Nursery Admissions

Please contact the school office for tours for prospective parents.

Please email admissions@colville.rbkc.sch.uk

Colville Primary Nursery offers comprehensive education and child-care.

We will enrol:

• Full time 3 and 4-year-old children. All children are expected to attend the core day 8.50am-3.20pm Monday to Friday.
• NB: Our setting is open 7.45am to 5.45pm (if you require an extended day for your child). 
• Up to 12 children who turn 3 years old during the term of admission. These places can be funded using the 30 free funded by DfE. 
• We place children that are eligible for 'busy 2's funding.
• See table below for our charging structure. 

We have a Nursery teacher alongside highly qualified Early Years Educators to lead the learning. Children are organised into small groups with a qualified key person. We are able to accommodate a maximum of 60 pupils within any session. The school manages admissions for nursery places. 

We use the following criteria to allocate places to 3 and 4-year-olds:

• Priority is given to pupils who attend our Colville Primary School Nursery or Day Care and are not of Reception Class age
• Looked After Children
• Children of a permanent staff member of Colville Primary School
• Sibling(s) of pupils who currently attend Colville Primary School
• Age of the pupil (oldest pupils first)

 Fees

All options include the cost of snack and lunch fees.

Funding options for a 3 and 4 year old in our Nursery:

In September 2025, the 15 hours for working parents of children under 3 will expand to 30 hours, meaning eligible working parents will be able to claim 30 hours of childcare all the way through from the term after their child turns 9 months to school age. You will be able to take up your free hours from the term after you meet all the eligibility criteria for the entitlement you are applying for. These terms begin on 1 January, 1 April and 1 September. The deadline is the day before the new term begins. It is recommended you apply at least 6 weeks before the deadline. Please visit https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/  for further information.

Option A

30 hour free childcare for 3-4 year olds

To accept the nursery place using Option A you will need to check whether you are eligible for the government funding for ‘30 hours of free childcare’. You can apply to HMRC for the 30 hour offer from the term after they turn 9 months old. Your code is valid at the start of the term after you apply for it.
For your child to access five full time days over the week, we ask that you spend your 30-hour childcare allocation with us and pay £420 per term to access the full week. The full week comprises of 32 hours 30 minutes at school. There are three terms per school year. The termly additional fee is payable in advance before the start of each term. You must have a valid code by the end of the month before a new term begins or you will need to move to a fee-paying place: see below. During your child’s year in the nursery, you will have to reconfirm your eligibility by logging into your HMRC childcare account every 3 months and the school will check this termly whilst your child remains in our nursery. If you become ineligible to the 30 hour offer or if you do not reconfirm your eligibility in time for the start of a new term your funding option will change to a fee-paying place (Option B).

Option B

15 Hours Free Childcare for 3-4 Year Olds 

If you are not entitled to the '30 hours of childcare' offer but are entitled to the ’15 hours of childcare’ offer, your child can still attend full time, but this will be based on a fee playing place.  The charge for a fee-paying place is £2195 per term, which includes a daily school meal and a snack. This enables your child to access the core day in our nursery. (If you require an extended day then you may book before and after school care services that operate and are run by our school.) If you would like to pay by instalments, this should be approved by the Executive Head in advance. However, if you fail to keep to the payment plan, the place may be withdrawn. 

Option C

15 Hour Free Childcare for Rising 3 Year Olds

Your child can start with us in a rising-3 place if you are eligible for the 2-year-old funded offer, (Busy 2’s). We accept 2-year-olds starting in the term that they are turning 3 years old. The place is a part-time place (attendance each morning only) for the first term of attendance.
If you are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits, you may be entitled to a Busy2s ticket issued by the Kensington and Chelsea Local Authority or Westminster City Council:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit - if you and your partner have a combined income from work of less than £15,400 a year after tax
• Tax credits and you have an annual income of under £16,190 before tax
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
• The Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
If you are eligible, a Busy2s ticket will be posted to you, addressed to the child. The Busy 2’s ticket will tell you the term in which your child is eligible to start.
Hours will be offered and allocated by the school and agreed with you prior to your child starting with us.

Option D

30 Hours childcare for rising 3-year-olds

You could choose to pay fees for your child’s rising-3 place and there are three potential options of attendance/fees. You can include your preferred selection on acceptance of an offer;]

D1. Part-time attendance for the first term of attendance (each morning until 12:15pm). The charge is £2310 for this pattern of attendance for the term or £300 if you are eligible for government funding.

D2. Part-time attendance for the first half of the term and full-time attendance from after the half term. The charge is £3560 for this pattern of attendance or £300 if you are eligible for government funding.

D3. Full-time attendance for the whole term (once settled in the nursery). The charge is £4599 for this pattern of attendance or £420 if you are eligible for government funding.
The termly fee can be paid in instalments.

If you will be using Childcare Vouchers or the Tax-Free Scheme towards the payment of fees, please contact Ms Hammond in the school office at the time of invoicing.
Parents of children attending the Nursery class at a school must reapply for a Reception place. As in all state schools there is no automatic transfer from the Nursery class to the Reception class.

We offer before and after school care, 7.45am – 5:45pm to Nursery pupils. This can be booked once your child has completed their orientation period in the Nursery.

Please contact the school office on 020 7229 6540 and speak to Ms Hammond for further information about how to enrol your child.

Alternatively, you can email on admissions@colville.rbkc.sch.uk

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