Nursery Application

Nursery Admissions

Our early year’s provision offers a warm, welcoming, and safe atmosphere in an outstanding environment for learning. It is designed with the children at its heart, with playing and learning opportunities both inside and out.

Here at Spring Lane Primary, we are a  supportive, caring community, with elevated expectations for all children to be able to thrive and have the best possible start in education. We strongly believe that working in partnership with parents is essential to our children's success and happiness.

Ensuring your child and family have a positive and personal transition into the nursery is our priority. We will tailor this to the individual child’s needs as our experience tells us children need different approaches and lengths of time to settle. Our staff will be in contact with you soon to begin to get to know you and your child and to plan their transition .

Our aim is to ensure that each child receives the best start on the road to developing a love of life-long learning in a safe, nurturing environment which enables them to develop resilience, integrity and respect.

We believe that children learn best through play. In nursery, we plan ‘in the moment’ to take account of each child’s interest and next steps in their learning and we strive to provide an environment where the children feel nurtured, safe, and secure. We aim to prepare them for the next stage in education by building the essential foundation skills. 

Our nursery takes full advantage of the outdoors. The outside environment provides children with a sense of freedom where discoveries can spark awe and wonder and where we can engage with the natural world and further our learning.

Session times:

The Nursery takes children from 3 years old and operates a sessional model, offering the following hours:

Morning session: 8:30am – 11:30am

Afternoon session 12:00 - 15:00pm

30-hour funded sessions run from 8:30am to 2:30pm.

An unfunded additional 30-minute session is available to extend the day until 3:00pm.

Children entitled to 15 funded hours are offered 5 sessions per week with no additional charge. Children entitled to 30 funded hours are offered 8:30am - 2:30pm 5 days a week with no additional charge.

Parents of children who access the 30 hour funded sessions (8:30am–2:30pm) may choose for their child to remain until 3:00pm. This extended provision is available at an additional cost of £3 per 30 minutes extended session and is subject to availability.

If you would like a place for your child at our Nursery please complete an application form and hand it in to the school office. You will then be added to the waiting list and contacted when space becomes available.

If you would like any further information and advice on Nursery placements please contact the school office.