Nurseries in Hayle

Cornwall Council's 2025 assessment groups St Ives and Hayle together. It recorded 53 full time equivalent places for children aged 9 to 23 months against projected demand for 54, a shortfall of 1 place.

For 2 year olds, there were 75 estimated places against projected demand for 81, a shortfall of 6.

These figures cover the wider St Ives and Hayle area rather than Hayle alone, so they should not be presented as Hayle town figures.

Cornwall Council specifically identifies St Ives and Hayle as an area with relatively low childcare supply and relatively high levels of planned new housing.

The council states that areas with this combination can require additional childcare provision as local populations grow.

Yes. Eligible working parents can receive up to 30 funded hours a week from the term after their child reaches 9 months until school age.

For an April start, obtain your childcare code by 31 March. For September, the deadline is 31 August. For January, it is 31 December.

The code gives you entitlement to funding. It does not reserve a nursery place.

No. Cornwall Council states that a childcare provider cannot charge a deposit or registration fee to secure a funded place.

Providers can charge for additional hours and extras such as meals, nappies, wipes, sun cream and trips, but paying for these extras cannot be a condition of receiving funded childcare.

No compulsory purchase is allowed. Cornwall Council states that parents must have an alternative where a provider charges for these items.

For example, a nursery can allow parents to bring a packed lunch, nappies, wipes or sun cream instead of buying them from the setting.

Cornwall Council operates a free childcare brokerage service through its Family Information Service.

The service can check childcare vacancies, contact providers and help identify provision that matches your child's age, required hours and additional needs. This is particularly useful when normal searches have not produced a suitable place.

Hayle Family Hub is at 49 Bodriggy Street, Hayle, TR27 4ND at the Copperhouse end of the town.

Staff support is available Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. On site parking is limited, with a public car park on Commercial Road a short walk away.

The hub has play and therapeutic resources, activity rooms and private spaces for family support.

Yes. Hayle Family Hub runs a child health drop in clinic every Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am in the Portheyl Room.

A breastfeeding peer support group runs at the same hub every Thursday from 10am to 11:30am.

Parents can use the child health clinic for weighing and non urgent questions about their child's health and development.

Cornwall's Early Years Inclusion and SEND Team supports children aged 0 to 5 who are not meeting expected development milestones.

Access is through a referral from the child's early years provider or a health professional. Support includes advice for nursery staff, short term interventions, longer term support for complex needs and help with transition to school.

Cornwall also operates the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund. Eligible 3 and 4 year olds receiving Disability Living Allowance and funded early education qualify for a £938 annual Disability Access Fund payment to their early years setting.

Yes. Cornwall's funding for families receiving additional support provides 15 funded hours for eligible 2 year olds.

Eligibility includes families receiving Universal Credit with household income of £15,400 a year or less after tax, excluding benefit payments. Children with an Education Health and Care Plan or Disability Living Allowance also qualify, along with children meeting specified care criteria.