30hr Provision
Admissions to Nursery at Durham Lane Primary School are managed by the school. Durham Lane Primary School Nursery has a capacity of 36 pupils (15 hours) accessing the provision in the mornings plus an extra 10 pupils (15 hours) are able to access Nursery provision in the afternoon. We are also able to offer 30-hour provision to children who are attending the morning or afternoon nursery. The afternoon nursery 15-hour children who wish to access 30 hour provision can only use their hours between 11.45am – 6pm.
The daily morning session time is: 8.45 am – 11.45 am
Nursery 30-hour provision
We are able to offer some flexibility for our 30-hour provision to include before (morning children only) and after school club wrap around provision (both mornings and afternoon). We have a few flexible options to offer:
- 11.45am – 1pm over lunch (1 hour per session)
- 11.45am – 3pm (3 hours per session)
- 7.30am – 8.45am – Accessing our Morning Club (1 hour per session) – with or without breakfast
- 3pm – 4.30pm – Accessing our After School Club (1 ½ hours per session) this will include a snack tea at 3pm
- 3pm – 6pm – Accessing our After School Club (3 hours) this will include a snack tea at 3pm
Parents will be asked to book these sessions before the start of the school term and they will be fixed for the full term.
Working parents of children aged 3 and 4 years old, could be entitled for up to 30 hours free childcare a week (working is defined as employed persons, self-employed persons, and parents on zero hours contracts who meet the criteria).
As of September 2025, working parents can apply through HMRC for a 30-hour eligibility code from 9 months old.
Children will be given the option to have a school lunch for £3.20 or bring a packed lunch. More information regarding this will be shared once you have booked your places. All Nursery children will continue to be taught in their Nursery environment and will continue to be collected from the Nursery conservatory.
