Admissions

Children are eligible to access the Free Entitlement to Nursery Education, offering either 15 or 30 hours per week, at our Nursery School.

Children are eligible to access the Free Entitlement to Nursery Education (30 or 15 hours) at the beginning of the term after their third birthday.  The 15-hour offer is universal, to be eligible for the 30-hour offer parents must:

  1. Earn the equivalent of 16 hours at the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.
  2. Earn less than £100,000 each.
  3. Both be working, unless it is a single parent family.

For more information, and to check if you are eligible please visit the Childcare Choices Website.

 

Each session lasts 3 hours, and depending on their entitlement, children may attend up to 10 sessions weekly, Monday - Friday, term time only. 

Session times are as follows:

  • Morning Session: 9:00am – 12:00pm
  • Afternoon Session: 1:00pm – 3:00pm or 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Children may attend two sessions in a single day.

For full-day attendance, families are required to book their child into Munchkins Childcare Lunch Club (and fill in a separate Parental Agreement form) from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, or arrange any additional wraparound care as needed. Munchkins Childcare also provide Breakfast Club (7.30am - 9.00am) and After-School Club (4.00pm - 6.00pm) and Holiday Club for childcare within the School Holiday periods (Munchkins Childcare are open 50 weeks of the year, and close for two weeks over the Christmas period). 

The Free Entitlement hours may be shared between our Nursery School and Munchkins Childcare, providing flexibility to suit your family's needs.  

Please see our Charges and Remissions Policy for further information (including minimum Nursery School hours and charges for additional sessions outside of Free Entitlement hours). 

 

We will try to offer every child who has not attended Munchkins Childcare a home visit or a telephone call with parents/carers, during the first week of term, then a phased admissions programme begins gradually, increasing sessions over a period of up to four weeks.

 

How to apply for a place

We welcome you to call in and collect an application form from the Nursery School. Alternatively, you can download a form by clicking the link below.

Moorgate Nursery School Application Form

Please email or call to arrange a visit prior to applying. As Moorgate Nursery School is a Lancashire County Council maintained nursery school, we follow their Nursery School Admissions policy when allocating places. For the full policy, please click the link Nursery School Admissions Criteria. 

For parents/carers wishing for their child to start nursery in September the deadline for applications is the 30th April.  For children starting in January the deadline for admissions is the 31st October and for the April intake, it is the 30th January.  Applications received after these dates will be considered late applications.

 

Appeals

All appeals regarding admissions must be made in writing to the Headteacher.  If the appeal cannot be resolved at this stage, it will be considered by the governing body. For further information, see our Complaints Procedure.