RECEPTION - CLOSING DATE FOR SEPTEMBER 2021 ADMISSIONS IS FRIDAY 15th JANUARY.
ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE ONLINE AT www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions
NURSERY PLACES FOR AUTUMN 2020
We have places available in our Nursery class - if you would like to find our more, or make an application, please contact the school office for advice, emails to admin@strathmore.herts.sch.uk
Nursery Admissions - September 2021
In recent times, the process for parents applying for a nursery place in the academic year the children turn 4, has changed. There is no longer one central system for applying to local authority nurseries. More recently, parents have been given the choice of using their free hours of nursery entitlement between private providers or local authority nurseries. Parents now need to approach individual nurseries about applying for a place. In order to make the process easier for parents, all the schools in the Hitchin area with a nursery class, have aligned their application timeline. Although parents still need to apply to the nurseries individually, the process and time frame to do so is the same for all the settings.
The timeline below shows the application timeline being adopted for September 2021, and applies to all nurseries in the Hitchin area linked to mainstream schools. Eligible children are those turning 4 between 01.09.21 and 31.08.22.
Monday 1st February 2021 |
Applications open via school’s websites for Hitchin local authority nurseries linked to mainstream schools (online applications preferred). |
Friday 15th March 2021 |
Applications close for Hitchin local authority nurseries linked to mainstream schools. |
Friday 23rd April 2021 |
Offers made to parents (via the same method as application was made). |
Friday 30th April 2021 |
Deadline for parents to accept/reject places. Continued interest offers will be made after this date. |
All places are funded by the local authority, have a qualified nursery teacher and provide the opportunity for children to experience being part of a school. Further partnership information can be found in the document below:
Reception entry - September 2021
Applications for entry to our Reception classes are processed by the local authority, during the autumn / spring terms. The closing date for applications is 15th January. For all queries regarding these applications please contract the admissions team at Herts County Council, www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
Please read the information given below which gives details of our admission arrangements for the school.
Children are admitted into Nursery and School in accordance with the Hertfordshire County Council admission guidelines. The published admissions number for September 2021 is 60 for Reception and 40 for Nursery. To accommodate a 'bulge' year, our current Year 2 (September 2020 to August 2021) has an admissions number of 75 (over three classes).
Parents are sent admission information directly from the local authority during the year preceding entry to Nursery, and again in the year preceding entry into Reception. These booklets give details of how to apply, the admissions policy, and the deadlines which must be met.
Nursery place applications are made during the Spring term, prior to entry and the admissions process is handled by the school. All children of Nursery age start as a single intake in September - if parents wish to defer their child’s start until January this must be confirmed in writing so that the place may be held open.
In-year Nursery admissions are handled by the school - please contact the school office for availability.
Reception, i.e. full-time school entry, is also, currently, a single intake in September. If you feel your child will not be ready for school at that time, places may be deferred until the start of the term during which s/he reaches compulsory school age. Places must be applied for via the local authority admissions team, who will notify parents of their allocation. Attendance at Strathmore Nursery does not affect admission into school, a separate application must be made.
In-year infant applications, eg. for children moving into the area, must be made to the Hertfordshire County Council in-year admissions team who may be contacted on 0300 123 4043.