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Important Information for Joining Our Waiting List

📝 Register Your Child at Wood St Nursery

Thank you for considering Wood St Nursery for your child’s early years education. Below you’ll find everything you need to know about how to register, how our waiting list works, and what to expect throughout the admissions process.

How Our Waiting Pool Works

We use a waiting pool system, rather than a first-come, first-served list. This means places are offered based on:

  • Your child’s age
  • The days/sessions requested
  • Availability in the appropriate room
  • Whether you have a sibling currently attending
  • Maintaining a balanced age mix across the nursery

This means some families may be offered a place before others who have been waiting longer, if their requirements match the available place more closely.

Important Registration Guidelines

✅ Minimum Requirement:
Places are available for 3+ days per week only.

🍼 Eligibility:
Register only after your baby is born. Children must be at least 11 months old to start.

📆 Intake Dates:
New places offered in January, April, and September. Your child would begin at the next available intake if offered a place.

🔁 Annual Reset:
Waiting list resets every January 31st. Re-register in February to stay on the list.

📨 Offer Process:
We contact the first 3 matching families. If more than one responds, the place goes to the one highest on the list.

🏫 Visits:
Tours offered after a place is offered, to minimise disruption.

🗣️ Communication:
We’ll call first, then email. Make sure your contact info is up to date.

📄 Flexibility Helps:
Flexible days/start dates? Add to your form’s notes — it can improve your chances.

Our Settling-In Process

We provide a gentle, attachment-focused settling-in period to help your child adjust to nursery life.

  • Includes six free 2-hour sessions before starting
  • Sessions may involve you staying at first, then gradually stepping away
  • Followed by a custom transition plan with shorter days until your child feels comfortable

We are an attachment-focused setting, and this phased transition is non-negotiable. You can find more in our Settling-In Policy.

🖊️ Ready to Register?

Please fill out our online registration form.
You will receive an email confirmation once your form is submitted.

👉 Register Now

📧 Didn’t get a confirmation? Contact us at:
enquiries@woodstnursery.co.uk