{"id":138,"date":"2023-02-28T07:59:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:10:11","slug":"starting-nursery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/transitions\/starting-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Every child is entitled to a free nursery place from the entry point following their third birthday.\u00a0 That means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Starting nursery in August 2023:\u00a0 Your child must be three before 31st August 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Starting nursery in January 2024:\u00a0 Your child must be three before 31st December 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Starting nursery in April 2024:\u00a0 Your child must be three before the last day of February 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wish your child to attend a Fife Council nursery during academic year 2023\/24 then you should apply for a place between 6th \u00a0and 31st January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Any applications received after this date will not be processed until the main allocation of nursery places has taken place, and this may reduce your chance of being allocated a nursery or session time of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Application forms for Fife Council nurseries can be completed online and are available here.<\/p>\n<p>Application for a Pre-School nursery place with Fife Council can also be done online \u2013 Please follow the link below to find more information about available nurseries, available\u00a0 attendance patterns and the application form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/services\/form-pages\/apply-for-a-fife-council-nursery-place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application form 2023-25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under 3\u2019s Nursery Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fife Council has a number of places offering early learning and childcare to children who are two years of age.\u00a0 These places are offered to eligible children in line with the Scottish Government criteria.\u00a0 Follow the link below to get more information and how to apply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/treetopfnc\/uploads\/sites\/12563\/2021\/12\/09105426\/Under-3-eligibility-leaflet-2021-22.docx\">Under 3 eligibility leaflet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every child is entitled to a free nursery place from the entry point following their third birthday.\u00a0 That means: Starting nursery in August 2023:\u00a0 Your child must be three before 31st August 2023. Starting nursery in January 2024:\u00a0 Your child must be three before 31st December 2023. Starting nursery in April 2024:\u00a0 Your child must &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/transitions\/starting-nursery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Applying for Nursery<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22677,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions\/311"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/halbeathnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}