Admissions

We welcome children from all areas and all families, we are an inclusive practice that treats each child as an individual and works with families to provide the best support, education and care that we can. 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.

Open day is marketed to the public.

Parents can complete a registration form on the website.

There is then 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 phone call and 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 Placement Fee of £100 within 3 working days to secure your child’s place - 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 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 invited to come to our settling in Stay & Play sessions every Tuesday 9:15-10:30 once your child is 18 months or above and confidently walking, these sessions are free.

You are also invited to join us for our Parent and Toddler Group for children aged 0 to 3, every Friday 10-11:30, £3 a session.

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.

Please be aware that we review our prices annually so please check the website for updates.

PLEASE NOTE - OUR EMAILS OFTEN END UP IN JUNK OR SPAM FOLDERS SO PLEASE CHECK THESE REGULARLY FOR OUR EMAILS, add us to your contacts to reduce this risk.

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