Nursery

We are excited to offer places for 3 and 4 year old nursery children into our Early Year's class. Please see our Nursery Handbook information under Curriculum/EYFS for further details. Please contact the school office to arrange visits, taster sessions or for an application forms pack.

Nursery is well provided for and organised.

The school staff are all very approachable and always more than happy to help with any issues that we have had. It feels like a big friendly family, perfect for young children entering the world of education.

(Parent questionnaire comments)

Nursery Admissions

Our admissions policy for nursery is based on the admissions policy for Worcestershire Local Authority (LA) maintained nursery provision. Schools manage their own admissions processes and decide on the age range offered/start dates. We currently take children from the September after they turn 3.

 

Over Subscription Criteria (current academic year 25-26) 

If the demand for places exceeds those available, the following criteria will be used to allocate places:

  1. Children Looked After* and Children Previously Looked After including those who appear to have been in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 
  2. Children with additional needs**, with priority given to those who meet the County Council’s criteria for statutory assessment; 
  3. Siblings if the older sibling will still be on the roll of the school when the younger sibling starts in the nursery class; 
  4. Children living nearest to the nursery measured by the shortest straight-line distance. 

Priority will be given to those wishing to access their full 15 or 30 hour entitlement, over those wishing to access less than 15 or 30 hours per week.

 

*’Looked after’ means all those currently accommodated by a Local Authority under the terms of the Children Act 1989 and children who were previously accommodated by a Local Authority but immediately after being looked after, became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order.

 **Additional needs includes those children whose needs are monitored by LA or external support agencies. Needs may be physical / emotional / social or intellectual. The decision will be taken by the LA in consultation with the Headteacher, SENCo and early years teacher.

 The sibling connection, as well as brother and sister will include half-siblings, adopted children, step-siblings or a child of the parent/carers partner.  They must also be living at the same home address. Children who are brought together as a family by a civil partnership and who are living at the same address, are also considered to be siblings.

Over-subscription Criterion (from Sept 26)

If the demand for places exceeds those available, the following criteria will be used to allocate places:

1. Children Looked after and previously Children Looked after including those who appear to have been in state care outside of England;

2. Children of Staff;

3. Siblings;

4. Children with additional needs and receiving support from an external professional agency, such as the Speech and Language Team or CCN Team

5. Children accessing their full early years entitlement (15 or 30 hours) at the school

6. Other Children.

 

In each criteria, children will be ranked in accordance with Straight Line Distance.

In accordance with legislation, a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan will be offered a place at the provision named in the Plan.

 

Definitions

 Children Looked after and previously Children Looked after, including those who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

’Looked after’ means all those currently in the care of a Local Authority or accommodated by a Local Authority under the terms of the Children Act 1989 and children who were previously in the care of or accommodated by a Local Authority but immediately after being looked after, became subject to an adoption, a child arrangements order or special guardianship order and includes those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. By children previously in state care outside of England, we mean children who have been looked after outside of England by a public authority, a religious organisation or another provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. The care may have been provided in orphanages or other settings.

Siblings

A brother or sister of pupils already attending the nursery or school. In order to qualify for a place on the grounds of a sibling, the sibling must be on the roll of the school or nursery at the time of the younger sibling being admitted to the nursery. The sibling connection, as well as brother and sister will include half-siblings, adopted children, step-siblings or a child of the parent/carers partner. They must also be living at the same home address.

Children of Staff

Children of any member of staff employed at the school or the nursery.

Straight Line Distance

The measurement will be taken using the GeoCode (Nodal) Points for each property and the GeoCode (Nodal) point for the School. The Local Authority uses a GIS software package to determine distance. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that are used to plot an address within this system. (In the event of equi-distance applicants, any place will be allocated by random selection (lottery).

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Access to Statutory Education

Attendance at our nursery does not give entitlement or greater priority for a reception place in the school. Places in reception are allocated as per the admissions policy for Worcestershire.

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