Admissions Information

If your child is aged 9+ months - 5 years, they can start their school life at our wonderful nursery school.

We follow the same term times as Surrey maintained schools, and we’re open for a range of sessions Monday to Friday at Hazel Avenue and at York Road.

Nursery times:

Breakfast club runs on Monday-Thursday mornings at York Road and Hazel Avenue from 8am-9am. It also runs on Fridays at Hazel Avenue as enough children are registered to make it viable.

Children may be dropped at nursery from 9am until 9.20am. Gates close at 9.20am.

Children may be collected any time from 3.15pm when gates are opened, until 3.45pm.

After school clubs run from 3.45pm until 4.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Funded sessions:
Those eligible for 30 hours attend Monday to Thursday 9am-3.45pm and Friday 9am-12pm. 

Those eligible for 15 hours attend every day 9am-12pm or 12.45pm-3.45pm.

To enquire about availability or to apply for a nursery place, please click here to fill out and submit the online enquiry form or contact our Office Manager on:

Office Manager
Guildford Nursery School and Family Centre
Hazel Avenue
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 1NR

admissions@guildfordnscc.surrey.sch.uk
T: 01483 566 589

Find our Admissions Policy here.


For further information about funded education and help with childcare costs please visit the Best Start in Life website.

We offer additional fee-paying nursery sessions – which can be added to funded sessions – for all our children. Visit our Fees page for more information.

We are happy to help you apply for any of the relevant options listed below. Please ask at Reception, or contact us to find out more.

Eligible working parents of children aged nine months and above are able to access 30 hours funded early education and childcare (for 38 weeks a year) from the term following their child turning nine months.

Our typical 30-hour offer is Monday to Thursday 9am – 3.45pm and Friday 9am – 12pm.

  • Drop off in the morning can be any time from 9am until 9.20am.
  • Pick up can be any time from 3.15pm until 3.45pm.
  • You may choose to start your child attending just 3 days a week and build up their hours as they get older. The choice of 3 days is yours but they will need to be on consecutive days for staffing purposes please.
  • If a short day on Friday doesn’t suit your working pattern then you may choose to have it on another day, e.g. your child may attend nursery 9am-3.45pm Tuesday-Friday and Monday 9am-12pm. The choice of short day can only be changed with half a term’s notice.


Visit Surrey County Council’s website for more information about the working parents’ entitlement.

Funded Early Education for two-year-olds (FEET) offers eligible families up to 15 hours of funded early education and childcare a week for 38 weeks a year. You can find out if your child can access two-year-old funding by checking the eligibility criteria here.

Our typical 15-hour offer is 9am-12pm daily or 12.45pm-3.45pm daily.

In England, all three and four-year-olds are entitled to up to 15 hours of funded early education and childcare a week for up to 38 weeks a year. This is to give children the opportunity to take part in planned learning activities, and help prepare them for school through the early learning goals set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is a universal offer and is available to all children regardless of their family circumstances.

For information on funded hours, use the Best Start in Life childcare support checker to see your options.

Our typical 15-hour offer is 9am-12pm daily or 12.45pm-3.45pm daily.