Nursery
High View Nursery Provision and Offer for Academic year 2026-2027 - Applications now live - deadline to apply 31st January 2026
Children may join our pre-school nursery the term after they turn three. Our main intake will be in the Autumn term in September 2026. In the event we still have spaces, we may be in a position to offer a January 2027 or April 2027 intake. However, this is never guaranteed and parents should not rely on a place being available for their child.
Children born between 1st September 2022 and 31st March 2024 are eligible to apply. Please read our Application and FAQ guide published below, which outlines our nursery offer, eligible start dates and will answer any questions you may have.
From September 2026 there will be 24 spaces available in our nursery.
Nursery Admission Criteria from September 2026
We will be prioritising children who are eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare. Families who receive 30-hour funding will be offered places first, 15-hour funded places will only be offered where spaces remain after allocating 30-hour funded places.
We want to reassure families that this decision has been made carefully. Nursery funding is essential to keeping our provision sustainable. By ensuring we are funded for the maximum number of hours, we can continue to offer high-quality early years education, maintain staffing levels, and provide the resources and experiences your children deserve.
There are a number of other local nursery settings who continue to offer 15-hour funded hours.
We have amended our attendance hours to help create a calmer and more consistent routine for the children. Having lots of different start and finish times was becoming difficult to manage and was causing some disruption for the nursery setting and our Reception classes, who share the Early Years space with the nursery. These changes will help us make sure all children have a smoother, more settled experience throughout the day.
Nursery Model from September 2026
1st Priority - 30-hour funded places
Our nursery setting will be open between 8.40am and 3.10pm each day. The 30 hours of funding will be allocated across four and half days, with funding used for the following hours.
Monday - 8.40am to 3.10pm = 6.5 hours
Tuesday 8.40am to 3.10pm = 6.5 hours
Wednesday 8.40am to 12.40pm = 4 hours
Thursday 8.40am to 3.10pm = 6.5 hours
Friday 8.40am to 3.10pm = 6.5 hours
Total funded hours = 30 hours
Additional hours (30+)
Our 30-hour funded families will have the option to pay for an additional 2.5 hours on Wednesday afternoons, to enable their child to remain in the nursery setting until 3.10pm. The cost for this will be £17.50 per week, payable half termly in advance. This is our 30+ option.
If parents do not wish to pay for the extra hours on Wednesdays, their child will need to be collected from nursery at 12.40pm.
Lunch
Children will be in nursery for lunch each day and will have the option to pay for a school provided meal, current cost £2.65 per day (this may increase for school year 2026-2027) or you can provide a healthy packed lunch.
2nd Priority - 15-hour funded places
If spaces still remain after our 30-hour applicants have been offered places, we may be in a position to offer 15-hour funded places.
For our 15-hour children the funded hours will be spread across 5 mornings.
Monday to Friday - 8.40am to 11.40am 3 hours per day = 15 hours
Due to the changes to our nursery opening times, we are no longer able to offer 15-hour funded afternoon-only places within our nursery setting.
We would like to stress there is no guarantee 15 funded hour spaces will be available, so we encourage parents to apply to other local nursery settings who do offer 15-hour funded places, so they have a backup option if we are unable to offer a place.
Additional hours (15+)
Our 15-hour families will have the option to pay for an additional 3.5 hours per day to enable their child to remain in the nursery setting until 3.10pm. The cost for this will be £24.50 per day, payable half termly in advance. This will be our 15+ option.
If parents do not wish to pay for the extra hours, their child will need to be collected from nursery at 11.40am.
Lunch for 15+ children
Children on our 15+ option will be in nursery for lunch each day and will have the option to pay for a school provided meal, current cost £2.65 per day (this may increase for school year 26-27) or you can provide a healthy packed lunch.
Please note the lunchtime provision is only available for children on our 30 hours, 30+ and 15+ options.
How do I apply for a space in nursery for school year 2026-2027?
If your child was born between 1st September 2022 and 31st March 2024 you will be eligible to apply for a nursery place. Any applications received for children born outside of this date range will be rejected.
Please ensure you have read our Nursery Application and FAQ guide before you apply.
Below is a link to our online application form, once completed and submitted this will automatically be returned to us and you will receive a copy of your application via email.
High View Nursery 2026-2027 - Application Form
Once we have processed your application, we aim to respond within 2 working days. You will receive an email from our admissions assistant, providing you with your application reference number and details of any supporting documents you need to provide to support your application.
The deadline for making your application is 31st January 2026.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us on 0208 688 3563 Option 2 for admissions.
High View Nursery Applications for School Year 2025/2026 - Application Process -CLOSED - CURRENT NURSERY IS FULL
Children may join our nursery the term after they turn three. Children with dates of birth between 1st September 2021 and 31st March 2023 will be eligible to apply for places for the academic year September 2025 to July 2026.
Our published deadline for completing an application was 15th January 2025 and we continued to accept late applications up until the end of January 2025.
Our school nursery is now at full capacity so we are unable to offer any further places. As such we are not able to accept any applications for nursery for this current year.
Updated November 2025