If you would like to join our waiting list, please apply to the correct nursery through the admissions portal on our website as soon as possible including your requested start date and the days that you would like your child to attend¹.
When we have received your application you will be added to the waiting list, and the nursery will contact you with in 14 days to discuss the next steps for your application. If you apply whilst pregnant, please do update us with name and DOB once your baby is born. Please also update us by email if any of your childcare requirements change after your initial application
If we can offer you a nursery place, we will make contact you to discuss it in line with our time frame set in our admissions policy. A formal offer will be made by email, you must accept the offer by email and pay the deposit of £200 within 7 days to secure your place².
At least 2 weeks before you are due to start, your settling sessions will be confirmed. Enrolment and consent forms must be completed and signed before your child can start settling – this is a statutory requirement required to fulfil our regulatory obligations.
¹ Even if you have returned your form well in advance, we may still not be able to confirm your place immediately. Wherever possible, if the managers cannot confirm whether or not we can offer you a place, they will give you a date when they will be able to let you know by.
² Your child’s place is not secure until it has been formerly offered in writing, it has been accepted in writing and the deposit has been paid. If this does not happen within 7 days, your place may be offered to another family and even if you later wish to accept the place, it may not still be available.
³ Please note the place offered may not be for exactly what has been requested, dependent on availability.
This process is documented to ensure that families know what to expect but we also know what an important decision choosing a nursery is and so if you wish to call to discuss any aspect of the care that we offer or email questions or queries we are always happy to provide as much support as we can.
Footsteps Day Nursery offers full day care from 7.30AM to 6PM Monday to Friday at Chingford or Walthamstow and 8AM to 6PM Monday to Friday at Leytonstone, for a minimum of 2 days per week. If your child attends the nursery you can drop off and pick up at times that suit your routine, but we will always charge for full days.
We do still accept enquiries and documents in person but, please contact us by phone or email whenever possible.
¹ Even if you have returned your form well in advance, we may still not be able to confirm your place immediately. Applications are not assessed on a purely first come, first served basis and how your requested days fits in with the other applications that we have for spaces starting at a similar time is a major consideration.
² Your child’s place is not secure until it has been formerly offered in writing, it has been accepted in writing and the deposit has been paid. If this does not happen within 7 days, your place may be offered to another family and even if you later wish to accept the place, it may not still be available.
We accept childcare vouchers, tax free childcare payments and care to learn payments as well as offering the Universal Free Early education Entitlement (often referred to as 15 hours free childcare) as well as the Extended Free Early Education Entitlement (often referred to as 30 hours free childcare). Please see the Fee Sheet for the Nursery that you wish to send your child to for more information about fees and charges.
For more information about the help that is available from the government to pay for childcare please follow this link.
2 Preston Road, Leytonstone E11 1NN
Tel: 020 8530 5471
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Rated as Good by Ofsted
64B Station Road, Chingford E4 7BA
Tel: 020 3583 5741
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Rated as Good by Ofsted
215 Queens Road, Walthamstow E17 8PJ
Tel: 020 89233395
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Rated as Good by Ofsted