Term-Time Only Nursery in Baschurch
38 weeks of attendance, aligned with school terms
Term-time only places at Bojangles Day Nursery (Walford Campus, Baschurch, SY4 2HL) run alongside our regular all-year care. Children attend across the 38 weeks of Shropshire Council school terms and don't attend — and parents don't pay — during the school holidays. The pattern aligns with the standard 30-hour government-funded entitlement, which is delivered as 30 hours per week across 38 weeks by default. We're registered with Ofsted under URN EY370743 and rated Good at our most recent inspection in January 2022. This page sets out how term-time only works at Bojangles, who it tends to suit, when it doesn't make sense, and how it interacts with funded childcare.
How term-time only works at Bojangles
We follow Shropshire Council's state-school term dates. Children on a term-time-only place attend across:
- Autumn term (early September to late October), then a half-term break
- Second half of autumn (early November to mid-December), then Christmas holidays
- Spring term (early January to mid-February), then a half-term break
- Second half of spring (mid-February to late March), then Easter holidays
- Summer term (mid-April to late May), then a half-term break
- Second half of summer (early June to mid/late July), then summer holidays
Total attendance comes to 38 weeks per year. Children don't attend during the official school holidays, and fees aren't charged for those weeks.
Who term-time only tends to suit
The option works best for specific working patterns:
- Families with one parent in education. Teachers, teaching assistants, school office staff — if one parent is off during school holidays, full-year nursery cover often isn't needed.
- Families with older children at school. If your nursery-age child has older siblings, you may already need to manage school-holiday cover for them. Aligning the nursery child's pattern often simplifies the family logistics.
- Families using regular grandparent or extended-family care during school holidays. If you have reliable holiday care anyway, paying for nursery during those weeks doesn't add up.
- Families on tight budgets where the holiday-week saving genuinely matters. The 10 weeks of saved fees can be the difference between affordable and not.
When term-time only doesn't suit: if both parents work all year round and you don't have reliable holiday cover, you'll typically need to pay for school-holiday childcare separately at higher daily rates — which usually outweighs the term-time saving. In those cases, our all-year option is more practical and often cheaper overall.
Funded hours on a term-time-only place
The 30-hour government-funded entitlement is delivered as 30 hours per week across 38 school weeks — which maps directly onto a term-time-only attendance pattern. If you have a 30-hour code and your child is term-time-only, the funded weeks cover most or all of your fees during attended weeks.
Other funded entitlements work the same way: the universal 15 hours for 3 and 4-year-olds, and the 15-hour entitlement for 2-year-olds receiving qualifying benefits, are both 38-week-aligned by default.
For a fuller breakdown of how funded hours work, see our parents' guide to funded childcare hours in Shropshire or our 30 hours free childcare in Baschurch services page.
Term-time only places available now
Availability is the same whether you choose term-time only or all-year, and changes week by week as families confirm starts. Call 01939 260006 to confirm what's currently open and to talk through which pattern suits your week. For our latest place-by-place position, see the main Baschurch page.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We offer term-time only attendance across all three rooms — Baby (0–2), Toddler (2–3), and Pre-School (3–5). Children attend during the 38 weeks of Shropshire Council school terms and don't attend during school holidays.
Shropshire Council term dates. Term-time-only children attend during state-school terms and are off during the official school holidays — autumn half-term, Christmas, February half-term, Easter, May half-term, and the summer holidays. We confirm dates each academic year and share them with families during induction.
Most often: families where one or both parents work in education or another term-aligned profession; families with older children at school who want all the children at home in the holidays; families using grandparents or other regular childcare during school holidays. If both parents work outside teaching all year round, the all-year option usually works out better both financially and practically.
No. Term-time fees are spread evenly across the 38 attended weeks rather than 48. There's no payment due during the school holiday weeks when your child isn't attending. The pricing is genuinely term-time only, not all-year fees with attendance restrictions.
Yes — and term-time-only is actually the standard pattern for the 30-hour funded entitlement. Government funding pays for 30 hours per week across 38 school weeks. If you'd prefer to spread the funded hours across more weeks at fewer hours per week, you can stretch the entitlement instead — we'll talk through which pattern suits your week.
Yes, subject to availability. Some families start term-time only and move to all-year as their working pattern changes; others do the reverse. We ask for one term's notice for the switch where possible, so we can plan room ratios and any incoming families on the waiting list.