{"id":477,"date":"2023-01-24T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2024-08-30T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:06:54","slug":"nursery-enrolment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/our-nursery\/nursery-enrolment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery Enrolment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Nursery Places for 3 and 4-year-olds Session 2023\/24<\/span><\/h1>\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-session-202324\/_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-12 article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-container-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\">\n<p><strong>Applications for nursery sessions for 2023\/24 are now open. You must apply by midnight on 31st January to be included in initial placing rounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"information-box\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"service_teaser \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"service_details col-sm-12 col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" 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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>We 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.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re offering different session times in these settings 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><strong>What are my options?<\/strong><\/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><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 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in January:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child must be three before 31 December 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting in April:<\/strong>\u00a0Your child must be three before the last day of February 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What session types are available in a Fife Council setting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6hrs Mon &#8211; Fri (Term Time)<\/li>\n<li>4hrs 40 mins am Mon &#8211; Fri (49 weeks)<\/li>\n<li>4hrs 40 mins pm Mon &#8211; Fri (49 weeks)<\/li>\n<li>10hrs Mon and Tues, Wed am (46 weeks)<\/li>\n<li>Wed pm, 10hrs Thurs and Fri (46 weeks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-session-202324\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">HERE<\/span><\/a> for more information from Fife Council.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Nursery Places for 2-year-olds &#8211; Session 2022\/23<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Fife Council provides early learning and childcare to eligible 2-year-old children in line with Scottish Government criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/nursery-places-for-2-year-olds-session-202223\">HERE<\/a> <\/span>for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nursery Places for 3 and 4-year-olds Session 2023\/24 Applications for nursery sessions for 2023\/24 are now open. You must apply by midnight on 31st January to be included in initial placing rounds. Apply for a Fife Council Nursery Place. We offer Early Learning and Childcare to all 3 and 4-year-olds from the first intake after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/our-nursery\/nursery-enrolment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nursery Enrolment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1082,"parent":447,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-477","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/480"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/lochellywestps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}