Admissions

​Aberdeen Park Nursery is open to children aged from 6 months to 5 years.

Priority in admissions is given to residents of the Borough of Islington. Some places are available to non-Islington residents; these are at full cost as they are not subsidised by the council.

Before applying, please contact us by email or phone to arrange a visit.
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• The admission form can be found here

Once a place is offered, securing it requires a deposit of £200 (for a full-time place)  or £100 (for a part-time place). This is refundable if the correct notice is given when the child leaves the nursery.

On starting nursery, there is a settling-in period. The length of this period is flexible but its minimum duration is two weeks for children under 2 years old, and one week for children aged 2 and older. At the start of settling-in, the child does abbreviated hours with the parent/carer present or nearby part of the time. As the child settles in, a gradual transition is made to doing the full complement of hours without the parent/carer present.
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Fees

For children aged 2+:

• the rate for Islington residents is based on household income, with eleven income bands determined by Islington Council.
• there is a single, unsubsidised rate for non-Islington residents.

For children under 2 years old:

• a single rate applies regardless of household income and regardless of residency

Children aged 3 ,4, 2 and under might be eligible for the Free Early Learning entitlement. This is a government entitlement which allows Aberdeen Park Nursery to offer each ​eligible child 15 or 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year. Other entitlements may be available depending on your circumstances: see this page on the Islington Council website for more information.