Nursery and Reception Intake - Hackbridge Primary School

Our school provision for 2026/2027...

On our ‘Hackbridge Corner’ site:

Two 15-hour Nursery classes (26 places in the morning class from 8.30am-11.30am and 26 places in the afternoon class from 12.30pm-3.30pm)
One 30-hour Nursery class (for those with an extended entitlement eligibility code) (26 places 9am-3pm)
Four forms of entry (120 pupils - 30 places per class) in Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 5 & Year 6

On our ‘London Road’ site:

Four forms of entry (120 pupils - 30 places per class) in Year 3
Three forms of entry (90 pupils - 30 places per class) in Year 4

Use of our school sites:

All nursery classes are on the Hackbridge Corner site.

All pupils starting the school in Reception are educated on the Hackbridge Corner site. They remain educated on the Hackbridge Corner site until the end of their year in Year 2.

For their Years 3 & 4, all classes in the the year group move to the London Road site.

For Years 5 & 6, the year groups return to the Hackbridge Corner site.

PLEASE NOTE:

All parents are reminded that, as a four-form entry school across split sites, pupils will move between sites during the course of their primary education with us, as outlined above.

We teach the children that they are part of a four-form, split site school and they are made familiar with the two school sites through visits and whole school assemblies throughout each year.

The Headteacher advises parents in the summer term each year if a year group cohort is being mixed into new class groupings; this usually happens at the end of Year 3. Such decisions are always made with the best interests of the whole cohort in mind.

The start and finish times of the school day are staggered across the two sites to allow for walking distance between sites for parents who are collecting from both sites.

Breakfast Club starts 75 minutes earlier than the start of the school day on each site - this is 7.30am at Hackbridge Corner and 7.45am at London Road. PLEASE NOTE that the Breakfast Club on the London Road site will never open earlier than 7.45am when pupils transfer from Hackbridge Corner to the London Road as start times have already been adjusted 15 minutes on each site to accomodate parents dropping off to two sites and distances to local train stations.

Starting Reception in September 2026

If you have recently received an offer of a school place at our school from your local authority, please make sure that you have replied to their email to accept this.

EMAILS

We sent out a welcome email to parents/carers on 17/04/2026 which includes information about wraparound care availability.

ADMISSIONS FORMS

We will send out admissions forms on 22nd May 2026 for completion and return by no later than Friday 10th July 2026.

INTAKE MEETINGS

Intake meetings for Reception will take place in the first week of July (invitations will be emailed out on 22nd May 2026).

HOME VISITS

Staff will carry out home visits for all children joining our Reception cohort on the following dates: Thurs 3rd Sept, Fri 4th Sept, Mon 7th Sept, Tues 8th Sept and Wed 9th Sept 2026.

START DATES FOR RECEPTION IN SEPTEMBER 2026

Reception children then start school the following week as follows:

Thursday 10th September 2026 & Friday 11th September 2026
Half-day sessions on these two days. This is to allow the children to settle in smaller groups initially:
Children with surnames starting with A-L will attend school from 9.00am-11.30am on these two days.
Children with surnames starting with M-Z will attend school from 12.30pm-3.00pm on these two days.

Monday 14th September 2026
All Reception children to attend full-time from this date onwards (gates open at 8.35am and close at 8.45am; school day ends at 3.15pm).

Starting Nursery in 2026/2027

Offers of places to start in our nursery classes in September 2026 will be made by 22nd May 2026.

IF there are any remaining vacant nursery places later in the year, then we will contact the parents of children on the waiting lists for the January or April intakes closer to those times.

INTAKE MEETINGS

Intake meetings for new nursery pupils will take place in the second week of July (invitations will be sent out by the end of May 2026).

HOME VISITS

Staff will carry out home visits for new children joining our Nursery cohort on the following dates: Thurs 3rd Sept, Fri 4th Sept, Mon 7th Sept, Tues 8th Sept and Wed 9th Sept 2026.

The nursery will be closed to existing nursery pupils on these dates.

START DATES FOR NURSERY IN SEPTEMBER 2026

Returning nursery children (those who were already attending before the summer holidays) begin back on Thursday 10th September 2026.

Parents/carers of new children joining any of the nursery classes in September will be emailed their child's individual start date for September once places have been accepted.

Starting School - School Readiness

The Sutton School Nursing team can be contacted by parents/carers who wish to discuss any concerns which they may have regarding their child's health, such as issues with eating/behaviour/bed-wetting. Their telephone number is 020 8770 5409 during office hours (9am - 5pm) Monday to Friday.

The School Nursing Service have made a short video which you can see here.