Welcome to the information page for our Nursery, open to children aged 3-4 years.
We look forward to welcoming your child to Nursery where we will help them to become inquisitive and independent learners through playing and exploring together.
Our Nursery
- Morning sessions run from 8.45am–11.45am.
- Afternoon sessions run from 12.15pm– 3.15pm.
- 30 hours funded childcare sessions are available, running from 8.45am–3.00pm. If you would like your child to stay for the full day, there will be an additional cost of £3.50 per day for supervision over lunchtime. Alternatively, parents can collect their child for the lunchtime hour and return them to school for the afternoon session.
- Unfortunately we are unable to offer breakfast and after school club wraparound care for Nursery pupils.
- Children can start at our Nursery on the Monday following their 3rd birthday (if a place is available).
- The maximum number of children at our Nursery is 50.
- We will follow the oversubscription process when we reach capacity.
- We accept childcare vouchers to cover morning and afternoon sessions but these cannot be used to cover the cost of lunchtime supervision.
- There is no charge to parents who are eligible for funded childcare hours.
- 15 and 30 hours of funded childcare per week is available. Please check your eligibility here: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.(opens in new tab)
- Please note that we only provide all mornings, all afternoons or full time provision.
- For 30 funded hours, your child will need to attend both morning and afternoon sessions.
- For 15 funded hours, your child will attend either all morning or all afternoon sessions. We require children to attend the same 5 sessions each week; children cannot switch between morning and afternoon sessions.
- If you are using 30 funded childcare hours and you would like your child to stay at Nursery for the full day (8:45am-3:00pm), we offer one hour lunchtime supervision cover for £3.50 per day. This runs from 11.30am-12.30pm and does not include a meal, please see the Meals and snacks section below.
- Additional sessions can be purchased depending on availability. These are charged at £16 per half day session (morning or afternoon), which includes the lunchtime cover hour. Unfortunately, additional sessions can only be booked to cover a full week (30 hours) – we cannot offer additional sessions on an ad-hoc basis.
- Children will receive a free daily snack (a piece of fruit or vegetable) and a carton of milk.
- If you would like your child to stay for the full day, you will need to provide your child with a packed lunch. We encourage healthy eating at school and ask that your child does not bring sweets to school except on special occasions. No fizzy drinks are permitted. We are a nut-free school and kindly request that you are vigilant and ensure your child does not bring any food into school that may contain nuts or nut traces.
- Our Nursery uniform consists of a white polo top, grey pinafore or grey trousers, navy blue cardigan or navy blue jumper and black shoes. Children will also need a PE kit which is red round neck t shirt, black shorts or black jogging bottoms and trainers.
- School jumpers and T-shirts embroidered with the school logo are available to purchase through:
https://just-schoolwear.co.uk/school/our-lady-st-edwards-primary/
Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Alternatively, uniform items can be purchased from major supermarkets/stores. Occasionally our school runs a second hand uniform sale. Please contact the School Office if you require assistance with second hand school uniform.
There is a cost for any trips outside of school. These will depend on quoted travel costs (coach/train) and entry fees applied by the venue, but we aim to give parents plenty of notice of any costs related to trips.
How to apply
To apply for a place at our Nursery, please complete the Nursery admission application form below.
You can print and return it to the school office or download and email to: admin@olseacademy.org.uk
If you are applying for a 30 hour placement, you will need to apply for an eligibility code here.(opens in new tab)
We endeavour to provide a Nursery education for all children who apply, but in the case of oversubscription, the School Admission Criteria is used to allocate places as follows:
- Catholic looked after or previously looked after children including 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.
- Catholic children living in the Parish of the Annunciation served by the school.
- Catholic children living outside the Parish of the Annunciation served by the school.
- Other looked after or previously looked after children including 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.
- Catechumens, Candidates and members of Eastern Christian Churches.
- Children of other Christian denominations whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion.
- Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader.
- Any other children not within categories 1-7.
In the event of over subscription in any category, places will be awarded in the first instance to those living nearest to the school based on a straight-line measurement from the school boundary closest to the child’s home.
Our admissions policy
The Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is the admission authority for all schools within the Trust and is responsible for determining the admissions policy.
All decisions relating to admission applications will be taken by the school’s Local Governing Body.
Please note that we only provide all mornings, all afternoons or full time provision.
