Nursery
The nursery at Harris Primary Academy Croydon is an Early Years provision with warm and welcoming staff. Our staff are a dedicated team of individuals who work together in a professional manner to promote a wide and varied Early Years Provision.
Our highly qualified and experienced staff offer the children learning through play based experiences, under the areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This contributes to the development of the ‘whole child’ as our aim is to enable all our children to have fun and foster a love for learning. We welcome your involvement in your child’s learning and development and hold regular open mornings so you can be involved in your child's learning and talk to staff.
At Harris Primary Croydon, we are proud of the unique provision we are able to offer our families. At present, all three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare per week, up to 38 weeks per year. The government has also introduced an extended 15 hours of free childcare per week - 30 hours in total for 38 weeks per year, for those families that are eligible.
We can assist you with the eligibility criteria for the universal 15 hours free child care and extended 15 hours free child care (30 hours).
Information about the extended 30 hours free childcare can also be found by visiting the following website:
https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare
Parents have the option to use either their entitled 15 or 30 hours of free child care or pay for additional provision.
15-hour government funding:
Morning session: 8.40am - 11.40am, or afternoon session: 12.20pm - 3.20pm.
30-hour government funding-including a FREE hot lunch:
Full Day: 8.40am – 2.40pm
Extended nursery day to 8:40am - 3:20pm- including a FREE hot lunch:
There is an option to extend the nursery day to 3.20pm for an additional fee which will be £6.00 per day.
Applications for 2025-2026
In order to apply for a place at the Nursery, parents must complete an express of interest form which is available to download here, or in hard copy from the Academy's main office. Places will be offered if and when spaces become available.
If you would like a tour of the school, please either email: info@harrisprimarycroydon.org.uk or call on 0208 689 7688
Why should you choose our Nursery?
- The Harris Federation has a proven track record of running high quality nursery settings. Currently 100% of our nurseries are judged by Ofsted to be ‘good’ with 91% ‘outstanding’.
- In September 2023, Harris Primary Academy Croydon was judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted. The school has the capacity and expertise to expand our provision to serve even more families within our community.
Our Nursery Class
The Nursery at Harris Primary Academy Croydon is an Early Years provision with warm and welcoming staff, that are a dedicated team of individuals working together to promote high-quality Early Years provision.
Our highly qualified and experienced staff offer the children a learning through play-based experience as required for the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
Our Nursery offers 52 places (26 each session). This is a mixture of full time (30 hours) and part time (15 hours) places, funded. Children can start in Nursery the term after their third birthday, if places are available.
Our Nursery will run term time only in line with the term dates for the main school.
A child may start at the Nursery at different points in the academic year, based on the date of their 3rd birthday.
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Children who will turn 3 years old on or between:
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Application closing date: |
Date child will start at the Nursery (if offered a place) |
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1 April to 31st August |
1st September |
First day of Autumn term in September |
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1 September to 31st December |
4th October |
First day of Spring term in January |
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1st January to 31st March |
24th January |
First day of Summer term in April (depending when Easter falls) |
Applications received after this date will be treated as late applications, and will not be processed until after all on-time applications have been processed, reducing the child's chances of achieving a place.
View our Nursery Admissions Policy for 2024-2025 here.
View our Nursery Admissions Policy for 2025-2026 here.
