About Us
Ronald Tree Nursery School is the oldest in the county and was given to the people of Kettering in 1934 by Mr Ronald Tree the then Member of Parliament for Market Harborough. In 2007, following a donation, we were designated as a Sure Start Children's Centre.
There is a community centre next to the nursery, and the Infant and Junior stages of the Kettering Bucleuch Academy are close by. We continue to operate as a Local Education Authority Nursery, providing education for 3 and 4 year olds in the neighbourhood free of charge. Children attend from the September after their third birthday for one year before continuing the foundation stage of their education in the reception year at Infant School.
There are 30 morning places and 30 afternoon places. Each child is offered five morning or five afternoon sessions a week. Sessions are three hours long. Ronald Tree Nursery also offers provision for children with a hearing impairment; they are integrated with the other children in the nursery and have access to the same opportunities. These children may be taken from outside the catchment area.
There is a community centre next to the nursery, and the Infant and Junior stages of the Kettering Bucleuch Academy are close by. We continue to operate as a Local Education Authority Nursery, providing education for 3 and 4 year olds in the neighbourhood free of charge. Children attend from the September after their third birthday for one year before continuing the foundation stage of their education in the reception year at Infant School.
There are 30 morning places and 30 afternoon places. Each child is offered five morning or five afternoon sessions a week. Sessions are three hours long. Ronald Tree Nursery also offers provision for children with a hearing impairment; they are integrated with the other children in the nursery and have access to the same opportunities. These children may be taken from outside the catchment area.
In addition as part of our Children's Centre we offer full day care for up to 16 children from 8am to 6pm for 3 and 4 year olds incorporating the free entitlement of fifteen hours each week.
Details of Children's Centre community events can be found in the Latest News pages of this website.
In the nursery, the staff team consists of teachers, and Early Years Practitioners. These staff are known as ‘key workers’. The children are put into equal groups reflecting age and gender and then distributed randomly to the staff. The particular key worker will then be the person who will record development throughout the year, and will have special daily contact with the child and family. Nursery staff are fully qualified and receive regular training. We also offer training and support to others in the early years profession.
Over the years thousands of children have passed through our doors - if you have memories of being one of those children, why don't you tell us about them by signing our guest book.
We accept registrations from birth for children in our catchment area, listed below. If you are interested in registering your child please contact the nursery (see the contact us page for details).
Catchment Area (all streets are in Kettering)
| Almond Road Avondale Road Aster Road Balfour Street Bath Road Bath Lane Birch Road Blandford Avenue Bluebell Close Bonham Court Briar Road Browning Avenue Burghley Street Burns Road Byron Road Cambridge Street Canon Street Catesby Street Cecil Street Cedar Road Centre Parade Chaston Place Cherry Road Clarence Road Club Street Connaught Street Cornwall Road Crown Street Dahlia Road Digby Street | Eden Street Edinburgh Road Eskdaill Street Exeter Street Gorse Road Hallwood Road Havelock Street Heather Road Holly Road Ivy Road Jasmine Court Jasmine Road John Clare Court King Street Kingsley Avenue Kipling Road Laburnum Crescent Lancaster Road Laurel Road Lawson Street Lime Road Lindsay Street Lobelia Road Lupin Close Maple Road Masefield Road Milton Court Mitchell Street Morley Street Myrtle Road | Neale Avenue Nelson Street North Park Road Orchard Crescent Park Avenue Park Road Primrose Close Princes Street Regent Street Rosewood Place Rutland Street Salisbury Street Scotland Street Scott Road Shelley Road Spruce Court Stamford Road (odd no’s) Street Andrew Street Swinburne Close Sycamore Close Timpson Close Tresham Street Viking Close Walnut Crescent Weekley Glebe Road Weldon Street Wellington Street Wood Street Wordsworth Road |
Daycare Prices currently stand at £15 per 5 hour sessions or £28 for awhole day.
A three year-old child is entitled to 15 hours of free childcare hours per week, the term after their third birthday during term-time only.