Shining Stars Kids Club provides wraparound care for children aged 3 to 11. It offers a Breakfast Club from 7.30am and an After School Club from 3.00 to 5.30pm each school day. A health breakfast is served to all children attending Breakfast Club, and a healthy snack is served to all children staying after 4.00pm in the After School Club

Shining Stars Kids Club aims to strengthen the links between home and school by providing parents/carers with a service which provides care for their child during the extended school day within a safe and nurturing environment. Here your children can continue to reach their educational and pastoral developmental milestones and thrive.

At Kids’ Club we aim to promote a fun and caring environment for all of our children, where individuality is valued. We place a strong emphasis on creating a caring community where children will feel happy and secure and in which they have the opportunity to realise their full potential.

A range of activities are planned in advance, with the help of the children. Our Kids Club has a dedicated room with a range of resources, including arts and craft, board games and outdoor equipment.

If children are attending extended school clubs, such as gymnastics, multisports, or karate, Shining Stars Staff will collect them from these and take them to the After School Club.

Bookings for our Shining Stars Kids Clubs can be made at least 48 hours in advance via the School Gateway app.

2 Year Old Funded Places
Funded Childcare

Here at Prudhoe West we offer places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds who are entitled to childcare funding from the Government.

There are a number of different funding options available to parents, further details can be found below.

2 year olds – up to 15 hours childcare

For families receiving some additional forms of Government support

This funding is available now and is available if you get any of the following benefits:

Income Support
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
You can also get free childcare if your child:

is looked after by a local authority
has an education, health and care (EHC) plan
gets Disability Living Allowance
has left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order
If you are eligible for this funding, please contact the school office on 01661 832288 and we can verify this for you.

For working families

From April 2024, working families need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for up to 15 hours funding for their 2 year old:

you and any partner, must each expect to earn (on average) at least £167 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage).
if you, or your partner, are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave, or you’re unable to work because you are disabled or have caring responsibilities, you could still be eligible.
you can’t get either 15 or 30 hours childcare if you, or your partner, each individually expect to earn £100,000 adjusted net income or more.
If you are eligible for this funding, applications need to be made via the Goverments website, via this link – https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working

3 and 4 year olds – up to 15 hours childcare

For ALL families in England

At Prudhoe West, 15 hours of free childcare is available to all children from the age of 3.