HOW DOes THE WAITING LIST WORK?
Our waiting list has a limited number of places. If you join this list, we aim to offer a place between 12 and 24 months from sign up. We will do our absolute best to offer your child a place as soon as a suitable space becomes available.
New families signing up to the list will be charged a waiting list sign-up fee of £25. When a place at the nursery is offered and accepted, an enrolment fee and deposit will then be required to secure the place.
WHEN ARE YOUR MAIN INTAKES?
Our main intakes are in April and September with more places being available during the September intake. However, subject to availability, we are able to take children throughout the year, depending on their age and ‘forest readiness’.
Outside of the usual intakes please get in touch to discuss your child's needs.
CAN I SIGN UP FOR EITHER INTAKE?
You can sign up to your preferred first intake and, if we are not able to offer a place then, you will be automatically moved to the next intake’s waiting list. The more flexible families are in regards to the start date and days of the week their child is able to attend, the quicker we will move through the waiting list. Please remember that little ones do need to have had their second birthday before they can join us in the forest.
CAN I GIVE MY PREFERENCE FOR DAYS?
We will ask you to indicate your preferred session type (sessional or full days) however, we cannot guarantee which days of the week will be available. We ask for a minimum of two days attendance at all nurseries with the exception of Wimbledon, where there is a minimum attendance of three days. If you would like to add a note to your waiting list sign up expressing your interest for certain days, please feel free to do so however, we unfortunately cannot guarantee those days will be available.
CAN I BE ON MORE THAN ONE NURSERY WAITING LIST AT THE SAME TIME, AND DO I NEED TO PAY TWICE?
You will be able to sign up to up to a maximum of 2 nursery locations of your preference at the same time and you will only need to pay the waiting list sign-up fee of £25 once. It is not possible to be on more than 2 waiting lists at any given time. If your circumstances change and you would like to be moved to a waiting list for a different nursery location, just let us know at info@littleforestfolk.com .
CAN I ADD MORE THAN ONE CHILD TO THE LIST AND IF SO, DO I NEED TO PAY TWICE?
Yes, you can add more than one child to our waiting list and we will only take one waiting list fee per family, so there is no need to make this payment more than once.
HOW DO I ADD A SIBLING TO THE WAITING LIST?
We offer siblings priority over the external waiting list. If you are an enrolled family whose child attends one of the nurseries and would like to register a sibling onto the internal sibling waiting list please send us an email to info@littleforestfolk.com with your child’s name, date of birth and ideal start date.
I’M PREGNANT, CAN I JOIN THE WAITING LIST?
We are so happy that you'd like your little one to join us in the forest when they're older! We do just ask that you wait until your new arrival has arrived safely, before signing them up to the waiting list. Please do contact our team if you have any questions at all.
CAN I VISIT A NURSERY?
We love showing families around our nurseries & when we have tour dates available to book we will email all families on our waiting list with an invitation to book a ticket.
If you no longer need your ticket, please do make sure you let us know, so that we can release it to another family on the waiting list.
HOW ARE FAMILIES SELECTED FROM THE WAITING LIST, IS IT BY DATE OF JOINING?
There are lots of different factors which can affect the admissions timeline. Please see our full admissions policy here for more information. Please note, our enrolled children and siblings of our enrolled children always take priority over all external waiting lists.
WILL I DEFINITELY GET A PLACE, AND WILL IT BE AT MY FIRST CHOICE NURSERY AND PREFERRED START DATE?
Please note that your registration on our waiting list does not guarantee that we will be able to offer a place on your preferred start date. We aim to offer a place between 12 and 24 months, from when you sign up & when you get closer to the top of the list will discuss the days and session types that we have available. We can never make a guarantee, but we will do our absolute best to offer your child a place as soon as one becomes available. We usually offer places via email 2 to 3 months before start dates.
IF I DON’T GET A PLACE, WILL I BE REFUNDED MY WAITING LIST FEE?
No, the waiting list sign-up fee is a non-refundable registration fee. If we offer you a place and you do not accept, then you will not be refunded the fee and we reserve the right to remove you from the waiting list.
If you request to be removed from the waiting list for any reason and have been on the list for less than 24 months, no refund will be given.
HOW CAN I BE REMOVED FROM THE WAITING LIST?
If you’d like to be removed from our waiting list for any reason, please email info@littleforestfolk.com.
WHAT DOES MY WAITING LIST FEE COVER AND ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COSTS AT TIME OF ENROLMENT?
Your waiting list sign-up fee of £25 is just to register you on the waiting list.
At the time of joining us, our enrolment fee and deposit also become payable.
For little ones joining us from 2024 onwards our enrolment fee will be a non-refundable fee of £200. This fee will include a set of new ROARSOME/Little Forest Folk waterproofs, which include a winter fleece insert, so no need to buy a separate set for the colder months.
Our Nursery deposit is £450 and this is refunded back to you at the end of your journey with Little Forest Folk providing you have met the notice period requirements as set out in our Terms and Conditions on our website.
HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS?
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us to info@littleforestfolk.com and we will be happy to help.