Wyndham Park Nursery School
Application Form
(for both 15 and 30 hours places of government funded early education and childcare)
Thank you for your interest in a place at Wyndham Park Nursery School. Please return this form as soon
as possible or by the closing date which is the last day in February of the year your child is due to start at
Wyndham Park Nursery School (information on attached application form). After the closing date, all
applications will be considered and offers of places will be made by the end of March. If the school has
enough places for all of the children applying, then they will all be offered a place. However, if there are
more applicants then places the following process will be followed (as per the school’s admissions policy
which is on our website).
Applications will be split in to 30 hour and 15 hour applications. The number of spaces available will be
evenly split between these two application groups. For the purposes of this exercise children that are
entitled to 30 hours but only wish to take the 15 hour option at Wyndham Park Nursery School will be
considered ‘15 hour children’.
Both the 15 hour applications and the 30 hour applications will be allocated places in the same order using
the following priority criteria:
1.
2.
3.
4.
All looked after and all previously looked after children
Children who have an Education and Health Care plan
Children with a ‘Child in Need Plan’ or a ‘Child Protection Plan’
A brother or sister attending Wyndham Park Nursery school at the time of application who will still
be attending at the expected time of admission
5. Children who will be taking either a full 15 hours or a full 30 hours entitlement with us
6. Closest distance from home to Wyndham Park Nursery School (measured using google maps
driving distance)
Once all 15 and 30 hour places have been allocated, if any spaces remain they will be offered to the
outstanding applicants in the other group continuing to use the criteria above until all applicants have a
place or the school has reached its maximum admission number. If distance is not sufficient to distinguish
between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted.
When a letter offering a place is sent to you, you will be asked to return a form stating your firm preference
for which nursery session you wish your child to attend. Please return this as per the return date on the
offer letter.
You may be aware that the government is making changes to the Early Education and Childcare offer from
September 2017. Currently, 3 and 4-year-old children are eligible for 570 hours of childcare a year –
which at Wyndham Park Nursery School is broken down to 15 hours each week over 38 weeks of the year.
The government has recently confirmed that from September 2017 many working parents of 3 to 4 year
olds in England will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare - rather than the current 15 hours. At
Wyndham Park Nursery school we propose that this will be 30 hours free for 38 weeks per year which is
equivalent to school term times.
Not every child will be eligible for the 30 hours but everyone will still receive the 15 hours free childcare
that is currently available.
The eligibility rules for 30 hours free childcare are as follow:

Your child will be aged 3 or 4 when the scheme starts (September 2017)
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Both parents must be working - or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family
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Each parent earns, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at National Minimum
Wage or National Living Wage
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Each parent must have an annual income of less than £100,000

You live in England
Parents will not necessarily need to actually work 16 hours a week, but rather their earnings must reflect at
least 16 hours of work at NMW or NLW. This means that, when the new entitlement goes live, a working
parent who is over 25 will need to earn a weekly minimum equivalent of £115.20 whereas a working
parent who is 21 will need to earn weekly minimum equivalent of around £107 (at this year’s rates).
Parents on zero contract hours who meet the criteria are included in the entitlement criteria.
In light of these upcoming changes, we are asking you to complete the attached form indicating what you
think you would be entitled to and what provision you would like to take up with us
We have included a list of frequently asked questions about the 30 hours Early Education and Childcare.
If at any time after you have submitted an application, your address or telephone number change please
advise the nursery as we may need to contact you.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Laura Cook
Head Teacher
The 30 Hour Early Education and Childcare Entitlement
Department for Education - published March 2017
Will I qualify for 30 hours free childcare?
Parents of three and four year olds will need to meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for 30 hours free
childcare:

They earn or expect to earn the equivalent to 16 hours at National Minimum or Living Wage over the
coming three months.
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This equates to £120 a week (or c.£6,000 a year) for each parent over 25 years old or £112.80 a week (or
c.£5,800 a year) for each parent between 21 and 24 years old.
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This applies whether you are in paid employment, self-employed or on zero hours contract.
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The parent (and their partner where applicable) should be seeking the free childcare to enable them to work.
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Where one or both parents are on maternity, paternity, shared parental or adoption leave, or if they are on
statutory sick leave.
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Where one parent meets the income criteria and the other is unable to work because they are disabled, have
caring responsibilities or have been assessed as having limited capability to work.

