You need to put her name down at a school, when she is 3 i believe you can do this, give your local school a ring and ask or the one you want her to go to. Then before she is due to start school they will send you a letter to say she has a place, but you need to put her name down.
Schools do not allocate places in our area. Few years ago was taken over by ?district council. Know if you contact school you are interested in they may send you a prospectus with further details.
round here, she would got to nursery from age 3 till 4 maybe 5 depend on when her birthday is. and some schools do half days for the smaller ones for so long all depends on area.
If your wanting her to go to nursery you could do with get her name down now.
If you give your local school a quick ring they will tell you the intake dates which is different depending on bday ie some go sept, after xmas and easter.
My daughters school is small so only have 1 intake per year in September, have to be 4 years old. Obviously some are nearly 5 and some would just have turned 4 in the summer, which I think is a big difference at that age.
definitely ring your local school hun - they're usually really helpful. I rang mine because Charlie's birthday is 31st August and we only have one intake a year. The cut-off date is 31st August! So he'll be just turned 4 when he starts. Scarily, he might actually only be 3 because the term might start on 28th August! I'll know more when they release the term dates this September.
In this area there is a nursery that takes babies from 9months to 3 1/2 years,
a play group that takes them from 2 - 3 1/2 years old for 1/2 days (they have to be dry for this playgroup though),
the same playgroup takes 3 1/2 - 5 years full days (again they have to be dry).
They go into the "reception class" the September following their 5th birthday.
The playgroup sends out letters after their 4th birthday reminding us to enroll them with the school in time.
Thanks all, it's a bit bloody confusing as it varies in all areas. Bethanie's birthday is the 19th December. I can't look into the local schools at the moment as we are waiting for a place in Guildford, so I don't want to get her enrolled here and then we move. Still feel a bit confused about it all, but im ok to wait until shes 3 before worrying about it or do I need to ring schools this early on?
You really should get her name down somewhere hun, as intakes can be very difficult
At ours i had both mine down from around 3 months as they start the nursery attached at 3-3 1/2 and it can be difficult to get places
For playschool etc.. it is optional if you send them, Emily went to one but that is now closed, don't think i am going to send Jack as he get lots more interaction from playgroups/tots then Emily did
Also you have to pay fees for most playschools
Scarily, he might actually only be 3 because the term might start on 28th August! I'll know more when they release the term dates this September.
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