Nursery Admissions
Nursery Admissions 2026
Mandeville Primary School offers 15 hours per week over five morning sessions (3 hours per session, 8.50am to 11.50am). This is a non-flexible place five days a week, 3 hours per day.
We also now offer, 30 hours extended childcare, Monday to Friday 8.50am – 3.20pm, funded by the Government's 30 hours childcare scheme. The 30 hours option involves payment of £4.00 per day (subject to change) to cover the cost for last session of the day as this is above the 30 hour free entitlement.
If you are not eligible for 30 hours you can also pay for this option at a cost of £26 per session (subject to availability).
We also provide a Lunch Club which can be added to the end of our morning Nursery sessions from 11.50am to 12.50pm, at a cost of £5 per day (subject to availability).
Our nursery is only available to children in the year before they start compulsory education (e.g. the academic year in which they turn 4).
Nursery Lunch Club General Information
Our Nursery Lunch Club has been set up to allow the children an extra hour at nursery and to eat a packed lunch brought from home in the company of other nursery children, supervised by our nursery lunchtime staff.
Lunchbox Information:
Your child will need to bring their own healthy packed lunch. Please follow our do’s and don’ts for packed lunches.
| Lunchbox Do’s | Lunchbox Don’ts |
Do clearly name your child’s packed lunch box | Don’t include any nuts in your child’s packed lunch (Beware of items that may include nuts, including cereal bars, peanut butter, etc) |
Do provide a healthy and balanced lunch | Don’t include fizzy drinks or glass bottles |
Do make sure your child can access the food easily | Don’t give your child sweets or a whole chocolate bar |
Do make sure any drink is in a carton or a bottle with a sports lid (water is always available at Nursery) | |
| Do make sure your child’s lunch box is clean |
If you would like your child to attend our school, please see the full details of our admission arrangements below. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 01727 519220 or email: admin@mandeville.herts.sch.uk, who will be happy to help you.