We hope to offer you a warm welcome to our Nursery.
Children attend our foundation unit the term after their third birthday. We admit children in September, January and April terms.
We offer five options of provision, totalling 15 hours or 30 hours of free FS1 childcare. We will endeavour to allocate the session times of your choice, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please note that the school will claim funding for the full 15 hours and 30 hours, regardless of the number of actual hours your child attends. Parents are able to submit a request to split the hours should their child sign up to the 15 hours provision. Requests to split the free 15 hour provision need to be made in writing and approved by the Headteacher. The school is able to offer 2 places of split provision at any one time. The 30 hours can only be split by signing up to 15 hours with Bacon Garth Primary and 15 hours at an alternative provider.
Options for those children who are eligible for 15 hours free childcare:
Offer | Days / Times | Total Free Hours |
Full Days – M/T/W Bacon Garth will claim 15 hours funding from the government & provide 1 hour childcare free of charge | Mondays & Tuesday 8.45 – 3.15 Wednesday Morning 8.45 – 11.45 | 16 hours per week |
Full Days – W/Th/F Bacon Garth will claim 15 hours funding from the government & provide ¼ hour childcare free of charge | Wednesday Afternoon 1.00 – 3.15 Thursday & Friday 8.45 – 3.15 | 15 ¼ hours per week |
Mornings Bacon Garth will claim 15 hours funding from the government | Monday to Friday 8.45 to 11.45 | 15 hours per week |
Afternoons We offer this option on the understanding that the school will claim the full 15 hours entitlement | Monday to Friday 1.00 – 3.15 plus the option of 1 morning 8.45 to 11.45 (subject to availability) | 11 ¼ hours per week
14 ¼ hours per week |
We accommodate three nursery spaces of fifteen hours to be split between two providers. Should you wish to split your provision, please put your request in writing.
We are introducing the flexibility of paid sessions, subject to availability, should parents wish to top up their hours. Bacon Garth is part of the government Tax Free Childcare Scheme which parents are able to access through the government’s website. This scheme allows parents to claim back 20% of the cost of additional childcare, up to £500 per year. Charges for additional sessions will be:
Mornings | Afternoons | Full Days |
8.45 – 11.45 £17.00 | 1.00 – 3.15 £13.00 | 8.45 – 3.15 £29.00 |
Those children who are eligible for 30 hours free childcare:
Offer | Days / Times | Total Free Hours |
Full Days – Monday to Friday Bacon Garth will claim 30 hours funding from the government & provide 2.5 hour childcare free of charge | Monday to Friday 8.45 – 3.15
| 32 ¼ hours per week
|
Please note we do offer flexible paid sessions, subject to availability.
Should your child be eligible for 30 hours free childcare, the additional 15 hours can be sourced at any other provider. Bacon Garth Primary will be funded for the first 15 hours. In order to claim your free 30 hours, please ensure you give complete the voucher code session of the form.
The breakfast club is open to FS1 pupils, please speak to the admin team for further details.