Entry to Little Owls Nursery

Applications for Nursery places are dealt with by our school office team. Please complete the Registration of Interest for Future Admission form - click here or if you have any questions call us on 01902 500450 or email our Office Manager, Mrs Robbins office@perton-first.staffs.sch.uk

2 Year Olds and Rising Three’s

Places are offered in order of which registration of interest forms are received. and are subject to availability. 15 hours funding is now available for working parents of 2 year olds. Please go to https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/how-apply-help-childcare-working-parents for full information. Please note: Funding is planned to increase from 15 to 30 hours for working parents of 2 year olds in September 2025.

If you are in receipt of a Think 2 voucher please provide school office with a copy so that we can arrange for the funding claim to be processed. Please use this link to view the eligibility criteria for Think2 funding. https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Children-and-early-years/Childcare/think2/fundedplacesfortwoyearolds.aspx 

If you are not eligible for any funding, then you may secure a place for your child and pay the fees directly to school.

Funding must be applied for the term before which you are claiming:

•             1 January - 31 March, funded places can start in the summer term (from 1 April);

•             1 April - 31 August, funded places can start in the autumn term (from 1 September);

•             1 September - 31 December, funded places can start in the spring term (from 1 January);

Entry Reception classes

Applications for Reception places are dealt with by Staffordshire County Council, phone: 0300 111 8000 or click on admissions link (at the bottom of this page). Staffordshire County Council handle all questions and issues arising; schools remain neutral in this process.

We have one intake each year, at the start of the Autumn Term.

Reception pupils are normally admitted to school in the September following their 4th birthday- we have a maximum intake of 60 children. Prospective parents are most welcome to make an appointment to look around our school.

Parents should make the application for their child in the Autumn of the year before their child starts school. Places are allocated in the late Spring / early Summer Term. Following this stage, some parents choose to appeal to Staffordshire County Council if their choices have not been met.

Once we know our exact intake, we begin the process of ensuring every child's entry into school is happy and relaxed. In the Summer Term before the September start, parents are invited to an Open Evening to find out more about how we work and ask any questions they might still have. This meeting also gives parents the opportunity to meet and talk with the Reception class teacher and other support staff.

Children are invited to visit the Reception class and stay for induction day. 

Entry into Years 1 - Years 4

Parents of older children, moving into the area, are welcome to make an appointment to visit the school and to discuss admission with the Headteacher. As with entry into Reception, all applications for places are dealt with by Staffordshire County Council. click here for more information