30 Hour Places & 15 Hour Places Available

Brentside Primary Academy operate a term time only Nursery and offers provision for 15 hours to 30 hours per week for those eligible. 

This enables parents to utilise the 15 hours a week for free early education (the ‘Universal Entitlement’) and the 15 hours per week ‘Extended Entitlement’ for those who are eligible and in possession of a valid HMRC code.

If you are not eligible for 30 hours of free child care, we are still offering the 15 hours of free childcare that is available to all parents. Parents can also pay for the additional 15 hours if they wish to do so, this is currently charged at £6 per hour, £90 per week. This is currently charged on a pay per use basis.

How would 30 hours of provision work?

We would run 2 sessions of 3 hours per day Monday-Friday during term time only, with the following timings:-

• AM Session- 8.45am-11.45am- (3 hours)
• PM Session- 12.30pm – 15.30pm- PM Session (3 hours)

30 Hour Eligibility Checking

To qualify for the new hours, the majority of parents must earn more than £9,518, but less than £100,000 per year.

If you don't work, you might still be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare, if your partner works, or you receive certain benefits.

To check your eligibility for 30 hours free childcare please visit

https://www.gov.uk/check-eligible-free-childcare-if-youre-working

Government Gate Way Account

To check if you are eligible for 30 hours of free child care you will need to create, or login to your Government Gateway account at the following website:-

https://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account

If you do not already have a government gateway account you will need the following to set one up:-

• Your National Insurance number
• Access to a mobile phone or landline
• Details of one or more of the following - your UK Passport, tax credits, P60 or a recent payslip

Childcare Code

If you're eligible for 30 hours of free childcare, you will get a childcare account and a code which you will need to provide to the school prior to the term starting in September.

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

The code must be provided to Brentside Primary Academy before your child starts in our Nursery.

Lunchtime

Nursery pupils can bring a packed lunch from home or have a school meal from our hot lunch range. There is a daily charge for school meals which is currently £2.45. 

Parents will need to set up school meals account with 'Feeding Hungry Minds' our catering provider to pay for these meals if they wish to take up the school meal option. Pupils are only charged for meals they consume.

A school meal account can be set up at the below website

https://parents.feedinghungryminds.co.uk/login

The 45 minute daily lunch period for Nursery pupils' is currently not charged for by Brentside Primary. The pupils are supervised for free, in addition to the 30 hours free Government funded hours. This amounts to an additional 3 hours and 45 minutes per week.

Changing from 15 hours to 30 hours during the school year

You may feel that morning sessions at our Nursery are the right fit for your child intially to get them settled into the routine. If you are eligible for the 30 hours extended entitlement you may choose to extend your child’s Nursery hours later in the year.

Extensions to Nursery hours can be made as long as you have a valid code from the HMRC prior to starting the additional hours

Wraparound Care Place for Nursery Pupils Available

Paid for wraparound care is available at Brentside Primary Academy for nursery pupils if required.

Wraparound care is term time only childcare provsion from 7.45am to 8.45am for Breakfast Club and from 3.30pm-6.00pm for After School Club.

Nursery pupils are able to utilise this provision at an additional cost. Our Wraparound Care is operated on a pay as you use system, so you will only be charged for wraparound sessions that your child attends. Invoices are sent out at the end of each month for sessions used within each month.

For futher information, cost details and sign up details, please see our Breakfast and After School Care page (link below)