Our nursery is open to all three year olds the term after they turn three years old.
Each three year old is entitled to 15 universal nursery hours per week during term time until they reach reception age irrespective of background or family circumstances. Parents and carers are required to apply for a place at Ladybrook Primary School through the council website:
https://www.stockport.gov.uk/start/apply-for-a-maintained-nursery-place.
Whilst all three year olds receive the universal 15 hours, some children will be entitled to the extended 15 hours at nursery. You will be eligible for the 30 hours funding if you meet the following criteria:
• Both parents must be working(or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family), and each parent earns a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at national minimum wage or living wage, and less than £100,000 per year
• working will include employed and self-employed persons
• in general families where one parent does not work (or neither parent works) will not be eligible for these additional hours
• both parents are employed but one or both parents is temporarily away from the workplace on parental, maternity or paternity leave
• both parents are employed but one or both parents is temporarily away from the workplace on adoption leave
• both parents are employed but one or both parents is temporarily away from the workplace on statutory sick pay
• one parent is employed and one parent has substantial caring responsibilities based on specific benefits received for caring or one parent is employed and one parent is disabled or incapacitated based on receipt of specific benefits.
If you believe that you are eligible to apply then you will be able to apply through:
https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/apply-for-free-childcare-if-youre-working
You can also check what help you could get with childcare costs and an indication of your eligibility for 30 hours childcare via the portal www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Please note that whilst we do follow the Stockport Admissions policy, we reserve the right to allow staff’s children to attend our nursery.