Family

If you're a parent and would like to know what financial help is available, you can visit our 'Parents' page in the Money section for more information.

Keele Childcare & Nursery

Keele Day Nursery is an on-campus childcare facility and has 128 places for children from ages 3 months to 5 years. For more information and how to apply for a place at the Nursery have a look at http://www.keele.ac.uk/nursery/

Keele campus does only have a couple of flats available for students with children and these are only suitable for parents with one child, Keele Accommodation Services, however, are happy to help students with larger families to find suitable accommodation in the local area, ASK can also advise about the local area and finding accommodation. 

Staffordshire County Council can help you to find a school in the local area and provide a list of local schools with Ofsted reports, there are a number of ways to search for schools; you can use your postcode to find local schools and schools in your catchment area, if you do not have or know your postcode you can use the Keele SU postcode which is 'ST5 5BJ' 

Carers & Parents

If you are a carer or parent at Keele there is a network for support, more information can be found on Keele's website.

There is also information and advice about useful local services at https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Care-for-all-ages/Carers/Adult-Carers.aspx

If you are a care leaver there is help and advice about the support available at Keele https://www.keele.ac.uk/studentgroups/careleavers/

If you are a student who is a carer of a family member HOPE have created a guide for university students who support family members, written by young people, which offers tips for students in similar situations

Coping with University Life Through a Family Health Crisis