Admissions

The Registration Process
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To register your child, please complete our registration form digitally and return it to the School Office via email. There is a non-refundable registration fee that will secure your child to the registration/waiting list of the nursery located closest to your home (see map).
We would be delighted to welcome you to a tour of our Nursery School hosted by the Head Teacher or the Principal. This will give you the opportunity to experience first-hand our happy setting and ask any questions you might have about our settling in process, curriculum, the staff team, and the daily programme.

Registering Prior to Birth
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We often accept registration forms prior to the birth of your child, for those parents who feel comfortable in sending it to us. On the registration form please put TBC where it requests first name and the baby's due date where it requests date of birth. Once your baby is born, please make sure that you inform the Admissions Department via marmaladeschools@gmail.com with your Child's Full Name and Date of Birth.

Date of Birth

Your child’s exact date of birth will affect your future offer. It is important that you inform us of your child’s date of birth if you submit a due date on your registration form. Children are placed in a year group according to their age and academic year. Please record your child’s DOB in the British Format, DD/MM/YYYY. To be eligible to attend the our nurseries, children must be 2 years old at the start of the term.

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‍Allocation of Places

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We offer a child a place based on the availability of spaces in the classrooms. A place is usually offered on the basis of the following order of priority:

Current child wishing to increase sessions
Sibling already in the school
Sibling*
Amount of sessions
Date of request

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*Marmalade Schools offers a sibling priority on the waitlist. However we still do require parents to register their younger children as early as possible. Whilst our registration policy will help siblings, it should be noted that we cannot offer places if the school is full. Please note that we also look at dates of birth and gender to balance our classes.

Guide Notice for Starting Dates
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Autumn Term
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The Autumn Term (starting September) is the beginning of the academic year and our main intake. Offers for Autumn Term places are sent out in May prior.
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Other terms
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The Spring and Summer Term offers are sent out when space becomes available since these places usually only become available when a child leaves the school creating space. Many younger children start in the afternoon and look to move to the morning as space becomes available.
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Waitlist Information
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You are welcome to call the Schools Office for an update, however we will be in touch by email as soon as we have any news. Whilst we would like to offer all families a place at MarmaladeSchools, places are limited, and registration does not guarantee entry. Unfortunately, it is impossible to predict exactly when we will be able to offer your child a place and we are restricted by the number of children that we can have in a classroom and which academic year your child will be eligible for.
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Please note our Registration Lists (waitlists) are different for each school and year group. We do not give out a waitlist number as the lists are constantly changing. The offering process is an ongoing procedure throughout the year. If your child does not receive a place to start in your requested term, they will remain on the waitlist until a place becomes available.

The Offer
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When you are offered a place, it is as per your registration and the priorities on our waitlist. If you request to change your offer, please note that your child will be placed back on the waitlist until those particular sessions are available. If you accept an offer of a place, your child can remain on our waitlist for any changes or session increases. Current children have a priority on the waitlist. We expect all children to complete their journey at Marmalade Schools, up to and including theSummer term prior to leaving for Reception.
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Acceptance Deadline
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When you are offered a place, you will only be given a week in order to accept the place. This isto help everyone on the waitlist.

Accepting a Place
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In order to accept a place, Parents are required to pay the Acceptance Fee – a Deposit.
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Acceptance Fee – Deposit
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The Acceptance Fee is payable when you accept a place at Marmalade Schools. The AcceptancePayment, which is non-refundable, is deducted from your child’s Summer Term Invoice prior toReception or with a term’s notice given at the required time and detailed below.

Updates & Responses
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Please let us know any changes that you wish to make your waitlist requests. Any updates should be made in writing to marmaladeschools@gmail.com. We do ask that you inform us if you wish to be removed from our waitlist and to respond even if you do not wish to accept the place offered, as we are reliant on your answer in order to offer the place to the next child on the waitlist.

Requests for Changes to a Nursery Place‍

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Any request for a change to the agreed start date (or deferment) must be a term in advance and confirmed by email by the Schools Office. We are not able to guarantee a place the following term and should you then wish to withdraw your child’s application to join the School your acceptance fee remains non-refundable.
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Decreasing the number of Sessions
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Should you wish to decrease to the number of sessions your child attends or is due to attend, we ask you to provide the Nursery with a term’s written notice which must then be confirmed by email by the Schools Office. ‍

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Cancelling a Confirmed Nursery Place (prior to starting)‍

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Should you wish to cancel your child's place at Marmalade Schools, we ask for a term's notice by email which must then be confirmed by email by the Schools Office. Notice must be received by the following dates for the notice to be applicable:

Starting in the Autumn Term (September): Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Summer Term.
Starting in the Spring Term (January): Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Autumn Term (September).
Starting in the Summer Term (April): Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Spring Term (January).

Notice for Termination of a Nursery Place after the Agreed Start Date

Should you wish to withdraw your child from Marmalade Schools, we ask for a term’s notice by email which must then be confirmed by email by the Schools Office. Notice must be received by the following dates for the notice to be applicable for the forthcoming term:

Leaving Date end of Autumn Term: Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Autumn Term.
Leaving Date end of Spring Term: Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Spring Term.
Leaving Date end of Summer Term: Notice must be given prior to 1st week of the Summer Term.

Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions