{"id":1502,"date":"2026-02-04T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:45:00","slug":"elc-applications-2026-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/2026\/02\/04\/elc-applications-2026-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Learning and Childcare Applications &#8211; 2026\/2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online applications for Early Learning and Childcare places will open on <strong>Monday 16th February 2026 <\/strong>and close at midnight on<strong> Friday 27th February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If your child\u2019s date of birth is on or between 1st March 2023 and 29th February 2024, he or she will be eligible for a funded place as set out below.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>Where a child\u2019s birthday falls on or between the following dates:<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>The child will become eligible from the terms set out below<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1 March \u2013 31 August<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">August (autumn term) occurring in that year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1 September \u2013 31 December<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">January (spring term) following their birthday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">1 January \u2013 last day February<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">April (summer term) following their birthday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If your child is already enrolled in an Early Childhood Centre, you need not apply.<\/p>\n<p>Should you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online applications for Early Learning and Childcare places will open on Monday 16th February 2026 and close at midnight on Friday 27th February. If your child\u2019s date of birth is on or between 1st March 2023 and 29th February 2024, he or she will be eligible for a funded place as set out below. Where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/2026\/02\/04\/elc-applications-2026-2027\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Early Learning and Childcare Applications &#8211; 2026\/2027<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27352,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/catrineeccmain2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}