Albany Montessori School Admissions & Term Dates
Nursery School & Preschool St Albans

Albany Montessori School
Nursery School St Albans
Admissions & Term Dates

Admissions & Enrolment

Although admission is possible from the age of 2 years, parents are invited to visit with their child and complete a Registration form at the earliest reasonable opportunity.
It is our intention to make our setting accessible to children and families from all sections of the local community. We aim to ensure that all sections of our community have access to the setting through open, fair and clearly communicated procedures.

Albany Montessori School Term Dates 2018

SPRING Term 2018
Monday 8th January 2018 – Thursday 29th March 2018

Half Term
Monday 12th February 2018 – Friday 16th February 2018

Friday 30th March 2018
​CLOSED – Bank Holiday
summer Term 2018
Monday 23rd April 2018 – Friday 13th July 2018

Half Term
Monday 28th May 2018 – Friday 1st June 2018
AUTUMN Term 2018
Monday 3rd September 2018 – Friday 14th December 2018
Please note that these dates are subject to change.

Albany Montessori School Term Dates 2018

SPRING Term 2018
Monday 8th January 2018 – Thursday 29th March 2018

Half Term
Monday 12th February 2018 – Friday 16th February 2018

Friday 30th March 2018
​CLOSED – Bank Holiday
summer Term 2018
Monday 23rd April 2018 – Friday 13th July 2018

Half Term
Monday 28th May 2018 – Friday 1st June 2018
AUTUMN Term 2018
Monday 3rd September 2018 – Friday 14th December 2018
Please note that these dates are subject to change.

Procedures

  • We ensure that the existence of our setting is widely advertised in places accessible to all sections of the community.

  • We are flexible about attendance patterns to accommodate the needs of individual children and families, providing these do not disrupt the pattern of continuity in the setting that provides stability for all the children.
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  • We ensure that information about our setting is accessible, in written and spoken form.
  • We describe our setting and its practices in terms of how it enables children and/or parents with disabilities to take part in the life of the setting.
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  • We describe our setting and its practices in terms of how it treats each child and their family, having regard to their needs arising from their gender, special educational needs, disabilities, social background, religion, ethnicity or from English being a newly acquired additional language.
  • We monitor the gender and ethnic background of children joining the group to ensure that our intake is representative of social diversity.

  • We describe our setting and its practices in terms that make it clear that it welcomes both fathers and mothers, other relations and other carers, including childminders.
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  • We make our Equal Opportunities Policy widely known.