Nursery contact details

Please contact nursery on this number: 01293 582 301

To report your child absent:

Please note: it is your responsibility to report your child absent, you will need to contact the school every day that your child is absent. 

Please call the main school office on 01293 526737, option number 1 and leave a message stating your child's name, class and the reason for absence. 

Alternatively you can email the office on: office@northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk with the details mentioned above. 

Nursery Admissions

We are now currently full in Nursery and are not accepting any more children. Our next intake will be in January 2025 if any children leave. 

As we only have a limited number of spaces in Nursery, we may not have spaces in every intake. This varies and will depend if any children leave or move on to Reception. 

Please apply for the 30 hour funding (only available if BOTH parents are working) via the website:

https://www.gov.uk/get-extra-early-years-funding

Please note: We will only contact parents IF and WHEN a space is available. 

When to apply

We currently only accept children one school term AFTER they have turned 3. Children on the waitlist who are not yet 3 will not be considered until AFTER they have turned 3. 

Once you have been offered a place in Nursery

Please make sure any paperwork is completed in a timely manner as this may impact when your child can start nursery. 

ALL children coming to nursery are required to complete a Free Entitlement Form, regardless if they attend 15 or 30 hours. 

Please note: Admissions will require a copy of your child's birth certificate and passport BEFORE your child can start nursery. Please ensure that any forms we have asked you to complete are filled in and handed into the school office. 

The deadline to hand in all forms for September 2024:

If you fail to hand in ALL forms and Documents by the deadline specified, your child's nursery space will be withdrawn, and you will be refused entry in nursery. Your child cannot start nursery without the completion of ALL paperwork. 

We reserve the right to request further supporting documentation where necessary to confirm the identity of the child seeking admission. We also reserve the right to request documentation to confirm residence at the application address- places secured using false information will be withdrawn. 

Failure to provide requested documentation will also lead to places being withdrawn. 

If you fail to provide all forms, and documentation by the given deadline, your child's nursery space will be withdrawn and their place will be allocated to another child on the waitlist. 

ANY FORMS MUST BE HANDED INTO THE SCHOOL OFFICE DIRECTLY- PLEASE DO NOT HAND IN ANY PAPERWORK TO THE NURSERY

Nursery Uniforms

Nursery do have a purple uniform (T- shirt and sweatshirt) which can be purchased from the Nursery directly. It is not compulsory for you to send your child in uniform, but they can be purchased if you want one. 

Please note: Nursery only accept cash payment for uniforms. 

Prices for uniform

Individually:

T- shirt: £6.30

Sweatshirt: £11

 or if you purchase both together they are £15 for one T-shirt and a sweatshirt. 

Current Nursery Timings 

Session A: Monday and Tuesday: 9am- 3pm, Wednesday 9-11:45am

Session B: Weds 12-3pm, Thursday- Friday 9-3pm

Session C: 30 hours- Monday- Friday 9am-3pm (only with a 30 hour code)

Please make sure you collect and drop children on time,

if you are running late please inform nursery as soon as possible on 01293 582 301

Free entitlement

We are required to have a Free Entitlement Form for all children in nursery, whether your child attends for 15 hours or 30 hours.

If your child attends nursery for 30 hours, you will need to apply for a 30 hour code from the West Sussex County Council website BEFORE your child can start attending nursery full time.

You will need to create an account and apply for the funding. West Sussex will then send you a 30- hour code which goes on the free entitlement form. 

Without this code your child cannot attend full time at our nursery, they will only be entitled to 15 hours. 

Once you have completed the waitlist request form, please either email it to us to the following email address: office@northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk, or hand it in to the office in the main school building.

Once you have completed the free entitlement form, please hand it in to Mrs Robinson in our Nursery.