Nursery admissions

Our nursery is split into Raindrops (for 2 year olds) and Puddles (for 3 and 4 year olds).  Our wraparound provision - Rainbow Wraparound - is shared by children from Raindrops, Puddles and Sunshines (our school reception class - 4 to 5 year olds).

We have three nursery admissions rounds per year (subject to availability of places), coinciding with the start of the three school terms: September, January and April (after the Easter Break).  Most children start attending Raindrops from the start of the term after their 2nd birthday.  Children can attend Puddles from the start of the term after their 3rd birthday. 

For each admissions round, we send out application forms in advance to families on our interest list. If you would like to be added to this list and be sent an application form, please use the contact form at the bottom of our Early Years homepage (click here) to get in touch.

Application forms should be returned by the close of the admissions round.

• For Autumn Term places (September), please return applications by mid April
• For Spring Term places (January), please return applications by early November.
• For Summer Term places (After the Easter Break), please return applications by mid February
• For precise dates, please contact us.

If, at the close of an admissions round, we have more requests than we have spaces available, we follow the North Yorkshire Admissions Policy for Nurseries.  Where applications are returned after the close of the admissions round, places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To find out about the Early Years Funding that your child may be able to access, please click here