Admissions to the Nursery

Are you in the process of choosing the nursery for your child?

Our Early Years Provision was judged as Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2023:

“In early years, leaders have created a rich and purposeful learning environment. Children engage well with a wide range of activities…Adults support children’s physical and social and emotional development with skill. Children, including two-year-olds, make significant steps in their development.”

Please contact our admin team admin@lancs-pri.haringey.sch.uk for more information about the nursery offer.

Please click below for our nursery application form.

NURSERY APPLICATION FORM

Nursery Tours

We will be hosting nursery tours on the following days at 9.15am:

• Tuesday 12th January 2027
• Wednesday 3rd February 2027
• Tuesday 2nd March 2027
• Wednesday 14th April 2027

You will be able to book onto these tours from January 2027.

Admission and Places for Two Year Olds

The nursery has part-time (15 hours) and full-time places (30 hours) for 2-year-olds.

*Subject to availability.

Types of places for two-year-old children:

• Free-For-Twos and 15-hour entitlement part-time places in the morning 8:45 - 11:45am or afternoons 12:45 - 3:45pm, Monday to Friday, term time only.
• 30 hours entitlement for working parents. The core day is Monday to Friday, 8:45am - 2:45pm, term time only.

To find out more about eligibility go to:

• https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Admissions and Places for Three- and Four-Year-Olds

*Subject to availability.

The Nursery has a range of part-time and full-time places for children between the ages of 3 and 4 years old.

For example, for September 2026, these will be for children with birth dates between 01/09/2022 and 31/08/2023.

All 3- and 4-year-old children are entitled to 15 hours of free nursery education the term after their third birthday.

Types of places for children accessing their 15 hours free entitlement:

15-hour Entitlement

Part-time mornings 8:45 - 11:45am or afternoons 12:45 - 3:45pm, Monday to Friday, term time only.

Condensed hours: Monday and Tuesday (8:45am - 2:45pm) and Wednesday morning (8:45am - 11:45am), or Wednesday afternoon (12:45pm - 3:45pm) and Thursday and Friday (8:45am - 2:45pm).

*A limited number of condensed spaces are available.

30 Hours Entitlement

Eligible parents/carers will be able to claim the Government’s 30 hours free Early Education entitlement at Lancasterian Primary School.

To be eligible for 30 hours, each parent/carer in your family:

• Must be working a minimum of 16 hours per week.
• Must be earning the equivalent of 16 hours per week at the national minimum wage.
• Each parent must have an annual income of less than £100,000.

As a school we provide the 30 hours free Early Education entitlement term time only.

30-hour Free Entitlement: 8:45am - 2:45pm, Monday to Friday, term time only (option to buy additional 2:45pm - 3:45pm).

Information about the free entitlements for 3-year-olds can be found at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

Nursery Breakfast & Afterschool Clubs

We offer wraparound care for early years children: Breakfast Club from 7:45am and Afterschool Club until 6:00pm. Both are run in-house by our school staff within the early years setting, providing a safe and welcoming environment before and after the school day.

For nursery children attending two or more After-School Club sessions per week, an additional weekly top-up fee of £30.00 will apply. This flat-rate charge covers the additional hour between the end of the funded nursery session and the start of the After-School Club at 3:45pm.

Nursery Fees – From September 2026

Wraparound Care (Term-Time Only)

Core Day

• Morning session: 8:45am - 11:45am
• Afternoon session: 12:45pm - 3:45pm
• Full-time: 8:45am - 2:45pm (meals not included)

Notice Period

• Funded places: minimum half-term (approximately 6 weeks)
• Paid top-ups: minimum 1 week