{"id":1823,"date":"2025-10-06T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:35:16","slug":"early-learning-and-childcare-applications-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/2025\/10\/06\/early-learning-and-childcare-applications-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Learning and Childcare Applications 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"
Parents and Carers of children turning three before the end of February 2027 should apply for an Early Learning & Childcare Placement\u00a0as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The government funding start dates are where a child’s third birthday falls on or between:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– 1 March and 31 August 2026 they will be eligible for funding from August 2026 (autumn term) occuring in that year.<\/p>\n

– 1 September and 31 December 2026 they will\u00a0 be eligible for funding from January 2027 (spring term) following their birthday.<\/p>\n

– 1 January and last day of February 2027 they will be eligible for funding from April 2027 (summer term) following their birthday.<\/p>\n

The application form for 2026-27 is now available for completion.\u00a0 You can collect a paper copy from the main office, or print from the NLC website\u00a0Early Learning and Childcare Applications | North Lanarkshire Council<\/a><\/p>\n

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You should return your completed application form by email, post or hand it in to your\u00a0first choice of ELC provider<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Friday, 28 November 2025.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parents and Carers of children turning three before the end of February 2027 should apply for an Early Learning & Childcare Placement\u00a0as soon as possible. The government funding start dates are where a child’s third birthday falls on or between: – 1 March and 31 August 2026 they will be eligible for funding from August …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61088,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1829,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/greengairsps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}