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

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 – 2020

AUTUMN TERM 2018
Monday 3rd September 2018 – Friday 14th December 2018

Half Term
Monday 29th October 2018 – Friday 2nd November 2018
SPRING TERM 2019
Monday 7th January 2019 – Friday 5th April 2019

Half Term
Monday 18th February 2019 – Friday 22nd February 2019
SUMMER TERM 2019
Tuesday 23rd April 2019 – Friday 19th July 2019

Half Term
Monday 27th May 2019 – Friday 31st May 2019

Bank Holiday (school closed)
Monday 22nd April 2019
Monday 6th May 2019
AUTUMN TERM 2019
Monday 2nd September 2019 – Friday 13th December 2019

Half Term
Monday 28th October 2019 – Friday 1st November 2019
SPRING TERM 2020
Monday 6th January 2020 – Friday 3rd April 2020

Half Term
Monday 17th February 2020 – Friday 21st February 2020
SUMMER TERM 2020
Monday 20th April 2020 – Friday 17th July 2020

Half Term
Monday 25th May 2020 – Friday 29th May 2020

Bank Holiday (school closed)
Monday 4th May 2020
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.
CONTACT CONTACT
TELEPHONE​​
Admissions & Visits 01727 298077
​School 01727 298005

EMAIL​
Admissions & Visits
admissions@albany-montessori.co.uk
School
​albanymontessori@ntlworld.com