Nursery

View Our Nursery!

Open Sessions

We are pleased to announce the following open sessions for you to come and take a look at our Nursery!

• Tuesday 13/5/2025 at 3.45pm

• Tuesday 10/6/2025 at 3.45pm

Please book a place at one of these sessions by emailing: info@harrisprimarykenthouse.org.uk

Please enter via the Nursery Gate on Kent House Road

We look forward to seeing you!

Nursery - Daily Procedure

We will operate as follows each day:

• The entrance and exit will be through the Nursery Gate on Kent House Road (near the railway bridge)
• Please bring spare clothing and footwear each day in case of accidents
• Please bring plenty of wipes as well
• Children will be required to wear school uniform
• Please notify the school if your child will be absent by 8.30am each morning

Nursery Class

The Nursery at Kent House is an Early Years provision with warm and welcoming staff, that are a dedicated team of individuals working together to promote a wide and varied Early Years provision. Our highly qualified and experienced staff offer the children a learning through play based experience as required for the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

Our Nursery class offers 52 places (26 each session). This is a mixture of full time (30 hours) and part time (15 hours) places, funded.  Children can start in Nursery the term after their third birthday, if places are available.

At present all three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare per week, up to 38 weeks per year. The government has also introduced an extended 15 hours of free childcare per week - 30 hours in total for 38 weeks per year, for those families that are eligible.

The hours for the Nursery are as follows:

15-hour government funding:

Morning Session: 8.30am - 11.30am, or Afternoon Session: 12.30pm - 3.30pm.

30-hour government funding - including a FREE hot lunch:

Full Day: 8.30am – 2.30pm

Extended Nursery Day: 8:30am - 3:30pm

There is an option to extend the nursery day from 2:30pm-3:30pm, which is chargeable at £6.00 per pupil per day or £4.00 per day for children eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium funding.

Eligibility for the additional free entitlement will include households where:

• All parents (whether two-parent families or lone parents) are working and earning the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the National Minimum or Living Wage (includes income received from tax credits or Universal Credit) and/or:
• One/both parent/s is/are away on leave (parental, maternal etc.)
• One/both parent/s is/are on Statutory Sick Pay
• Parents on zero-hours contracts will be eligible, as are those who are registered as self-employed
• One parent is employed and the other parent has either: substantial caring responsibilities and/or disability; is a foster-carer with their own three- and four- year old children
• Parents who are in training will not be eligible as they can receive other Government support
• There is an income cap. If one parent's income exceeds £100k per annum the household will not be eligible

Please note - for those parents not entitled to the 30 hours funded childcare (extended 15 hours free child care), we can offer a paid full time place, at a cost of £120 per week, payable in advance. All full time places are subject to 5 days per week, 38 weeks per year.

Applications for a place in our Nursery can be made directly to the school, by collecting an application form from the school office and returning it directly to the school once completed. Alternatively you can download a copy of the application form using the link below, and returning to us either via email using the following email address - info@harrisprimarykenthouse.org.uk or the school office.

We can assist you with the eligibility criteria for the universal 15 hours free child care and extended 15 hours free child care (30 hours).

Information about the extended 30 hours free childcare can also be found by visiting the following website:

https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare