CLOVER COUNTRY NURSERY The Old Schoolhouse, Fala, By Pathhead, EH37 5SY
Tel - 01875 833375 Email - info@clovercountrynursery.com
As from August 2021, children aged 3 to 5 are entitled to 1140 hours funded early learning and childcare per year. Your child can have 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, following school term times, the Scottish Government pays for it, and this payment comes directly to Clover Country Nursery. Funded early learning and childcare is being offered to parents on a more flexible basis, so Clover Country Nursery can provide all of your child's funded 1140 hours a year, or you can split it between us and another provider, including a local authority setting - the choice is yours. There are no deposit or administration fees to join us for your 1140 hours. In addition, a meal is included each day you child comes to us for funded early learning and childcare. Please ask us, and we'd be happy to explain how it works.
Below are some FAQs about funded early learning and childcare, to give you more information.
What is partnership?
Clover Country Nursery is one of a number of private nurseries in Midlothian who have chosen to provide early learning and childcare for children aged 3 and over. This means your child can be with us for all, or some, of the 30 hours your child is entitled to every week for 38 weeks of the year, following school term times. You don’t have to use all of the 1140 hours. Partnership is designed to give parents choice over how they access their child's entitlement and more information about how is works is below.
I don’t live in Midlothian – can I still come to Clover Country Nursery for my child’s early learning and childcare?
Yes. Where you live does not affect your right to access early learning and childcare, as cross border funding applies. If you decide you would like to come to Clover Country Nursery, we provide you with the appropriate paperwork for completion to claim your 1140 hours and we deal with all administration.
How does funded early learning and childcare work?
Your child can join us for 30 hours per week of funded early learning and childcare, for 38 weeks of the year, when they reach age 3 plus 1 month. Please see the table at the bottom for start dates.
Your child can take all 1140 hours with us, but you are entitled to attend a maximum of 2 different providers of funded early learning and childcare at any one time e.g. Clover Country Nursery and your local authority school nursery. For example, if your child is attending your local authority nursery for 10 hours per week, you are using 10 hours of your funded early learning and childcare entitlement. You can then attend Clover Country Nursery for up to 20 hours per week. The current legal maximum number of hours that can be taken in any one day is 10. If you need any additional ad hoc hours or sessions, please discuss with us and we will be happy to help.
What if I feel my child is not ready for Primary 1 at the end of their 2 years of funded early learning & childcare?
If your child’s birthday falls in January or February of the year in which they are due to go to school in August, you have an automatic right to ask for your child’s entry to Primary 1 to be deferred to the following August. This should always be discussed with ourselves and your child’s school. We will be able to guide you through the process. Further early learning and childcare funding should be available for your child's deferred year, but unless you live in Midlothian, the responsibility for further funding passes to your own local authority, so you need to speak to the school your child would be attending.
If your child’s birthday is in December or earlier, a strong case for not going to school needs to be made. However, you do have the legal right to defer your child's entry to school if you decide this is what you would like for your child, but your child might not receive another year's early learning and childcare funding unless your local authority agrees to this.
Tel - 01875 833375 Email - info@clovercountrynursery.com
As from August 2021, children aged 3 to 5 are entitled to 1140 hours funded early learning and childcare per year. Your child can have 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, following school term times, the Scottish Government pays for it, and this payment comes directly to Clover Country Nursery. Funded early learning and childcare is being offered to parents on a more flexible basis, so Clover Country Nursery can provide all of your child's funded 1140 hours a year, or you can split it between us and another provider, including a local authority setting - the choice is yours. There are no deposit or administration fees to join us for your 1140 hours. In addition, a meal is included each day you child comes to us for funded early learning and childcare. Please ask us, and we'd be happy to explain how it works.
Below are some FAQs about funded early learning and childcare, to give you more information.
What is partnership?
Clover Country Nursery is one of a number of private nurseries in Midlothian who have chosen to provide early learning and childcare for children aged 3 and over. This means your child can be with us for all, or some, of the 30 hours your child is entitled to every week for 38 weeks of the year, following school term times. You don’t have to use all of the 1140 hours. Partnership is designed to give parents choice over how they access their child's entitlement and more information about how is works is below.
I don’t live in Midlothian – can I still come to Clover Country Nursery for my child’s early learning and childcare?
Yes. Where you live does not affect your right to access early learning and childcare, as cross border funding applies. If you decide you would like to come to Clover Country Nursery, we provide you with the appropriate paperwork for completion to claim your 1140 hours and we deal with all administration.
How does funded early learning and childcare work?
Your child can join us for 30 hours per week of funded early learning and childcare, for 38 weeks of the year, when they reach age 3 plus 1 month. Please see the table at the bottom for start dates.
Your child can take all 1140 hours with us, but you are entitled to attend a maximum of 2 different providers of funded early learning and childcare at any one time e.g. Clover Country Nursery and your local authority school nursery. For example, if your child is attending your local authority nursery for 10 hours per week, you are using 10 hours of your funded early learning and childcare entitlement. You can then attend Clover Country Nursery for up to 20 hours per week. The current legal maximum number of hours that can be taken in any one day is 10. If you need any additional ad hoc hours or sessions, please discuss with us and we will be happy to help.
What if I feel my child is not ready for Primary 1 at the end of their 2 years of funded early learning & childcare?
If your child’s birthday falls in January or February of the year in which they are due to go to school in August, you have an automatic right to ask for your child’s entry to Primary 1 to be deferred to the following August. This should always be discussed with ourselves and your child’s school. We will be able to guide you through the process. Further early learning and childcare funding should be available for your child's deferred year, but unless you live in Midlothian, the responsibility for further funding passes to your own local authority, so you need to speak to the school your child would be attending.
If your child’s birthday is in December or earlier, a strong case for not going to school needs to be made. However, you do have the legal right to defer your child's entry to school if you decide this is what you would like for your child, but your child might not receive another year's early learning and childcare funding unless your local authority agrees to this.
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February (1 month and 1 day after 3rd birthday) |
February |
March (1 month and 1 day after 3rd birthday) |
March to August |
August (start of autumn term) |
September |
October (1 month and 1 day after 3rd birthday) |
October |
November (1 month and 1 day after 3rd birthday) |
November |
January (start of winter term) |
December |
January (start of winter term) |
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