Nursery Admissions 

If you wish to apply, please download and return the registration form.  Children can start 3rd birthday (privately funded). Funding starts the term after their 3rd birthday.

Where places are oversubscribed children will be offered their place in order of the criteria set out in the Nursery Admissions Policy.  

If you have any question please contact the school office on enquiries@trinity.bwmat.org or telephone 01275 397710.

Information about 30 hours of Free Childcare

All children aged 3 or 4 years old are eligible for 15 hours a week of free early education.   From September 2017 the government is extending free childcare from 15 hours to 30 hours a week for working parents earning the equivalent of the National Minimum wage or National Living wage for 16 hours a week.

Eligibility

 To check your eligibility go to:

Childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

Applying for 30 hours free childcare

You'll be able to apply for 30 hours free childcare and Tax-Free Childcare in a single online childcare service application.  You will need to apply for the extended 15 hours offer via www.gov.uk where you will receive a code which you will need to take to your chosen childcare provider.   

If you are eligible for 30 hours free childcare and once you have applied for your unique 11 digit reference number, you should take that code to your provider along with your National Insurance number and your child’s birth certificate to secure your free childcare place.  Your childcare provider will check the code with the local authority and confirm your eligibility.

Reconfirming your eligibility

Every three months, you'll need to reconfirm that you're still eligible for 30 hours free childcare. You'll be reminded to reconfirm you're still eligible 4 weeks before the deadline. If you also receive Tax-Free Childcare, you'll be able to reconfirm your eligibility for both schemes at the same time.

You don't need to take your code to your provider or local authority every time you reconfirm however, you should notify your provider if you fall out of eligibility.

You can apply for 30 hours free childcare for another child at any time.  The point at which you'll need to reconfirm will be aligned for all children.  This means that you won't need to go online to reconfirm at different points in the month for each child.  

If you don't reconfirm, your childcare provider and local authority will be told that you no longer meet the requirements for a free childcare place.

If you become ineligible you may still be able to access your free childcare place for a short period, known as a 'start up period'.  You can check what your start up period arrangements are with your childcare provider or local authority. If you're no longer eligible, you can still access the 15 hour universal early education entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds.

There is also information available on the North Somerset Council website

http://nsod.n-somerset.gov.uk/kb5/northsomerset/directory/advice.page?id=hnE-_DGh-14#

Please Note: At the time of writing the HMRC cannot check your availability for the extended entitlement yet.  All you can do at the moment is based on the criteria listed above, you can give the provider an indication of whether you are likely to be eligible when applying for a place.  Parents can sign up to receive an alert on when to apply for the new childcare schemes.

This is the link https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/childcare-schemes-interest/welcome