Who can apply
All 3 and 4 year olds are eligible for funded early learning and childcare.
Some 2 year olds are also eligible for funded early learning and childcare.
For session 2021/22, children are eligible for a place according to their date of birth as follows:
4 year olds
If your child's date of birth is on or between 01 March 2017 and 28 February 2018 he/she would have been eligible for a funded early learning and childcare place from August 2020.
3 year olds
If your child's date of birth is on or between 01 March 2018 and 28 February 2019 he/she will be eligible for a funded place as set out below.
A child in his/her ante-pre-school year will be eligible for entry to early learning and childcare after the child's 3rd birthday as follows:
- children who reach 3 years of age between 01 March and 31 July the start date will be at the beginning of the Autumn Term (August).
- children reaching 3 years between 01 August and 28 February of the following year the start date will be one month after the child's 3rd birthday.
What we (Falkirk Council) offer
| Nursery provider |
Provision available |
Model |
| Ward 1 Bo'ness & Blackness (6) |
| Bo'ness Public |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Borrowstoun ELC Centre (from August 2021) |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Deanburn |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Grange |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Kinneil |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 8am to 6pm |
1b |
| St Mary's |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 2 Grangemouth (5) |
| Beancross |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Bowhouse |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Abbotsgrange ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Rannoch ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Sacred Heart |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 3 Denny & Banknock (7) |
| Bankier |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Denny ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Denny Nursery Class |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Dunipace |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
|
| Head of Muir |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Nethermains |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| St Patrick's |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 4 Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst (7) |
| Airth |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Carron |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Carronshore |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Kinnaird Waters ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Larbert ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| St Bernadette's |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Stenhousemuir |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 5 - Bonnybridge and Larbert (5) |
| Antonine |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Bonnypark ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Ladeside |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Larbert Village |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| St Joseph's |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 6 - Falkirk North (7) |
| Bainsford |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Camelon ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Langlees |
Term time plus 7 weeks of the summer holidays (closed all other school holiday dates) - 8am to 6pm |
2 |
| St Andrew's |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| St Francis Xavier |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Victoria |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Woodburn ELC Centre (from August 2021) |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Ward 7 - Falkirk South (5) |
| Bantaskin |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Carmuirs |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Comely Park |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Easter Carmuirs |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Glenburn ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Woodlands ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Ward 8 - Lower Braes (3) |
| Laurieston |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Parkhill ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Westquarter |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Ward 9 - Upper Braes (7) |
| Avonbridge |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| California |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Glendevon ELC Centre |
Full year (excluding public holidays and In-Service days) - 8am to 6pm |
3 |
| Shieldhill |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Slamannan |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 8am to 6pm |
1b |
| Wallacestone |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
| Whitecross |
Term time only - 5 days per week - 9am to 3pm (+/- 15 mins) |
1a |
When to apply
Applications for ELC places for August 2021 to June 2022 have now closed. Please email elc@falkirk.gov.uk to discuss the manual process of application..
Applications for ELC places from August 2022 will be available to apply online at a later date.
- Downloads
- Early Learning and Childcare Admission Policy
PDF file, 400.1 KB
How to apply
Falkirk Council ELC settings
Applications for ELC places from August 2022 will be available to apply online at a later date.
Childminders
Falkirk Council works in partnership with a number of local childminders for the delivery of funded early learning and childcare. You can find childminders via the Care Inspectorate website.
Funded ELC is only available at childminders who are in partnership with Falkirk Council. Parents/carers should check with their preferred childminder as to whether they are a current partner provider.
If the childminder is a partner provider and they have confirmed availability, you will be provided with a 'Funding Form' which should be sent to us to arrange funding.
Private nurseries
Falkirk Council works in partnership with a number of local private providers for the delivery of funded early learning and childcare. Contact details are given below.
Parents/carers should apply directly to the private provider. When the place is confirmed by the provider, you will then be provided with a 'Funding Form' which should be sent to us to arrange funding.
How to transfer
If you want to change nursery during the session then please complete a Nursery transfer form giving 6 weeks' notice.
- Downloads
- Nursery transfer form
DOCX file, 67.9 KB
Financial support
As a parent/carer of a young child, you may be eligible for additional financial support:
The new Scottish Child Payment (£40 every 4 weeks for eligible children under 6 years of age) opened on 15 February 2021.
The Best Start Grant is available to families:
- if your child is the right age for a payment.
- whether you're in work or not, as long as you're on certain payments or benefits.
- as long as you're the parent of a child, or the main person looking after the child.