Children's Centre
We provide great opportunities here at Underhill enabling children to achieve their goals and reach their full potential, in a fun, safe and caring environment. Underhill Children's Centre is located within the heart of the Barnet community and brings together a wide variety of services for children, families and the community as a whole.
About the Centre
Underhill Children's Centre forms part of the extended services at Underhill School and is directly managed by the school. The centre is registered with Ofsted (the office for Standards in Education) and is inspected regularly, receiving a 'good' grading in the last inspection. All centre staff are carefully vetted.
Our opening hours
Underhill Children's Centre is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We are otherwise closed on weekends, bank holidays and for one week over Christmas and the Summer Term.
There will also be up to five additional "inset days" each year when Underhill will be closed for staff training - we aim to give at least one month's notice of these dates.
I am looking for childcare
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
I am looking to return to work
We can support you by offering:
- FEE2 (Free Early Education for 2 year olds). A member of our outreach team will offer you free support with this.
- Childminders support Group
- Help you with your welfare rights
I am looking to return to work
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
I am looking to return to work
We can support you by offering:
- Help from Job Centre Plus workshops
- Help you with your welfare rights
- ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) lessons - in partnership with Barnet College
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
We can support you by offering:
- Healthy Start program - pick up your free vitamin drops/tablets when you bring in your healthy start voucher.
- Midwife support
- Family, outreach and inclusion support
- Help with your welfare rights
- "Bump and Baby Rhyme Time" sessions
I am looking for parenting support
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
I am pregnant and looking for help with..
Parenting can be very difficult and at times you may need a little support. We offer a variety of services that will help:
- Parenting program
- Parent led "Play and Stay" sessions
- Outreach support for parents who feel that they need some additional support with parenting, setting boundaries and family dynamics. We offer an ongoing free support services to parents with children under 5 years in their own home.
- Family support
- Home start
- Links to social services
- Parent-Nurse partnership
I have just had a baby
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
We run a number of activities for parents to help following the birth of a baby:
- Baby massage
- Breastfeeding support
- Baby clinic
- Midwife post natal support
- Home start
- Weaning
- "Bump and Bab Rhyme Time"
- Parent - Nurse partnership
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
I have a toddler - what can I attend?
We have lots of activities for you and your toddlers:
- Parent led play and stay
- Boogie Mites
- Jumping Beans
- Rhyme Time
- Tiny Walkers
I am concerned about my under 5's behaviour, development and learning
I am concerned about my under 5's behaviour, development and learning
I am concerned about my under 5's behaviour, development and learning
We offer lots of support:
- Parenting programmes
- Outreach and inclusion
- SENDCO
- Speech and Language therapy and support
- Child development EYFS checks
- Post natal midwife support
- Health Visitor support
- Tiny Walkers
- Saturday Fun Club
I need adult support
I am concerned about my under 5's behaviour, development and learning
I am concerned about my under 5's behaviour, development and learning
You are just as important to us as the children:
- Outreach services
- Welfare Rights drop-in sessions
- Victim support for anyone that has been the victim of a crime. To book your FREE appointment call 020 8200 4483)
- Women's Aid (Solace)