Peekaboo Childcare Torquay Limited

20/02/2026

We are in love with our new sensory room!

22/05/2025

31/10/2024

Understanding the Impact of the New Budget

We wanted to take a moment to discuss the recent budget announcement and its implications for our nursery. As many of you may already know, there has been an increase in the National Living Wage, which has risen by 6.7%. Additionally, employers will face a significant rise in National Insurance contributions.

At our nursery, we pride ourselves on offering our dedicated staff wages that exceed the National Living Wage. They work exceptionally hard and are skilled professionals who truly deserve it. However, this increase in the National Living Wage will greatly impact our overall wage bill.

With a team of 22 employees, the new National Insurance rates will cost us an extra £600 per employee each year. This essentially means we’ll need to budget for an additional £13,200 annually to cover these new expenses.

As we look ahead, we are still waiting for the funding rates to be announced for April 2025. Given the current trend, it seems unlikely that these rates will see much, if any, increase. They certainly won't reflect the 6.7% rise needed to offset our higher wage bill.
So, why are we sharing this information with you? We believe in being transparent and honest about the changes that will affect our fees. Due to the increased costs we’re facing, it will become necessary to raise our fees in order to keep our nursery operating smoothly. We’re aware of the media narratives surrounding ‘inflated nursery fees’ and ‘unlawful top-up fees’. However, we want to assure you that our primary goal is to provide top-notch education and care for your little ones, which is becoming more challenging given the current economic landscape. As a profit-making business, if we do not implement a consumables and additional services fee along with raising our fees, we risk going out of business.

We completely understand that everyone is feeling financial pressures at the moment, and we want to reassure you that any fee increase will only be implemented out of necessity.
It’s also worth noting that schools receive government reimbursement for their National Insurance contributions, as the government has acknowledged their struggles. We receive the same funding rates as schools, but lack many of the additional supports they benefit from. Therefore, we kindly ask for your understanding when it comes to why nurseries have consumables fees while schools do not.
We recently came across an image created by another local business that perfectly captures the current situation.

As a small family-run nursery, we are genuinely committed to providing high-quality services for our community and creating valuable career opportunities for our staff. Your kindness and support for local businesses mean a lot to us.

This is so very true after the announcements in yesterday’s Budget 🙏

05/06/2024

We’re on the news!

According to the Office for National Statistics, there are just 16 nursery places for every one hundred children in Torbay. | ITV News West Country

02/05/2024

Bake Sale on 3rd May at 3pm!
Everyone welcome!

Come and support us to raise money for a community shed!

We want to buy a shed that will be filled with children’s clothes, shoes, toys and dry food items that our community can use when they need it.

12/03/2024

SENSITIVE CONTENT
Please share this far and wide! This is the most disgusting and disturbing opinions on SEND I have ever heard! And what’s worse is these people are in charge of public funding!!! These people need to be taken out of their seats of power!

As a mum of a child with SEND, an early years professional and a human being this brought tears to my eyes and heart my heart.

7533 likes, 2382 comments. “please share this everywhere! these are councillors making decisions on our children's futures! SRE will be asking for a meeting with MP Matt Western regarding this. please feel free to email them [email protected] [email protected] cllrmorgan@wa...

11/12/2023

Come and Join our Team!
We are looking for a special person to join our team so if the below sounds like you..... get in touch!!

The position is for an early years practitioner who is highly skilled in working with children aged 6 months to 2 years. Level 3 qualification in childcare is essential

We have 1 position available and will consider part time applicants.

Start date: January 2024

The hours are flexible Monday to Friday 7:45am till 5:30pm term time (38 weeks of the year) 38 hours a week based on full time position. Part time will be considered

* You must have a warm smiling face that makes every child feel special.

* You must be able to laugh at jokes you don't understand, or you don't find funny!

* You will preferably have a little bit of quirkiness. If a child requests that you be a captain of a pirate ship, you will be the best pirate captain you can be!

* You must feel comfortable telling everybody in the same room as you, that you are going to the toilet!

* The ability to sing in tune is not necessary, however the ability to sing out of tune in front of a crowd is essential.

* You must be able to distribute warm hugs as required.

* Possessing the skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people is of the utmost importance.

* Must be comfortable entering public places on the way home from work, with unknown substances on your clothing.

* You must have a high level of comfort around talking about bodily functions. You must have a strong sense of smell to enable you to respond to said bodily functions.

* Pretending to eat play-dough creations realistically is required, and that of drinking numerous cups of pretend tea.

* You must have the ability to read a ten page fairy-tale, upside down, with at least 4 interruptions per page.

* You must be prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace. Laughter is something you can expect to engage in for a large part of your working day.

* Finally, you must be prepared to feel loved, special and important to many young children and their families. There is simply no other job quite like this one.

We are looking for a highly motivated, positive individual with a proven track record of successfully working well as a team. Candidates must possess excellent interpersonal skills and have the necessary drive and enthusiasm required for a fast paced, challenging environment. Applicants must also have exceptional knowledge of the EYFS and will be committed to delivering an outstanding childcare provision.

All applicants must have a clear enhanced DBS check which can be sought at time of application if needed. All applicants must be able to provide 2 references.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: From £11.44 per hour

Expected hours: 38 per week

Benefits:
Casual dress
Childcare
Company pension
Birthday day off paid

Apply here

Please click the link to complete this form.

07/12/2023

We need to have change and now! No one should be made to feel this low by Ofsted! Unacceptable!

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67612233?fbclid=IwAR1IaAHZevcffUXEbvDNbApnBhbQWilJZzoOygrLyqDq8qhKSUJW4qKqqDA_aem_Af7VObeubnS4R4Y0-yOwBkhcV8E2kqj2FG5hQiF9eh_l8M8HcgNRfOBn4nrCd9ks3-g

In the days following an inspection at her school, the head teacher wrote down her innermost thoughts.

29/11/2023

From January 2024, parents can apply for the new 2 year funding.

We want to make sure that parents don’t need to choose between having a career and having a family.

That’s why today, we’re confirming that from January, more parents will be able to apply to claim their government-funded childcare provision.
As part of the biggest childcare expansion in history, this will give eligible working parents access to 15 hours of childcare per week from April.

New childminders can also receive a financial boost of up to £1,200 with the launch of the Childminder Start-up Grant Scheme starting tomorrow.

We recommend applying for childcare support between mid-January and the end of February to get your code in good time, and avoid having to renew registration ahead of the start of the offer in April.

Visit the Childcare Choices website to find out more: childcarechoices.gov.uk