Little Bears Admission Policy
Little Bears Nursery offers places within the nursery on a first come, first served basis. Parents/Carers are asked to complete an application form for their child. Once this has been completed, our school office team will confirm via email whether or not your child has been allocated a place within the nursery class. A holding fee will then be taken to secure your child’s place with us. Your child’s starting date will be agreed by the Nursery team following a transition call with you, and upon all the required admission paperwork being completed and returned to us.
Nursery Session Times & Costs
15 hours universal funding = 5 x 3 hour main sessions a week
Children are funded the term after their third birthday to attend 15 hours at nursery each week. At Little Bears Nursery this is split into five three-hour sessions. Children are able to attend 15 hours in the following ways, depending on availability. Parents/Carers are able to request:
Session
Time
Cost per session
Morning session
8:30am – 11:30am (3 hours)
£21 (privately funded)
OR
Afternoon Session
12pm – 3pm (3 hours)
£21 (privately funded)
OR
ALL DAY session
(including lunch)
8:30am – 2:30pm (6 hours)
£42 (privately funded)
Lunch
11:30am – 12pm
£2.50 for a school dinner
provided by Cucina
or bring own packed lunch
Optional additional half an hour
2:30pm – 3pm
£3.50
(unless only attending the afternoon session)
Session payments are invoiced and paid directly to the school via MCAS.
Late collection of your child will incur an additional fee of £3.50 per half hour
30 hours extended funding = 10 x 3 hour main sessions a week
Within Little Bears Nursery we also offer 30 hours spaces for children who are three and four years old with parents/carers who are eligible for this funding.
A child qualifies for the extended entitlement if both parents/carers are working (or the sole parents/carer is a lone parent/carer is working) and each parent earns, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours (National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage) and less than £100K a year. More information can be found on the Childcare Choices website.
Please see below an outline of how this funding works in our Nursery.
Covered by 30 hours funding
Session
Time
Cost per session
ALL DAY session
8:30am – 2:30am (6 hours)
Covered by 30 hours funding
Lunch
11:30am – 12pm
£2.50 for a school dinner provided by Cucina
or bring own packed lunch
Optional additional half an hour
2:30pm-3pm
£3.50 (privately funded)
Additional add on payments (e.g. the optional half an hour or optional school dinner fee) are invoiced and paid directly to the school via MCAS.
Late collection of your child will incur an additional fee of £3.50 per half hour
Please note: Little Bears Nursery accepts new pupils in September each academic year. January and April places can be applied for but will only be offered if there are spaces following the September intake.