{"id":34,"date":"2024-08-05T11:53:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:36:57","slug":"enrolment-patterns-settling-in","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/our-nursery\/centre-information\/enrolment-patterns-settling-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrolment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Admissions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><u>Making an Application<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><u>3-5 Place<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you do not currently have a place with us and your child is eligible for a space please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/admissions-and-enrolment\/early-learning-and-childcare-enrolment\">https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/admissions-and-enrolment\/early-learning-and-childcare-enrolment<\/a> on how to register your child.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">*Parents whose children are scheduled to start nursery in one of the 3 intakes I.e. August 2027, January 2028 &amp; April 2028 should register in January\/February 2027\u00a0 time on the council website. This will be promoted on the North Ayrshire Councils social media posts when the time comes around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/largsearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10681\/2024\/08\/12173355\/Eligible-from-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/largsearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10681\/2024\/08\/12173355\/Eligible-from-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/largsearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10681\/2024\/08\/12173355\/Eligible-from-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/largsearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10681\/2024\/08\/12173355\/Eligible-from.png 778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Eligible Two Year Olds<\/u><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For an entitled 2 place in our 2-3 room you can apply online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/admissions-and-enrolment\/early-years-centre-enrolment.aspx\">https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/admissions-and-enrolment\/early-years-centre-enrolment.aspx<\/a> or by an external agency through the Named Person service (e.g. Health Visitor).<\/p>\n<p>Not all 2 year old children are eligible for funded ELC.\u00a0Your 2 year old child may be eligible if you receive one or more of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>income support<\/li>\n<li>income based job seeker&#8217;s allowance*<\/li>\n<li>income based employment and support allowance*<\/li>\n<li>incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance<\/li>\n<li>state pension credit<\/li>\n<li>child tax credit but NOT working tax credit, with annual household income below \u00a318,725*<\/li>\n<li>both maximum Child Tax Credit and maximum Working Tax Credit with annual household income below \u00a38,717*<\/li>\n<li>support under Part 6 of the Immigration and\u00a0Asylum Act 1999<\/li>\n<li>Universal Credit \u2013 take home pay below \u00a3885 per month*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Income thresholds vary annually<\/p>\n<p>Funded ELC may be available if your 2 year old child:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is subject to a Kinship Care Order<\/li>\n<li>is subject to\u00a0a Special Guardianship Order<\/li>\n<li>is looked after by a local council, for example &#8216;care experienced&#8217; (foster care), compulsory supervision order, North Ayrshire Child Protection Register<\/li>\n<li>has a parent who is &#8216;care experienced&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before North Ayrshire can confirm and allocate a 2 year old place, they must carry out eligibility checks.<\/p>\n<p>If your 2 year old is eligible for a funded place, ELC will start in the term after their 2nd\u00a0birthday.<\/p>\n<p>If your child currently attends LEYC, <strong>you do not<\/strong> need to re-register for the following year, we will send out a\u00a0 pattern form for you to complete. These allow you to state if you wish to keep or change the pattern you currently have.<\/p>\n<p>For more information see the below links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/our-nursery\/centre-information\/enrolment-patterns-settling-in\/patterns\/\">Patterns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/our-nursery\/centre-information\/enrolment-patterns-settling-in\/settling-in\/\">Settling In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admissions Making an Application 3-5 Place If you do not currently have a place with us and your child is eligible for a space please see https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/admissions-and-enrolment\/early-learning-and-childcare-enrolment on how to register your child. *Parents whose children are scheduled to start nursery in one of the 3 intakes I.e. August 2027, January 2028 &amp; April 2028 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/our-nursery\/centre-information\/enrolment-patterns-settling-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enrolment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70652,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/2402"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/largsearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}