Where a parent is in a ‘start-up period’ (i.e. they are newly self-employed) they do not need to demonstrate
that they meet the income criteria for 12 months.
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If a non-EEA national, the parent must have recourse to public funds.
Who will not qualify?
A parent will not meet the criteria when:
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
Either parent has an income of more than £100,000
Either parent is a non-EEA national and subject to immigration control (and has no recourse to public funds)
What happens if a parent loses eligibility?
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They will receive a “grace period” – this means they will be able to keep their childcare for a short period.
Once the “grace period” has lapsed, the parent may be entitled to the universal 15 hour entitlement.
How do you apply for the 30 hours free childcare?
You'll be able to apply for both the 30-hour scheme and the Tax-Free Childcare scheme through a joint online
application being developed by HMRC. This is because the eligibility requirements for both schemes are aligned.
Application for a place at Wyndham Park Nursery School
Application for academic year:
September 2017 (2017/18)
September 2018 (2018/19)
September 2019 (2019/20)
September 2020 (2020/21)
September 2021 (2021/22)
Name of child
First Name:
Date of birth
/
Date of Birth Range
01/09/13 – 31/08/14
01/09/14 – 31/08/15
01/09/15 – 31/08/16
01/09/16 – 31/08/17
01/09/17 – 31/08/18
Please tick
Surname:
/
Male/Female
Gender
Address
Postcode
Telephone
number
Email address
Please note we operate a paperless
environment and once your child
starts at Wyndham Park Nursery
School, communication will be by
email and text wherever possible.
Country of birth
Nationality
Language(s) child speaks
at home
Name of GP
GP Practice
Name of Health Visitor
If there are any other
professionals who are
working or have worked
with your child then
please list them (e.g.
Speech
Therapist,
Physiotherapist,
Social
Worker)
Name of child
Details of other children in the family
DoB
Does your child already attend an early years setting or child-minder?
If so please give details
Present School
Yes/No
Name of parents/carers
Signature
Please also complete the following:
Is or has your child ever been in public care? **
Will your child be entitled to the Early Years Pupil Premium? ^
Are you awaiting an assessment, diagnosis or any medical reports for your child?
Yes
No
Please give details
Are you in receipt of DLA* for this child?
Please give details
Would you be interested in an earlier start for your child if a place is
available?
Please note that if we have spaces available once the academic year starts
then we do begin to offer them to the children who have just turned 3 who
would normally have to wait until the next academic year to join us. We
do this on date of birth order so please return your application form to us
ASAP as we may be able to offer your child an early place.
** Section 22 Children Act 1989 states the general duty of the Local Authority in relation to children in public care.
Children who are in the care of the Local Authority or who are provided with accommodation, for a continuous
period of more than 24 hours, pursuant to any functions of a social services authority, are children in public care.
Section 22 (3) imposes the duty on a Local Authority looking after a child to safeguard and promote their welfare
and to make such use of services available for children cared for by their parents as appears to the authority to be
reasonable in their case.
^ Families will be entitled to Early Years Pupil Premium if a family is in receipt of one of the following benefits:
Income Support, Income based Jobseekers Allowance, Income related Employment and Support Allowance, Child
Tax Credit (providing you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more
than £16,190), Working Tax Credit Run-on, paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit,
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, The guaranteed element of State pension Credit
Or if the child:
Has been looked after by the local authority in care for at least one day, Has been adopted from care, Has left care
through special guardianship, Is subject to a child arrangement order
*DLA – Disability Living Allowance
Session Preference
Please tick the session you would prefer to be offered when your child starts with us.
Please note that there is no guarantee that you will be offered the session that you request though we
will try our hardest to accommodate all requests.
You will be sent out a firm offer of session time after your application has been processed in March.
The information below just helps us to plan the number of sessions that may be required in the
coming years.
Wyndham Park Nursery School will be provisionally offering the following sessions:
The 30 hours a week offer
8.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday – Friday during term time
Children will need to bring a packed lunch.
or
The 15 hours a week morning offer
8.30 am to 11.30 am Monday – Friday during term time
or
The 15 hours a week afternoon offer
12.00 pm to 3pm Monday – Friday during term time
1. I believe my child will be entitled to the 30 hours early years entitlement of Early Education and would
like the full 30 hours entitlement (8.30 am –2.30 pm Monday-Friday during term time) at Wyndham
Park Nursery School.
2. I believe my child will be entitled to the 30 hours early years entitlement but I only want 15 hours of
Early Education at Wyndham Park Nursery School. I understand I will be able to take the other 15 hours
elsewhere (e.g. with a child minder) if I so wish.
3. I believe my child will not be entitled to the 30 hours and I would like 15 hours of Early Education
(Monday – Friday during term time) at Wyndham Park Nursery School.
If you ticked statement 2 or 3 then please choose your preferred session time from the options below:
The 15 hours a week morning offer
8.30 am to 11.30 am Monday – Friday during term time.
or
The 15 hours a week afternoon offer
12.00 pm to 3.00 pm Monday – Friday during term time.