Nursery Admissions

St Agatha’s Catholic Primary School

Admission to Nursery Class September 2023

If your child is born between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020 they are entitled to start Nursery in September 2023. The closing date for Nursery admissions is 5th March 2023 (tbc).

Places will be offered to parents by letter before Friday 5th May 2023. 

For further information please refer to the Nursery Education Information here.

Should you have any further queries please contact Sharon Parsons on 020 8546 3879 or office@stagathas.school

ADMISSION TO NURSERY CLASS SEPTEMBER 2023

Guidance for school governors on interpreting evidence of Catholic Practice in Supplementary Information Forms following the Coronavirus outbreak.

Evidence of Practice

On the advice of the Education Commission of the Archdiocese of Southwark the governing body of St Agatha’s Catholic Primary School has agreed the following statement in order to clarify how its faith-based oversubscription criteria will be interpreted whilst churches are closed or attendance at church is not possible due to COVID19.  This statement has been shared widely with parishes in order to ensure that determinations made by parish priests concerning regular practice of the faith are being made on a consistent basis.

The suspension of the obligation to attend Sunday Mass was announced on 18th March 2020 by Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. If a parent/carer attended Mass at a particular parish (or parishes) prior to 18th March 2020 then they will be considered to have attended Mass in that parish (or parishes) regularly since that time. This will remain the case until the Sunday obligation is reintroduced by the Bishops.
 

30 Hours Nursery Provision 

From September 2017 the Government introduced an eligibility based additional 15 hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds. This means that whilst 3 and 4 year old children have access to the universal 15 hours entitlement, some children will also be able to access an additional 15 hours – if their parent(s) meet the eligibility criteria.

For further details, please follow this link: 
https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-and-education-for-2-to-4-year-olds   

Provision at St Agatha’s Nursery from September 2023

After the successful introduction of the 30 hours nursery provision from September 2017, St Agatha’s School continues to offer this provision for the September 2023 intake. 

If you are not eligible for the Government funded additional hours, you may also apply for additional sessions which will be invoiced on a monthly basis. 
The charge per each 3 hour session for 2023-2024 will be £25 or £100 for the week (5 sessions) 

For both funded and invoiced places, there is a lunchtime club to cover the 35 minutes between morning and afternoon Nursery sessions. Please note that your child is not required to stay for this club – you will however need to make appropriate arrangements for their care between 11.45am- 12.20pm.