St Charles’ Early Childcare Class provides 48 funded places for children aged 3 – 5 years old and 10 funded places for children aged 2-3 years old. Children are eligible for entry to the Early Learning Childcare Class from the month after their birthday for birthdays between September and February. Children with birthdays between March and August will be eligible for entry to the Early Learning Childcare Class in August.
Application forms are available on Renfrewshire Council website using the following link: https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/9741/Apply-for-a-free-nursery-or-childcare-place
Admissions to Nursery –
St Charles’ Early Learning Childcare Class provision is non-denominational. Placement in the Early Learning Childcare class does not guarantee a place in the primary school if a placing request is necessary.
All Renfrewshire Early Learning Childcare classes adhere to the council’s admission policy and all applications are dealt with in line with its guidelines. All applications are discussed at a central admissions panel and agreement about the allocation of places is made by the members. Parents will receive notification when their child is allocated a place and information will accompany this about starting dates and times.
In some circumstances children awarded a priority ranking within the pre-school admissions policy may start once they become 3 years of age.
Please see link for Admissions policy below;
Transition to Primary from Early Learning Childcare Class
Before leaving ELCC, a transfer of information record for each child will be prepared by the ELCC staff to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of education for the child transferring to primary school.
Your child will be supported in the transition from ELCC to primary school. This will include processes such as sharing of information on your child through the transfer of information document, joint curricular experiences with the primary school, visits to the primary which help to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of learning for the child transferring to primary.
