ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENROLMENT

Registration of Infant Beginners

This takes place in January of each year for those children who are due to start formal primary education the following August. Official dates are normally notified to parents in the local press and in notices around the local community.

Enrolment procedures

Parents wishing to enrol their child at Balmalloch Primary are encouraged to visit the school prior to formal enrolment. A mutually convenient time can be arranged with the office staff by contacting the school office.

 

Placing requests

Information regarding enrolling children at Balmalloch who live outwith the recognised catchment area can be obtained from the school in whose area the child lives or Balmalloch Primary. You have the right to make a placing request for your child to be educated in a school other than their catchment school. In December each year, the authority will advertise its arrangements for placing requests. There are sound educational reasons for trying to ensure that the transfer or admission of children to a school takes place at the start of a school session. Other than those who are moving home to a new area, parents are advised to time any placing requests so that they take effect from the beginning of the new school session. Every effort will be made by North Lanarkshire Council to try to meet the parental wishes, but you should note that it is not always possible to grant every placing request to a particular school.

Parents and Young People have a right under the Additional Support for Learning Act 2009 as amended by the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 to make a placing request for their child or young person to attend a nursery (including partnership nursery), Special school or special class managed by the home authority. In the event of a successful placing request the authority are not required to provide transport. The Act also enables parents and young people to make a placing request to attend a school/establishment belonging to another authority.

Induction Programme for P1 pupils

A comprehensive induction programme has been devised and established. Parents have the opportunity to meet with the HT and DHT at a meeting in June and the children from our nursery visit their new classes on several occasions throughout the session in their pre-school year. All children attend full time from the first day of the session in Primary one.

Nursery Model & Enrolment Procedures

Our nursery offers both a Term Time and Full Time placement for your child, these are detailed below:

· Term Time – 38 weeks – Monday to Friday, 9am – 3pm

· Full Time – 48 weeks – Monday to Friday, 8.00am – 12.45pm (A.M. session) DOORS OPEN AT 12.30PM AND ALL CHILDREN MUST BE COLLECTED BY 12.45PM

· Full Time – 48 weeks – Monday to Friday, 1.15pm – 6.00pm (P.M. session) DOORS OPEN AT 5.30PM AND ALL CHILDREN MUST BE COLLECTED BY 6.00PM

· children who attend on a split placement may have varying hours (this will be confirmed individually)

 

We are registered with the Care Inspectorate to provide care to a maximum of 44 children per session.

 

Nursery applications for session 2023-2024 will go live in January in 2023 and will be accessible via the North Lanarkshire Council website, please follow the link below:

Early learning and childcare applications | North Lanarkshire Council