Admissions
Applications to Burnt Tree for Reception through to year 6 are made through Sandwell School Admissions.
Please follow the links.
An admission booklet with further information is available for you to view and download by following the link.
Applications for a place in Nursery are made directly to the school.
Download and complete an application form from the link and bring it into the school office with your child’s original BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
Nursery entitlement
At present, all three and four year old children are entitled to receive 15 hours of free, flexible early education/childcare per week, 38 weeks per year. As a school, we offer part time places for 15 hours per week, this is either a morning or afternoon place.
We also offer a number of full time places - 30 hours per week, for up to 38 weeks per year, for 3 and 4 year olds whose parents are working.
The aim is to help families by reducing the costs of childcare, to support parents to increase the number of hours they work and/or encourage them into employment. However, this increase will only be available to families who meet certain criteria. The information we have with regard to who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare, is as below:
Who will be eligible?
The additional hours will be available to families where:
Your child will be aged 3 or 4
Both parents must be working – or the sole parent is working in a one parent family
Each parent earns, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at
National minimum or National Living wage
Each parent must have an annual income of less than £100,000
You must live in England
How do I apply for the additional hours?
There will be an application process for 30 hours free childcare in order to prove your eligibility, this will have to be renewed every 3 months to ensure parents are still working and meet the criteria for the funding. For further information contact Sandwell family information service on 0121 569 4914
Nursery provision at Burnt Tree
At Burnt Tree, we have 26 places in both the morning and afternoon sessions. We are able to offer up to 10 of these places as full time places which can be either Government funded or paid for by parents. These places will be offered on a first come first served basis. We are able to offer several alternatives; you can apply for any one of the following for your child:
A free place for 15 hours per week – Monday to Friday, 3 hours each day, specifying mornings or afternoons for the week.
A free place for 30 hours per week – Monday to Friday, 6 hours each day – morning and afternoon sessions, if you meet the criteria and subject to availability.
A 30 hour per week place – Monday to Friday, 6 hours each day – morning and afternoon sessions, for families who do not meet the criteria who will then have to pay for hours in addition to their 15 free hours, (subject to availability).
You may pay top up for extra morning sessions or afternoon sessions on top of your free 15 hours. Eg, if you have 5 mornings, you may pay for extra sessions in the afternoon. (subject to availability)
If your child attends full time or for a full day, you will need to provide a packed lunch or pay for a school meal. There will also be a charge for the lunchtime provision. This is in addition to the 30 hours. So even if you are eligible for the free 30 hours there will be an additional charge for lunchtime.
Details of the costs for all of our options are detailed below:
Costs
A free 15 hour place – No charge.
A free 30 hour place with your child staying in Nursery during lunchtime and having a school meal – A charge of £2.50 per day for lunchtime supervision plus the cost of a daily school meal, currently £2.50 per day. (£25.00 per week)
A free 30 hour place with your child staying in Nursery during lunchtime and having a packed lunch from home – A charge of £2.50 per day for lunchtime supervision. (£12.50 per week).
A 30 hour place, where you have 15 free hours and 15 paid hours and your child staying in Nursery during lunchtime and having a school meal – A Nursery charge of £12.00 per day plus a charge of £2.50 per day for lunchtime supervision plus the cost of a daily school meal, currently £2.50 per day. (£85.00 per week).
A 30 hour place, where you have 15 free hours and 15 paid hours and your child staying in Nursery during lunchtime and having a packed lunch from home – A Nursery charge of £12.00 per day plus a charge of £2.50 per day for lunchtime supervision. (£72.50 per week).
In addition to the above you can also pay for a morning or afternoon top up session at a cost of £12.00 per session plus a charge of £2.50 per day for lunchtime supervision. (£14.50 per day)
In addition to the above you can also pay for a morning or afternoon top up session at a cost of £12.00 plus school meal and lunchtime supervision @£5.00 per day. (£17.00 per day)
We also offer breakfast club which is booked and paid for in advance.