Admissions
Admissions policy
It is our intention to make our preschool accessible to all children and families from the community of Clophill and surrounding areas, to provide a clear admissions process and understanding of how we run and to provide a settling in process tailored to each child and their family.
We accept children aged 2, 3 and 4 years.
We intake children each term - autumn, spring and summer.
Termly Open Days marketed to the public on our website and Facebook page.
Parents can complete a registration form on the website.
There is a £25 fee (to cover admin costs) on completion of the registration form to be added to the waiting list, please note this payment does not guarantee you the offer of a space, which are subject to availability.
When a space becomes available we make our way down the waiting list to offer out spaces, contact is made via email, if there is no response within the allotted time we will follow up with a final email, if there is still no response we will move to the next person on the list.
If you are offered a space and would like to take it, you will be asked to pay a one off Placement Fee of £100 within 3 working days to secure your child’s place for the term offered - this should be paid via BACs, details can be found in your offer email (we offer a reduced rate for people in receipt of certain benefits etc and a sibling discount).
Should you not wish to take up the place at that time, please let us know, we will leave you on the list and move to the next person, however a future space is not guaranteed.
Parents do not have to have visited to secure a space for their child but we do recommend it.
Occasionally spaces may become available within a term that has previously been full, in this instance we may refer to our waiting list and contact people to offer them a space. Once again, they will be asked to secure the space by paying a Placement fee.
Once your Placement fee has been paid your child will be guaranteed the minimum number of sessions for their starting term onwards.
You will be added to our Newsletter email group.
You are also invited to join us for our Parent and Toddler Group for children aged 0 to 4, every Friday 9:30-11:30, £3 per child.
You will be contacted before your child is due to start to make a request for sessions, we will confirm availability via email.
You will be sent an email with a start date the term before your child is due to start with us.
You will invited to join our Tuesday morning free Stay & Play settling in sessions the term before your child is due to start with us.
Deferment of a place
Should you wish to defer your child’s start date, having already paid your Placement fee, the earlier you can let us know the better. As you will appreciate, if your child for example wants to defer starting in autumn to instead join us the following summer, we will forfeit 2 terms worth of income, therefore, once you make the decision to defer, your child’s place will be offered out to the next person on the waiting list. We will then do what we can to find your child a place as near to the new term requested, however, places cannot be guaranteed. There is an additional charge of £50 to cover all administration for deferment.
Adventure Fridays
If your child is eligible to join us for Adventure Fridays they need to attend a minimum of 3 sessions over Monday to Thursday and have attended for a minimum of 3 weeks and be settled and ready (as determined by their key worker) before joining us for Adventure Fridays. If claiming funding for this day it must be added to your funding form for the term, invoicing for this session will be added to the following half term invoice.
Please be aware that we review our prices regularly, so please check the website for updates. Explanation of all our fees can be found on the Times & Fees page of our website.
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