Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy offers a nursery provision for rising 3-year-olds (N1) and rising 4-year-olds (N2). Currently, we are able to provide 26 part-time places every weekday morning during the school term.
We are able to offer these places to children aged 3 and 4 (please refer to the details below). Funding for 3- and 4-year-olds begins in the term after the child turns 3. Please note that children can only start attending our nursery once they reach this age.
Our nursery provision operates during the school term and is closed during school holidays and INSET days. Our aim is to offer as many places to as many children as possible, whilst ensuring we maximise our capacity and encourage children that are likely to start their primary education at the Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy. This helps us maintain the sustainability of our nursery provision and ensure we can have the maximum impact on our local community.
How to Apply?
Families wishing to apply for a place in the Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy’s Nursery Provision, will need to complete the online ‘Nursery Application Form’ (linked above). Alternatively, where this is not possible a paper application can be collected from the academy office.
What happens next?
Once the academy receives the application form, your child’s application will be processed and placed on the application list to be considered for a place in September 2025, alongside all other on-time applications received. The deadline for applications for children applying for a Nursery place starting in September 2025 is 2nd May 2025. The application list will be reviewed, and applications will be ranked according to the published admission arrangements linked below, in mid-May 2025. Formal offers for places will be made during the week commencing 26th May 2025, for the September 2025 intake.
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy (Nursery Admission Arrangements 2025-26)
When will my child be eligible to start during the 2025-26 academic year?
| Academic Year 2025/26 | Eligibility | Child’s D.O.B. | Eligible to Start |
| N2 | Children are eligible for an N2 place if they turn 3 before 31st August 2025 | 1st Sept 2021 – 31st Aug 2022 | Beginning of term on or after 1st Sept 2025 |
| N1 | Children are eligible for an N1 place in the term after they turn 3. | 1st Sept 2022 – 31st Dec 2022 | Beginning of term on or after 1st Jan 2026 |
| N1 | Children are eligible for an N1 place in the term after they turn 3. | 1st Jan 2023 – 31st Mar 2023 | Beginning of term on or after 1st April 2026 |
Admission into the Nursery Provision does not guarantee a Reception place the following year. Details of how to apply for Reception places in September 2025 will be sent to you via your Home Local Authority in the Autumn Term of 2024-2025. For further information on applying to Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy please visit our ‘How to Apply to Reception’ page.
How to Apply?
Families wishing to apply for a place in the Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy’s Nursery Provision, will need to complete the online ‘Nursery Application Form’ (linked above). Alternatively, where this is not possible a paper application can be collected from the academy office.
What happens next?
Once the Academy receives your application form, your child’s application will be processed within 10 school days, and their name will be placed on the waiting list. The waiting list will be reviewed if a place becomes available, and applications (for those eligible to start when the place becomes available) will be ranked according to the criteria below.
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy (Nursery Admission Arrangements 2024-25)
When will my child be eligible to start during the 2024-25 academic year?
| Academic Year 2024/25 | Eligibility | Child’s D.O.B. | Eligible to Start |
| N2 | Children are eligible for an N2 place if they turn 3 before 31st Aug 2024 | 1st Sept 2020 – 31st Aug 2021 | Beginning of term on or after 1st Sept 2024 |
| N1 | Children are eligible for an N1 place in the term after they turn 3. | 1st Sept 2021 – 31st Dec 2021 | Beginning of term on or after 1st Jan 2025 |
| N1 | Children are eligible for an N1 place in the term after they turn 3. | 1st Jan 2022 – 31st Mar 2022 | Beginning of term on or after 1st April 2025 |
For all admissions enquiries, please email admissions@archwaytrust.co.uk, making sure to include your child’s name and date of birth to assist us in responding to your enquiry.