Where spaces are available, Maidenbower Infant School Nursery accepts all children following their 3rd birthday.
Registration and Requirements
To register a child, you must:
- Complete the registration form, which you can hand in after the child's second birthday. This will be dated on receipt.
- Show Nursery or School office staff the child's original birth certificate or passport, whose number will be recorded for our files (if you wish to apply for the free entitlement).
Book your child in for a minimum of two sessions.
Please note:
- Children can attend Nursery for just the free entitlement sessions if that is what you require.
- The completion of a registration form does not guarantee a place in the Nursery.
- Attendance at Nursery does not guarantee a place at Maidenbower Infant School. If families have not lived in the catchment area for a period of at least one year, it is necessary for them to contact the Local Authority on 01293 895318.
Admissions
Priority of Admission
Following a child’s 3rd birthday, a written offer of a place will be sent to the address on our records as soon as a place becomes available. Priority is given as follows:
- Children who have a siblinjg already attending and who will still be attending the Nursery when the child starts.
- Children who are committing to at least one full day. Places will be offered according tot he date of registration.
- All other applications will be dealt with in the order in which they are received.
Offering Your Child a Place
Places will be offered as follows:
- September entrants will be notified of their places by the previous April.
- April entrants will be notified of their places during the previous January.
- January entrants will be notified of their places by the previous September.
Accepting Your Child's Place
You must accept the offer of a place in writing (or email) within two calendar weeks, otherwise the place will be re-allocated and your child will be removed from the waiting list.
Once you have accepted your child's place changes may only be made on receipt of an admin fee of £20.
Notice to change sessions
Changes to Government funded sessions need to be made by:
31st May for the Autumn Term
31st October for the Spring Term
28th February for the Summer Term
Funding is claimed for a complete term, if this notice is not given the funding we have applied for will have to be reimbursed. If this is the case we will pass this charge on to you and you will be charged for the sessions that you have reduced for the whole term.
Changes to fee paying sessions
Notice
The Nursery requires you to give written notice, half a term in advance, of any intent to terminate attendance or to make any alterations to sessions that are not Government funded. If half a terms notice is not given for any alteration you will be required to pay for your original sessions. This includes sessions for September with half terms notice being 31st May.
When all places have been allocated a waiting list will be made for any additional children. Where a space subsequently becomes available this will be advertised to all on the waiting list by email or telephone where no email address has been given. Anybody interested in the sessions offered should inform the Nursery by the date specified in the email or telephone message. Places will then be allocated according to the date on the original registration form received by the Nursery.
Appeal
If a place or requested sessions are unavailable, parents have the right of appeal to the Full Governing Body. Parents will need to write to the Full Governing Body detailing their reasons for appealing against the decision.
