{"id":163,"date":"2021-02-23T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeschoolps\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:44:35","slug":"nursery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/parents-carers-2\/enrollment\/nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"region1\">\n<p><strong>When should my child start Early Learning Childcare (Nursery)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every child&#8217;s entitled to a nursery place from the first intake after their third birthday. That means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Starting in August:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child must be three before 31 August 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in January:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child must be three before 31 December 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in April:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child must be three before the last day of February 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What session types are available in Ceres Primary School?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6hrs Mon &#8211; Fri (Term Time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do I apply for a Fife Council Early Learning and Childcare (Nursery) place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please complete an\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/services\/form-pages\/apply-for-a-fife-council-nursery-place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-refno=\"129246\">online<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0application, which can be accessed at the bottom of the page. This is an easy process that can be done from your smart phone, iPad or laptop. You&#8217;ll be asked to create a\u00a0mygov.scot &#8216;myaccount&#8217; if you don&#8217;t already have one. You&#8217;ll need this account right the way through your child&#8217;s education.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a &#8216;how to&#8217; video, to explain the process:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-container-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"region1\">\n<p>Before applying, you should check that your nursery setting offers your session(s) of choice. You can find a list of nurseries and the sessions offered at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If<\/strong>\u00a0you are unable to complete your application online, you can request a paper application from any council nursery. Once it&#8217;s completed, this should be handed into your first choice nursery, along with the evidence requested. You&#8217;ll need to make an appointment with the school directly to hand this in. This will be done in line with any COVID-19 guidance at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions should be made by\u00a0<strong>31st January 2021<\/strong>\u00a0if you are looking for a place anytime between August 2021 and July 2022.\u00a0\u00a0Any applications received after this date will be considered late and processed after the initial panel process.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any difficulties applying online, please get in touch with your local nursery.<\/p>\n<p>If your child has additional support needs, please contact the headteacher of your first choice nursery.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be contacted in April 2021 to advise you of where your child has been offered a place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I make my choices for a Fife Council Early Learning and Childcare (Nursery) setting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re working hard to ensure places are matched to the needs of children and families. You&#8217;re free to make an application to the ELC setting of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Please check your preferred ELC setting will be offering the session times you are looking for. You can find a list of nurseries and the sessions offered at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p>For a place in a Fife Council ELC setting, you&#8217;re asked to provide up to five choices on your application form. The more choices you put on your form, the greater the chance you&#8217;ll be offered one of your preferences. However, please note that you should only put choices on your form that you may accept if offered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will I get my first choice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some nurseries or session times will be oversubscribed. If we&#8217;re unable to offer your first choice, we&#8217;ll then look at your other choices to see if we can offer you one of these.<\/p>\n<p>An admissions policy is in place to ensure fairness when allocating places. A copy of our admissions policy can be found at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the place you are offered may not be your local ELC setting as nurseries do not operate in the same way as school catchment areas.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, children with siblings in a school may not always be offered a space in the nursery in that school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I apply for a funded Early Learning and Childcare place at my preferred private nursery, playgroup or childminder?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to apply for a funded early learning and childcare place at your preferred private nursery, playgroup or childminder, if they&#8217;re in partnership with Fife Council.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for private nurseries, playgroups, and childminders in partnership with Fife Council should be made directly with these individual establishments and services.<\/p>\n<p>A list of all current funded providers is available at the bottom of this page. It may be possible to share hours between different Early Learning and Childcare providers up to a total of 1140 hours per annum. For example, this may be between an ELC setting and a childminder. You can state this on the application form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/ceresps\/uploads\/sites\/12606\/2021\/03\/23104423\/ELCApplicationform2021_22_3_4yearold-final-1.docx\">ELCApplicationform2021_22_3_4yearold-final (1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When should my child start Early Learning Childcare (Nursery)? Every child&#8217;s entitled to a nursery place from the first intake after their third birthday. That means: Starting in August:\u00a0Your child must be three before 31 August 2021 Starting in January:\u00a0Your child must be three before 31 December 2021 Starting in April:\u00a0Your child must be three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/parents-carers-2\/enrollment\/nursery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nursery<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21452,"featured_media":0,"parent":161,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions\/310"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/ceresps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}