Information about our Nursery and Reception Class for September 2026 (If your child was born between 1st September 2021- 31st August 2022)

Barley Mow Primary School has an admission limit of 30 pupils in Reception.

We allocate places at Community Primary, Infant and Junior Schools using the policy below and co-ordinate admissions to Gateshead schools using the co-ordinated admission scheme.

The policy is as follows:

Your child will start school at the beginning of the academic year in which they reach the age of five. (An academic year lasts from 1 September in one year to 31 August the following year). Children are entitled to a full time place as soon as they start school, however in most schools, the first term will include an induction period, (a period for your child to get used to school life gradually, generally lasting from September to October). Although, you may request that your child attends school part-time until later in the school year, but not beyond the point that your child reaches compulsory school age.

In addition you may request that your child be admitted to school later in the school year following September 2026, but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age and not beyond the beginning of the final term of the school year (i.e. April 2026).

Nursery Admissions/ 30 Hours Provision

At Barley Mow Nursery, we offer both morning and afternoon places (15 hours provision) as well as 30 hours provision for those families who are eligible, which gives full time provision. Children can begin Nursery the day after their third birthday.

We believe that the Nursery early education is the foundation of your child’s learning journey. We strive to provide children with an outstanding, wide range of rich and valuable learning experiences.

Barley Mow Nursery is led by an experienced qualified teacher who has an in-depth knowledge of how children learn within Early Years. Please note this is not a requirement for private nursery settings.

Session Organisation

Once a child turns three they are entitled to 15 free hours of early education provision. At Barley Mow School Nursery, we offer 5 sessions a week, morning and afternoon, each session lasting 3 hours.

Morning sessions run from 8.50am-12am

Afternoon sessions run from 12.15pm-3.20pm

30 hours Provision

We now provide 30 hours provision to children aged 3-4 for working families. To help support parents we provide slightly more than 30 hours to fit in with the wider school day.

30 hours provision sessions are on Monday to Friday, 8.50am-3.20pm.

Please click the link below to find out if you are eligible and follow the instructions of how to receive your 30 hours provision voucher.

Application Process

To apply for Barley Mow School Nursery please see below for the application form or you are welcome to pick up an application and welcome pack from the school office.

If you would like to visit the school for a tour, please contact the school office on 0191 4102758 and we would be delighted to organise a visit for you.