funded vs wraparound. We say what is actually free.

  2. 2. Settling

    Short visits, the same room, the same adult.

  3. 3. The short day

    Lunch, outdoor time, a book corner that is used.

  4. 4. Review

    A conversation about the child, not a laminated framework.

About Canterbury DEYP

We keep ratios honest and tell parents what actually happened — not a stock photo of ‘learning through play’.

Early years places with a short day that still has a proper lunch, outdoor time and a book corner that is used. Ratios are honest or we close a day. That is the whole ethic.

Canterbury DEYP keeps Ofsted paper ready because the work is real, not because we enjoy the binder.

The child’s current setting and any court or social-care fact belongs in the confidential note, not the group chat.

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What happens after you write

Mail [email protected]. Canterbury DEYP replies with places or the true wait.

Questions people actually ask

Waiting list?
A real one. We do not take holding fees to look busy.
Meals?
A proper lunch. Allergies on a card the cook can see.
Term time only?
We say the calendar. Holiday cover is a different roster.
Settling without tears?
No promises. We stay, we shorten, we name the key person.
How to apply?
Age, days, and whether you hold funded hours.

Get in touch

Write [email protected] with the situation, a date if you have one, and the best way to reply. We read the box and answer in order.

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Direct mail
[email protected]

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