Nursery & Preschool

Welcome to Little Robins Nursery & Preschool

At Robins Lane Community Primary School, we are very lucky to have our amazing Nursery and Preschool. Our Nursery welcomes children from the 2nd birthday and our Preschool welcomes children following their 3rd birthday.

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Nursery Admissions

Our 2-year old Nursery has three admission intakes each year, at the start of each term - one in September, January and April. Children are eligible to start in our Nursery in the term following their 2nd birthday. For example;

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Preschool Admissions

Our pre-school Nursery has three admission intakes each year, at the start of each term - one in September, January and April. Children are eligible to start in our Nursery in the term following their 3rd birthday. For example;

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To register for our Nursery or Preschool waitlist, please click below;

Click Here For Our Nursery & Preschool Waitlist Registration

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Our Published Admission Number (PAN)

If you make an application to St Helens Council for our Nursery and are told we are full, please contact the school directly as we may still be able to offer you a place. This is because Robins Lane Nursery operates as a Local Authority 'Maintained' Nursery and a Private, Voluntary & Independent (PVI) Nursery. There is no difference to your child which setting allocates the place - the funding, hours and everything else is exactly the same. We added the PVI setting to expand our Nursery as we have lots of space to occupy more than 26 children. 

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Funding

Children who are 2 may entitled to 15-hours funding via 'Passport for 2's' or 'Childcare Choices' for working parents. The funded 15-hours are taken as follows at Robins Lane;

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All children who are 3 are entitled to 15-hours funding. The funded 15-hours are taken as follows at Robins Lane in our Maintained Preschool;

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2-Year Old Funding

To check if you are eligible for 15-hours funding for your 2-year old, you can check the following two access routes;

For 'Passport for 2's' (parents in receipt of certain benefits) click here: https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/5254/Passport-for-2s

For working parents, click here: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/upcoming-changes-to-childcare-support/

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30-Hours Free Childcare for 3/4 Year Olds

Working parents may be eligible for 30-hours free childcare. You can check your eligibility here;

https://www.childcarechoices.org

If eligible for 30-hours childcare, the hours are taken as follows;

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Charges

If you are not eligible for funding, but still wish for your child to attend Nursery, the charges are;

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Tax Free Childcare

As well as funded hours, parents may also be eligible for tax-free childcare for any additional, top-up payments made to extend your child's childcare.

You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

If you get tax-free childcare, you’ll set up an online childcare account for your child. For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your provider.

You can get tax-free childcare at the same time as 15 or 30 hours free childcare if you're eligible for both.

For more information about tax-free childcare, please visit https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

For more details on our Maintained and Little Robins Preschool and Nursery, please click on the documents below. 

For further information about admissions, please visit https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/5714/School-admission-arrangements

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USEFUL LINKS

To apply for 15-hours childcare in our Preschool via St Helens Council, please visit https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/5486/Apply-online

Please do not worry if you are told by St Helens Council that our Preschool is full. Just get in touch with us as we can still offer places* via our PVI structure.

To apply for 30-hours childcare in our Preschool, you'll need to obtain an eligibility code from Childcare Choices https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

You'll then need to complete the following form and return it to school; /uploads/152/page/26828244_page_file.pdf

To apply for funding for your 2-year-old in our Nursery, please complete the following form /uploads/152/page/26828244_page_file.pdf

You will need to obtain an eligibility code from the Childcare Choices Website https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

OR;

Come to school with your 'Passport for 2's'.

*Places are subject to availability.