Defined area

The defined area for the nursery is the same as the school, Tattenhoe Park and South Kingsmead. We have two ‘secondary’ defined areas – North Kingsmead and Tattenhoe.  If there are vacancies in the nursery then children living outside these areas will be admitted.  

Admission

The normal admission point will be September each year.

• Where there are vacant places, these will be allocated during the year to eligible children in line with the criteria.
• Where the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places during the year priority will be given to children within catchment.

Summary of oversubscription criteria

In the event that there are more applications than places available, applications will be ranked as follows:

1. Children who are looked after (LAC) and all previously looked after children (PLAC) including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (IAPLAC).

2. Siblings of children who are attending the school at the time allocations are made and are expected to be on roll at the school at the time of the proposed admission and the place of residence is within the catchment area of the school.

3. The child’s place of residence is within the catchment area of the school and there is no sibling.

4. Siblings of children who are attending the school at the time allocations are made and are expected to be on roll at the school at the time of the proposed admission and the place of residence is outside of the catchment area of the school.

5. Children of staff at the school where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the nursery is made, and /or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

6. “Distance” from the school to the place of residence.

In the event of there being more applicants meeting any of the criteria above, places will be allocated in distance order using the distance between the child’s normal home address and the school’s main entrance, measured in a straight line, using the council’s computerised measuring system with those living closest to the school receiving the higher priority.

In the unlikely event of joint oversubscription, having exhausted distance, random allocation will be used as the ultimate tiebreaker. For applicants living in flats, the distance will be measured from the school’s main entrance to the front door of the ground floor flat underneath the applicant’s main residence. Where two or more pupils live at the same distance, the tie breaker will be random allocation.

There is no right to appeal if it is not possible to offer a place in the nursery. The school will hold a waiting list and parents must confirm with the school that they wish their child’s name to be put on the waiting list.

Please note: Attendance at the nursery does not give priority to admission to the school.

The whole school Admissions Policy for details regarding the oversubscription criteria, can be found here.

Session Times

 Morning Session:  8.50am to 11.50am

Afternoon Session:  12.20pm to 3.20pm

All Day Extended Care:  8.50am to 3.20pm

Who can apply for a place at our nursery?

Our wonderful nursery is organised into morning and afternoon sessions, 5 days a week catering for 3 and 4 year olds. Your child may start at our nursery in the term following their 3rd birthday and stay until they start the Reception year of school. Children of this age are automatically entitled to 15 hours per week childcare funded by the government.

We offer these sessions as five morning sessions or 5 afternoon sessions. In addition, we offer a limited number of extended care places, these are subject to availability. Currently, we offer 16 morning and 16 afternoon places, and 26 all day extended care places (changes subject to demand).

The nursery is open term time only. Term dates can be found in the Parents Tab. If you would like to enquire about a place at Priory Rise nursery for your child or be added to the waiting list for next year, please register your interest and session preference with the school office.