Early Learning and Childcare Orkney - Advance Registration Notice 2022-23

Registration week is Friday 25 February 9am – 4 March 5pm

If your child turns three years old between the 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023, they become entitled to their first year of funded Early Learning and Childcare the term after their third birthday as below:

Children born between:

• 1 March – 31 August 2019 are eligible to start 17 August 2022 (Autumn Term)
• 1 September - 31 December 2019 are eligible to start 5 January 2023 (Spring Term)
• 1 January - 29 February 2020 eligible to start 19 April 2023 (Summer Term)

You need to complete the online registration form during registration week accessed in Education/Learning from the OIC website www.orkney.gov.uk. where information on all local settings and childminders in partnership will also be available. Online registration forms can be accepted after this deadline but please be aware that in some settings, spaces may be oversubscribed.

If your child is three or four years old and is currently attending their first year of Early Learning and Childcare (born between 1 March 2018 and 28 February 2019) they will automatically be carried forward for their second year of Early Learning and Childcare in their current setting.  They do not need to complete a registration form unless they are requesting to change setting for their second year in the Papdale catchment area.

Children aged two years old may be eligible for a two year old place the term after their second birthday if parents/carers are in receipt of certain benefits or care experienced (born between the 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2021).  Registration for a two year old place is continually open.

Forms for all of the above will be available, and should be submitted during registration week, accessed in Education/Learning from the OIC website www.orkney.gov.uk.

If you have any queries or require any further information please contact the Early Years Team, Education, Leisure & Housing on 01856 873535 ext 2209 / 3204 or email the team.