Nursery Provision
15 & 30-HOUR PLACES AVAILABLE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR NURSERY
2025-2026 SEPTEMBER START
Timings amended March 2025
Nursery applications for September 2025 school year are open for children born between:
1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022.
All children are entitled to 15 hours free early education (15 hours FEE) from the term after their 3rd birthday. We offer the statutory 15 hours free early education (FEE) over five days with children being offered either:
- five mornings: 8:45am – 11:45am
- five afternoons: 12:15pm – 3:15pm
Parents must take up the full 15-hour free provision unless a temporary reduced timetable is agreed as part of an extended transition.
Additionally, we have spaces for 30-hour sessions with the additional hours spread over 2 classes:
- 30-hour session hours: 8:45am – 3:15pm
Our 30-hour provision will be comprised of 15 hours Teacher-led nursery education and either five morning or afternoons with our Early Years professional team (formerly Little Fields Pre-school) these hours also include a free lunch club, with the option to purchase school meals or provide a home packed lunch.
Little Fields was a pre-school childcare setting accommodating children between the ages of 2-4 years old and the staff and buildings now form part of the Early Years Foundation Stage and follows the Early Years Foundation stage framework and Early Learning Goals (ELG’s)
Click here to check your eligibility and for further information on 30-hours childcare
Come and see the school
We welcome visits to our school from prospective families and wherever possible we will try to accommodate this in small groups with our Head Teacher.
To discuss the possibility of a tour please contact the school and our staff will be happy to help please email: admin@fairfields.herts.sch.uk or telephone 01992 633195
New for September 2025 – Rising 3-year-old spaces
We will now be offering 15-hour spaces for rising 3-year-olds for children born between 1st September 2022 and 31st March 2023, who qualify for 15 hours free early education the term following their 3rd birthday.
This provision is for mornings or afternoons 8:45am – 11:45am or 12:15pm – 3:15pm
The rising 3 applications will be for children born between:
- 1st September 2022 and 31st December 2022 for a January 2026 start
- 1st January 2023 and 31st March 2023 for an April 2026 start
Children born between 1st April 2023 and 31st August 2023 will qualify for the following September 2026 start
These places will be allocated under the same admission rules as the main Nursery spaces; however, they will have automatic admission to our main Nursery in the following September.
Nursery Admissions:
Admissions for nursery places in Hertfordshire are managed by individual settings. Therefore, Fairfields Primary School & Nursery, is its own admissions authority for nursery and pre-school places. Please note, a place in our nursery or pre-school does not guarantee a place in Reception, however, we do follow the same admission criteria as Hertfordshire County Council.
Please do not hesitate to call the school office if you have any admission queries.