Welcome to our Nursery!

At Twin Sails Nursery, we provide a warm, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children from the term after their 3rd birthday. Our aim is to foster a love of learning from the very start, offering a rich, engaging curriculum that helps your child grow and develop into a confident, curious, and capable learner.

Eligibility for Twin Sails Nursery

Your child will become eligible for a funded place at our Nursery from the term after their 3rd birthday. 

15 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds

All 3-4 year olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. This is taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. 

Check if you're eligible for free childcare if you're working

Working parents or carers of children aged three to four in England are currently entitled to 30 hours government funded childcare a week. Eligibility depends on whether you're working, your income, your child's age and circumstances, and your immigration status. Full details about eligibility requirements can be found here - Who can get 30 hours of free childcare? 

If your child is three or four years old and you're eligible for 30 hours of government funded childcare, you'll need to fill out an application form online to obtain your 30 hour eligibility code. If you're eligible, you'll get a childcare account and a code, which you'll need to show your childcare provider, along with your child's date of birth and your National Insurance number. 

You'll need to reconfirm your details every three months, or your code will expire

When should I apply for free childcare?

You can make an application at any point in the year. However, to make sure you receive your code, leave plenty of time to apply. The best time to apply depends on when your child turns three. 

Important Changes to Funded Places in the Nursery

We offer all children a place in our Nursery, starting from the term after their third birthday when the 15 hour and 30 hour funding begins.

We offer 15 hours free funding for all children and 30 hours free funding for those families that are eligible.

Following recently updated guidance from the Department of Education, in relation to Early Years Education and Childcare Entitlements, we will be altering our session times slightly. This action is required in order to ensure that free, unbroken access is available to government funded hours for children in pre-school education settings, where they are accessing 6 hours a day (30 hours a week)

Therefore, our bookable hours will now be as follows:

Beyond these hours provided by our Nursery staff, the existing wraparound care offer remains. Please refer to our Wraparound Care terms and conditions, found on the website. 

These new changes are aligned with the new guidance and have been approved by our Trust. If you have any questions, do contact the School Office in the first instance. 

Please collect an application form from our School Office in order to apply for your child's place.

For more information on our wonderful Nursery, the admissions process and to see what we learn, please click below.