If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.

Admission Arrangements

Parents may register their child at anytime for a 2 year old or 3 year old place.

We encourage parents to register with us when their child is one to ensure a space is available for when they are ready to start as we are often oversubscribed.

Pop in or call Sue Bowden in the Nursery office for an application form.

We will gladly help you to fill this out.

In line with Lancashire County Council we will apply the following criteria if our Nursery is oversubscribed :

If we have more applications than we have places

When the Nursery is oversubscribed, places for children will be allocated according to the following criteria, in priority order:

(i) Children in public care (looked after children) or those children at risk of becoming looked after

(ii) Children with statements for special educational needs (SEN) and those with exceptional / strong SEN reasons for attending a particular school

(iii) Exceptional / strong medical, social, welfare reasons (associated with the child and / or the family) for attending a particular school

(iv) Children who have a sibling in attendance at the time of their admission

(v) Parents / carers who provide evidence of training / education at a local establishment, working locally or established local childcare arrangements (at the time of the child’s admission)

(vi) Those living nearest the school

Nursery Admissions - Our 2 year old provision

 

We offer 15 hour and 30 hour placements in our Nursery class to two year olds who receive the government funding. New government funding is available from September 2025 so two year old children can access 30 hours free if both parents are working. Please contact school to ask for availability.

Children will be offered places in the Nursery on a first come first served basis if they meet the eligibility criteria. Children will be put on a waiting list if there are no spaces and parents will be contacted if a space becomes available.

Paid places are also available upon request.

Eligibility for 2-year-olds

Your 2-year-old is eligible for free early education and childcare (15 hours) if you get one of the following:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit
• tax credits and you have an annual income of under £16,190 before tax
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
• the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

A child can also get free early education and childcare if any of the following apply:

• they’re looked after by a local council
• they have a current an education, health and care (EHC) plan
• they get Disability Living Allowance
• they’ve left care under a special guardianship order, child arrangements order or adoption order

Please use the link below to see what funded hours you are eligible for.

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