All parents must check whether they are eligible for 15 hours or 30 hour funded nursery places by visiting the government website. This will help you to find out whether your child is eligible for a funded part-time or a funded full-time nursery place. If you are eligible for 30 hour childcare, please provide us with your 11 digit eligibility code to support us in allocating the correct place to your child.
Nursery places will be awarded according to our admissions criteria. To view these, please click on the links below:
Current Year Admissions Arrangements
Please see the links below for the Admission Arrangements for the school year 2025-2026:
Future Admissions Arrangements
Please see the links below for the Admission Arrangements for the school year 2026-2027:
Please see the links below for the Admission Arrangements for the school year 2027-2028:
Nursery applications are dealt with directly by the school. Please visit the main office to collect an application pack.
Nursery Session Times
Nursery’s morning sessions run from 9.00am to 12.00pm and afternoon sessions run from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. All sessions are offered Monday to Friday weekly on a term-time only basis.
Lunchtime
If you would like your child to have a school lunch you should make the additional £11.50 per week payment in advance using our online payment system. If you would prefer your child to have a packed lunch please inform the school office. It is important to note that we are a healthy school which means that you must ensure that a healthy and balanced lunch is provided. Junk food and sugary snacks are not permitted and will be removed from your child’s lunch and returned to a parent or carer at the end of the day.
Collection
Children must be collected by a responsible adult, no younger than 16 years of age. Two emergency contact details must be provided and these details will be updated on a regular basis. It is our school policy that only nominated persons can collect children. To avoid any unnecessary confusion at the end of the day, please ensure that a member of the Nursery team, or the main office, is informed in advance if a different adult will be collecting your child.
Extended Nursery provision
If you are not eligible for 30h free childcare but would like your child to attend on a full time basis, you have the option to pay for a top up place. In order to be considered for this, please complete our Extended Nursery Provision Parent Agreement (below) and return this with your application to the school office.
Fees
St John and St James’ C of E Primary School charges a total of £115.00 per pupil per week, for Extended Nursery Provision. This amount does not cover the cost of school lunches.
Deposit
Before a child is accepted for Extended Nursery Provision, we require a deposit to be paid. At present, this is a set fee of £230.00 which is credited to your child’s ParentPay account and contributes towards their weekly fees.
Notice Period
If you would like to remove your child from this provision before the end of their official Nursery period, you will need to give a half term notice. This should be presented in the form of a letter to be addressed to the Headteacher, c/o St John & St James’ Primary School. Not doing so may result in your deposit being withheld.
Payments
All parents are expected to be in advance with their Extended Nursery payments by at least two full weeks. Any late payment may result in the place being withdrawn. The school operates a cashless system, and all payments should be made by logging into your ParentPay account. To request an additional copy of your initial sign up letter or more information about this service, please speak to one of the members of the office team who will be happy to help you.
The school will not charge for INSET Days or any closures determined by the school; bad weather, teacher strike action, polling etc. However, you will still be charged the full amount if your child is absent from school due to illness or other personal circumstances.
On the occasions where the school week is shorter than five days due to school holidays or bank holidays, you will be charged for the equivalent number of sessions i.e. £23.00 per day.
If you would like more information about Extended Nursery Provision, please pop into the main office where a member of the team will be happy to do their best to answer your questions.