{"id":50,"date":"2026-07-13T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:44:10","slug":"additional-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/parent-information\/additional-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To support children and families at Culzean EYC, where space and staffing allows, parents\/carers can apply to purchase early learning and childcare in addition to their 1140 hours entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>For those children aged 2 years and 3-5 years currently accessing early learning and childcare, an application can be made to purchase additional attendance options at the centre your child currently attends.<\/p>\n<p>For children aged 2 years, not currently accessing early learning and childcare, who are resident within South Ayrshire, an application can be made to purchase attendance options at any centre with 2 year old provision. Places available for children aged 2 are very limited and may only be available in our rural EYC&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications cannot be submitted prior to a child&#8217;s 2nd birthday.<\/li>\n<li>A separate application\u00a0<strong>must<\/strong>\u00a0be submitted for each individual child.<\/li>\n<li>School holiday provision may also be available to purchase in some centres.\u00a0Applications for holiday provision blocks can only be made at the following times:-\n<ul>\n<li>October &#8211; 28\/05\/26<\/li>\n<li>Easter &#8211; 28\/05\/26<\/li>\n<li>Summer 1 &#8211; TBC<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2 &#8211; TBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>All applications will be considered on a first come first served basis and only allocated if it is possible to do so within the centre&#8217;s current staffing and space allocations.<\/li>\n<li>Parents\/carers on a term time (9 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m.) attendance pattern can be guaranteed access to purchase 8.30 a.m. &#8211; 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. &#8211; 3.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. &#8211; 4 p.m. \u00a0<strong>An application form is still required.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.south-ayrshire.gov.uk\/article\/83228\/Purchase-additional-early-learning-and-childcare-application-form-2026-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purchase additional early learning and childcare application form 2026\/27 &#8211; My South Ayrshire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk\/media\/15281\/3-to-5-Attendance-options-per-centre-and-charges-per-option-2026-27\/pdf\/3-5s_Attendance_Options_per_Centre_and_Charges_per_Option_2026-2027.pdf?m=1779963569997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3-5s_Attendance_Options_per_Centre_and_Charges_per_Option_2026-2027.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk\/media\/18290\/2-3-Attendance-Option-per-Centre-and-Charges-per-Option-2026-2027\/pdf\/2-3_Attendance_Option_per_Centre_and_Charges_per_Option_2026-2027_51076j7j4t7i.pdf?m=1779963651867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2-3_Attendance_Option_per_Centre_and_Charges_per_Option_2026-2027_51076j7j4t7i.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk\/media\/15282\/Booking-date-periods-and-payment-dates\/pdf\/Booking_Date_Periods_and_Payment_Dates_2026-2027.pdf?m=1779963698447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Booking_Date_Periods_and_Payment_Dates_2026-2027.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk\/media\/15283\/Terms-and-Conditions-and-Payment-Options-2026-27\/pdf\/Terms_and_Conditions_2026-2027.pdf?m=1779963769037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms_and_Conditions_2026-2027.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To support children and families at Culzean EYC, where space and staffing allows, parents\/carers can apply to purchase early learning and childcare in addition to their 1140 hours entitlement. For those children aged 2 years and 3-5 years currently accessing early learning and childcare, an application can be made to purchase additional attendance options at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/parent-information\/additional-hours\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Additional Hours<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/172"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/culzeaneyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}