# Flexible Nursery Hours in Shropshire

Part-time, full-time, term-time, all-year — built around your week.

Working parents' weeks rarely fit a single rigid template. Bojangles Day Nursery (Walford Campus, Baschurch, SY4 2HL) offers flexible attendance patterns for working families across north Shropshire and the Shrewsbury area — full or part-time (from two days a week), term-time only or year-round, with funded hours stretched across the year if it suits. We're registered with Ofsted under URN **EY370743** and rated **Good** at our most recent inspection in January 2022. All our sessions are full-day, 8am to 6pm; we don't currently offer morning-only or afternoon-only sessions. This page sets out the patterns we genuinely offer, the patterns we can't accommodate, and how the 30-hour funded entitlement maps onto each.

## The patterns we offer

### Session length

Full day only, 8am to 6pm. We don't currently offer morning-only or afternoon-only sessions.

### Days per week

From two full days a week up to a full five-day week. The most common patterns are 3 or 4 full days.

### Across the year

- **Term-time only:** 38 weeks aligned with Shropshire school terms
- **All-year:** 48 weeks (we close 4 weeks for Easter, late August, Christmas, plus bank holidays)
- **Stretched funded:** funded hours spread across our 48 operating weeks at around 24 hours per week

## How funded hours work with flexible patterns

The 30-hour government-funded entitlement gives you 30 funded hours per week. With our full-day sessions (8am to 6pm = 10 hours per day), that translates into a few common patterns:

- **Three funded full days per week:** 30 hours used in full, term-time pattern
- **Three funded days plus one paid day:** if you need four days a week, the fourth day is charged at our standard daily session fee
- **Three funded days plus two paid days:** for full-time five-day attendance with funding covering the first three
- **Stretched: around 24 hours per week across 48 weeks:** consistent weekly funded cover across our operating year

## What flexibility actually means in practice

Some flexibility we genuinely offer; some we're honest about not offering.

### What we do well

- Regular shift patterns — same days every week, or alternating weeks on a fortnightly cycle
- Pattern changes with reasonable notice — one month for day/session changes, one term for term-time/all-year switches
- Different patterns for different children in the same family

### What's harder

- Different days each week with no pattern — we struggle to plan ratios and key person consistency
- Last-minute changes — we usually need at least a week's notice for changes to a given week
- Drop-in care — we're a registered nursery, not a creche, so we can't offer ad-hoc daily bookings
- Single-day weeks — below two days a week children find it hard to build a key person relationship

The honest test is to bring us your real week and ask: is there a pattern here that works for both us and you? Most of the time the answer is yes.

## Current availability

Availability changes week by week across our Baby, Toddler, and Pre-School Rooms. Please call 01939 260006 to talk through which pattern would work for your family and to confirm what's currently open in the room you need. For our latest place-by-place position, see the [main Baschurch page](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/locations/baschurch#availability).

## Frequently asked questions

**What attendance patterns do you offer?**
Full days only (8am–6pm), part-time (2–4 days a week), full-time (5 days a week), term-time only (38 weeks), or stretched all-year (48 weeks — our full operating year). We don't currently offer morning-only or afternoon-only sessions.

**Can I do part-time hours and still use my 30 hours funding?**
Yes. The 30 hours can be split flexibly across however many days a week you attend.

**Do you accommodate shift workers and irregular weeks?**
Regular shift patterns — yes. Truly irregular weeks — harder. Bring us your real week and we'll tell you honestly.

**Can I change my pattern as our needs change?**
Yes — one month's notice for day/session changes, one term for term-time/all-year switches.

**What's the minimum booking?**
Two full days per week.

## Related pages

- [30 Hours Free Childcare in Baschurch](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/services/30-hours-funded-childcare-baschurch)
- [Term-Time Only Nursery in Baschurch](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/services/term-time-only-nursery-baschurch)
- [Funded Childcare Hours in Shropshire Explained](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/guides/funded-childcare-hours-shropshire)
- [Fees](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/fees)
- [Book a Visit](https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/book-a-visit)

## Page metadata

- **Title:** Flexible Nursery Hours in Shropshire — Bojangles Day Nursery
- **Description:** Part-time, full-time, term-time only or stretched all-year — Bojangles Day Nursery in Baschurch offers flexible attendance patterns for working parents in Shropshire.
- **URL:** https://www.bojanglesnursery.co.uk/services/flexible-nursery-hours-shropshire
- **Nursery:** Bojangles Day Nursery
- **Location:** Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2HL
- **Ofsted URN:** EY370743
- **Ofsted rating:** Good (most recent inspection January 2022)
- **Last updated:** 25 April 2026