Admissions

We are enrolling for September 2023 

You are warmly invited to take the opportunity to visit our school.  Please contact us on 01332 349 363 to arrange this.

The Government help with childcare costs, please follow the link to see if you are eligible click here

We have nursery places available for children the term after they are three.  They are entitled to 15 hours of free nursery education.  Please contact the school office for more details on 01332 349363

Please see our Charging and Remissions Policy  please visit the policies page

Free early learning for two year olds

Did you know that your two-year-old child could have up to 15 hours of free childcare each week?

Quality early learning within settings can help your child:

• learn
• play
• make new friends
• experience new activities
• get ready for school

It can also help you:

• have more time
• take up a college course
• go back to work
• meet other parents
• get ideas of how to help your child play and learn

Are you eligible?

Is your household income less than £16,190 and are you in receipt of Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit?

Or you must get at least one of these benefits:

• Income Support (IS)
• Income-based Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA)
• Employment Support Allowance (ESA)
• Help from the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) – Section 6 only of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Pension Credit Child Tax Credit and/or Working Tax Credits where your household income is £16,190 or less

Or?

Your two-year-old is looked after by the Derby City Local Authority or has a Child Protection Plan. Children with adoption orders, residence orders or special guardianship orders are also eligible.

Or?

Your child has a disability and receives Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) / Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

If you are entitled, your child can start the term after they turn two and finishes at the end of the term in which your child turns three. You can then claim the three and four-year-old 15 hours of free early education.

How to get a place and when do they start?

To find out if you are eligible, please contact The Family Information Service on 01332 640758. You can also check online from the comfort of your own home by visiting the Free Childcare Check. You may prefer to text START to 8727 or you can also apply within your local childcare settings and children’s centres. Please note, any information you provide for the eligibility check will be treated in confidence and only used for checking if you qualify for free childcare and other funding opportunities. This information may be shared with HMRC and the Department for Education.

If you give your consent to these terms then please continue with your application. If you need to withdraw your consent at any time then please contact the Families Information Service.

Tax-Free Childcare

Tax-Free Childcare is a new Government scheme to help working families with their childcare costs.  We have registered for the scheme. For further details please ask at the school office or click on the links below:

Tax-Free Childcare Fact Sheet

Derby City Council Tax Free Childcare leaflet

The 30 hours extended hours offer

We offer additional hours of free childcare to working families who meet the criteria. For further information please ask the school office for availability and click on the links below.

DfE 30 Hours Free Childcare Eligibility Fact Sheet March 2017**

Derby City Council Extended Childcare Offer **

How to Register

The online checking system for the extended free childcare offer for 3 and 4-year-olds is now available to parents.

Currently, all 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 570 hours of free childcare a year as a universal offer. In September 2017 this will be increased for eligible working families up to 1140 hours, known as The Extended Free Childcare Offer.

Parents can now register their details using the following https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/ where you can find out if you can access this exciting offer. This offer will provide parents huge savings on their childcare costs, and also benefit children’s early years’ education. If parents do not have internet access they can make a telephone application by calling HMRC on 0300 123 4097.

https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

For any further queries, you can contact the Childcare and Families Information Service on 01332 64078 or email the team, FIS@derby.gov.uk