Admissions - Nursery

We have three intakes during the academic year which coincide with the school terms:

• September (Autumn term)
• January (Spring term)
• April (Summer term)

We offer different patterns of attendance which are expected to be kept regularly. This means our teachers can plan for careful provision and learning for your child within our Early Years class and, we believe, offers an enhances service which is much more than child care.

Alps

(Two-Year-Old Provision)

The school runs class Alps for children the term after their second birthday.  

Sessions include indoor and outdoor learning, child-initiated activities, snack time and a fun story and rhyme time. Due to the age of the children, we offer all types of toilet training.

Due to staff to child ratios our capacity numbers are 10 spaces in the morning session and 10 spaces in the afternoon session. 

You can be entitled to this 2-year-old funding, known as families receiving some additional forms of government support, if you receive one of the following benefits: 

• Income Support 

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) 

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 

• Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments 

• Tax credits, and your household incomes is £16,190 a year or less before tax 

• Guaranteed element of Pension Credit 

• Working Tax Credit 4-weel rim pm (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit) 

  Or your child: 

• is looked after by a local authority 

• has a statement of Special Education Needs or Disability or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan 

• receives Disability Living Allowance 

• has left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order 

You can be entitled to this 2-year-old funding, known as funding for working parents if a parent (and their partner, if you have one) are:

• in work

• on sick leave or annual leave

• on shared parental, maternity or adoption leave

If a parent/partner is not currently working, you may be eligible if one party is working and the other party is receiving incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, carer's allowance, limited capability for work benefits or contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance.

It is important to note that a place in Alps does not guarantee a school place as admissions into Reception are managed by Buckinghamshire Council Admissions Team

Rockies & Everest

(Three- and Four-Year-Old Provision) 

The school runs classes Rockies & Everest for children the term after their third birthday.

Both Nursery classes has a capacity of 39 places. 

All three and four-year-olds are currently entitled to 15 hours free childcare per week, for 38 weeks per year during term time (normal school terms). This is offered at Millbrook Nursery as five 3-hour sessions per week in the morning.

We offer 30 hours free childcare at Millbrook Nursery for parents who are entitled to working parent funding. This works out at 30 hours a week of 38 weeks per year during term time (normal school terms). 

You can be entitled to a 30-hour funded place if the following applies: 

• a child must be under compulsory school age and living in England 

• both parents must be working (or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family) 

• you need to earn a certain amount over the next 3 months – this is at least the national minimum living wage or living wage for 16 hours a week on average - If you have a partner, they’ll need to expect to earn at least this much too 

• families where one parent does not work (or neither parent works) will not usually be eligible for the extended free entitlement 

It is important to note that a place in Millbrook Nursery does not guarantee a school place as admissions into Reception are managed by Buckinghamshire Council Admissions Team

How do I check if I am eligible to a funded Nursery place?

We strongly recommend that you check to see if you are eligible to any funding. You can check your eligibility by going onto the Best Start in Life parent Hub website where it will carry out the relevant checks. If you are shown as eligible to funding, please provide us the funding code so we can update your application. If you do not provide us with this information whether you are eligible or not eligible, we will be unable to process your Nursery application accurately which could then affect where your Nursery application sits on our current waiting list.

Can I pay for Nursery session or carry out additional hours?

We do offer to parents who are not eligible to any funding the option to pay for sessions.

If your child is 2 years old the cost would be £19.75 per session

If you child is 3 or 4 years old the cost would be £16.75 per session

We also offer additional hours for those children who are currently in our Nursery as well at the same cost per session.

If you are yet to apply for a Nursery place and would be interested in paying for sessions please express this on your nursery application form where requested.

If you are currently in our Nursery and would like to carry out additional hours, please attend the School Office and obtain an "Additional Hours Request Form" and a "Terms and Conditions Form".

How do you apply to join the Nursery waiting list?

To apply for a place in our Nursery please download and complete a Nursery application form which you will be able to locate at the bottom of this page or please feel free to collect one from the school office. 

Once completed, please feel free to send it electronically via email to the admissions email address at admissions@millbrook.bucks.sch.uk or hand it back in person to the school office.

You will also need to provide a copy of a birth certificate or passport as this is an admission requirement. 

If you have any further questions regarding Nursery admissions, please email our School Secretary on the admissions email address: admissions@millbrook.bucks.sch.uk