{"id":280,"date":"2022-07-09T17:10:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:21:20","slug":"enrolment-nursery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/our-nursery\/enrolment-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrolment &#8211; Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Information about applying for a place in session 2026\/27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/our-nursery\/nur5-people\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People.png\" data-orig-size=\"1000,557\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nur5 People\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People-300x167.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/limekilnspsweb\/uploads\/sites\/12765\/2022\/07\/10084619\/Nur5-People.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fife Council offer Early Learning and Childcare to all 3 and 4 year olds from the first intake after their qualifying birthday until they&#8217;re due to start school. This can be up to 1140 hours in most settings. Different session times in these settings are offered for 3 and 4 year olds, so you&#8217;ll have more choice.<\/p>\n<p>Families may be able to share their 1140 funded hours between different nursery settings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f75e8\"><strong>What are my options?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are several different ways for families to access their entitlement. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a private Early Learning Childcare setting that&#8217;s in partnership with Fife Council<\/li>\n<li>At a playgroup that&#8217;s in partnership with Fife Council<\/li>\n<li>With a childminder who&#8217;s in partnership with Fife Council<\/li>\n<li>Term time in a Fife Council Early Learning Childcare setting<\/li>\n<li>Across the whole year in a Fife Council Early Learning Childcare setting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>When should my child start Early Learning Childcare (Nursery)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every child&#8217;s entitled to a nursery place from the first intake after their third birthday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nursery Places for 3 and 4-year-olds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2026\/27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications for nursery sessions for 2026\/27 are\u00a0 live. Please visit our Nursery Places for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/nursery-places-for-3-and-4-year-olds\">\u00a03 and 4-year-olds<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Starting in August 2026:\u00a0<\/strong>Your child must be three on\/before 31 August 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in January 2027:\u00a0<\/strong>Your child must be three before 31 December 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in April 2027:\u00a0<\/strong>Your child must be three before the last day of February 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The session type offered at Limekilns Nursery is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 hrs\u00a0 Mon \u2013 Fri (Term Time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"asset-contents\">\n<div id=\"content-area\" class=\"js-article-page article-content-wrapper featured-\" data-ret_date=\"01011970-0\" data-id=\"425245\" data-login-redirect=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/nursery-places-for-3-and-4-year-olds\/_login\" data-fbs=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbs\" data-fbc=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbc\" data-fbd=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbd\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9 article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-container-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/services\/form-pages\/apply-for-a-fife-council-nursery-place\" data-refno=\"129246\">Apply for a Fife Council Nursery Place<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to change or increase your child\u2019s current placement type you must complete a new application form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/nursery-places-for-3-and-4-year-olds\">HERE<\/a> for more information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about applying for a place in session 2026\/27 Fife Council offer Early Learning and Childcare to all 3 and 4 year olds from the first intake after their qualifying birthday until they&#8217;re due to start school. This can be up to 1140 hours in most settings. Different session times in these settings are offered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/our-nursery\/enrolment-nursery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enrolment &#8211; Nursery<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21563,"featured_media":0,"parent":237,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/1416"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/limekilnspsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}