Nursery places are allocated in accordance with our Nursery Admissions Policy. Bentfield Nursery offers free early years provision for 3 and 4 year olds through the government funded 15 and 30 hours schemes, as well as funding for 2 year olds for those families that are eligible. 

Parents can check their availability and apply for funding via the best start in life government website.

A funding form will need to be completed each year to verify your child's attendance at our Nursery. If you are entitled to 30 hours funding you will need to provide a code on this form to show your child is eligible. This code will be provided after an application has been made via the government website. You must keep up to date with your entitlement for funding, if you do not meet the deadlines set by HMRC to reapply for this, you may lose your funding and will be charged for hours at the Nursery when your child attends.

Please note that we are unable to split government funding with any other childcare provider and it is not possible to roll over any unused government funded sessions to subsequent days or weeks.

If parents/carers decide to move their child out of nursery mid-term, the funding will remain with Bentfield Nursery until the end of that term and cannot be transferred to another setting.

Voucher Payments
For Parents who are eligible, you can pay for Nursery Fees with Childcare Vouchers. Please contact our school office or your voucher provider to see if we use or are listed on your childcare voucher provider website.