Admissions 

All nursery places are allocated in line with Glasgow City Council’s Admissions and charging policy for early years. All applications are banded and are taken to an admissions panel where the Head of Establishment's from neighbouring nurseries come together to review the applications and allocate places.

Our panel members consist of Eastwood Nursery School, Shaw Mhor Early Years Centre, Limetree Day Nursery, Deanpark Nursery School and Carmichael Nursery School.

The panel meets three times a year to review applications and allocate places. If we are unable to allocate your first choice of place we will then try to place the application with another nursery at the panel. Only one application form should be completed and handed in to your first choice nursery. Please note not all the nurseries present at the panel can accommodate under threes. Please refer to GFIS for nursery information and age groups.

How to Apply

• You can call the nursery on 0141 632 9773 to arrange to collect an application form
• Or you can complete a digital copy (linked below)
• Ensure you bring orginial copies of the documents needed to process your application. Details of what documents are required can be found HERE

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS APPLICATION FORM. COMPLETE IT AND SEND IT (ALONG WITH A PHOTO OF YOUR CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE, A PHOTO OF A RECENT UTILITY BILL, A PHOTO OR SCREENSHOT OF PROOF OF ANY BENEFITS YOU RECIEVE AND/OR PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT - IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN NATIONAL, PLEASE ALSO SEND PHOTOS OF PARENTS AND CHILD'S PASSPORTS. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR APPLICATION AND ALL ATTACHMENTS TO HEADTEACHER@EASTWOOD-NURSERY.GLASGOW.SCH.UK

1140 Hours

The Scottish Government are providing 1140 free hours of early learning and childcare to all 3 and 4 year olds who are eligible  and some eligible 2 years are also entitled to 1140 hours.

• Term Time contract is 30 hours per week this can be 4 half days and one full day.
• Term Time hours are 8.00am – 1pm or 1.00pm – 6pm
• 50 week contract is 25 hours per week this can be morning or afternoon
• 50 week hours are 8.00am – 12.45pm or 1.00pm – 5.45pm 

Additional block sessions can be purchased at an additional cost this can be discussed with the Head of Nursery and this is guided by Glasgow City Council’s charging policy which is reviewed yearly.

Enrolment

Once you have been offered and accepted a place at Eastwood Nursery we will contact you and arrange a date and time for you to come in and complete all the paperwork necessary for you child starting nursery.  At that meeting you will be given a date for your child to start here and together we will discuss with you, the settling in process that best suits your child's needs. We look forward to meeting you!

Settling

We have a pre-entry programme for all new parents and children. Parents are asked to settle their child in the playroom until they have become familiar with their key worker and other staff in the nursery environment. This also gives the parent time to complete the child's care plan to ensure we are providing the best possible care for your child. 

Changes can be stressful at any stage in life, but for young children they can be particularly challenging. Starting nursery can make demands on children as they learn to cope with new situations. Parents also need support to cope with change and new situations. Because of this, the sensitive care and attention given to ensuring smooth transitions is extremely important, taking into account the importance of responsive care we have devised a flexible settling process. Every child is different and it is important to remember that each child's settling programme will be different. 

The Key worker System

The keyworker is responsible for a group of children.  They are also responsible for building relationships with parents/carers.  Over a period of time, the keyworker can build up a picture of each child’s skills, abilities and interests, and can plan appropriate learning experiences for each child.

Key workers also have responsibility for the physical environment of the play area to ensure that is used effectively and that appropriate resources and experiences are available for the children.