{"id":21169,"date":"2020-12-15T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/?p=21169"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:36:02","slug":"nursery-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/2020\/12\/15\/nursery-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please click on link below to see poster detailing information about enrolling for nursery next session 2021 &#8211; 2222. Apply now if you have a 3 &#8211; 5 year old.\u00a0 Deadline for applications is 12th Feb. 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/staugustines\/uploads\/sites\/25069\/2020\/12\/15103008\/ELC-Posters-NEW-1.pdf\">ELC Posters NEW 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1,140 hours are available to all children aged three to five years old, as well as some two-year-olds. The focus is on flexibility for families, as well as an emphasis on quality and a strong connection with outdoor learning and learning through play.<\/p>\n<h2>Eligibility for entitlement<\/h2>\n<p>It can get a bit confusing working out when your child&#8217;s free entitlement\u00a0can start depending on when their birthday is. The funding dates for 2021\/2022 are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children who reach 3 years of age between 1 March 2021 and 12 August 2021 can take up their ELC placement from August 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Children reaching 3 years of age between 13 August 2021 and 28 February 2022 can take up their ELC placement the day after the child&#8217;s 3rd birthday.<\/li>\n<li>Parents\/carers of children applying to North Lanarkshire Council from another local authority should be guided by the Cross Boundary Protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Applying for an early learning and childcare placement<\/h2>\n<p>Children will normally attend an ELC establishment closest to their home but you can apply to any establishment, in accordance with the admissions policy, should you wish to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Applications should be returned to your first choice of ELC provider by Friday, 12 February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Applications can be viewed or downloaded here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/staugustines\/uploads\/sites\/25069\/2020\/12\/15112616\/ELC-Application-Form-accessible.pdf\">ELC Application Form accessible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/staugustines\/uploads\/sites\/25069\/2020\/12\/15112852\/ELC_Guidance.pdf\">ELC_Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please click on link below to see poster detailing information about enrolling for nursery next session 2021 &#8211; 2222. Apply now if you have a 3 &#8211; 5 year old.\u00a0 Deadline for applications is 12th Feb. 2021. ELC Posters NEW 1 1,140 hours are available to all children aged three to five years old, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/2020\/12\/15\/nursery-applications\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nursery Applications<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2084,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21173,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21169\/revisions\/21173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staugustines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}