{"id":140,"date":"2012-02-01T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:33:35","slug":"joining-nursery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/?page_id=140","title":{"rendered":"Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheatley Nursery school can offer 24 places per session under 3s and 52 places per session for 3-5 year olds.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your child can start Nursery at any stage from the term after their second birthday and stay until they are 5.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Children join&nbsp;us&nbsp;from a number of local villages across South Oxfordshire including Wheatley, Holton, Forest Hill, Waterperry, Waterstock, Cuddesdon and&nbsp;Garsington.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Children&#8217;s names can be added to our waiting list at any time from birth. &nbsp;We will contact you as your child approaches their second birthday&nbsp;to begin the registration process. &nbsp;<strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time you can let us know if you would like a place for your child when they are 2 or if you would rather remain on the waiting list until he\/she is older. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Some children have already spent time in other nurseries, attended toddler groups or spent time with childminders. &nbsp;For other children, this is the first step away from home comforts.&nbsp; All children are encouraged to come and visit nursery on one of our open afternoons, or come to nursery for a short visit with their parent\/carer, so that they can start to feel comfortable in new surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Before their first day, their key person&nbsp;will visit them at home to make sure any questions can be answered before the first day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Once your child starts nursery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When attendance is consistent it helps children to become familiar with the routines of the nursery, build relationships with the adults, and more importantly build relationships with other children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moving On<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for Primary School places must be made through the Oxfordshire County Council Admissions Team \u2013 visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/admissions\">www.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/admissions<\/a> for more information. Alternatively, you can phone them on 01865 815175 or send an email to <a href=\"mailto:admissions.schools@oxfordshire.gov.uk\">admissions.schools@oxfordshire.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WNS-Registration-Form-MASTER-1-pdf-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6269\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheatley Nursery school can offer 24 places per session under 3s and 52 places per session for 3-5 year olds.\u00a0\u00a0Your child can start Nursery at any stage from the term after their second birthday and stay until they are 5. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6270,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/6270"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheatleynurseryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}