Starting School and Child Care

Starting school is a huge event in a child's life, but if handled well, can be the beginning of a very happy future in school. These links will help children, and their parents and guardians, to prepare for going to school.

Schools in the Area
A full list of all crèches, nurseries and schools, including special needs and pupil referral centres, can be found at /education/schools/schIndex.htm.

Admissions
Information on admissions, including appeals and transfer forms, is available at /education/schools/admissions/.

Pre-School and Day Care
The Council website has an excellent section with lots of information about pre-school and day care, from age 0-14, at / education/educationstandards/

Family Information Service
The Family Information Services offers local residents information about childcare facilities, local children's services and careers in early years education, childcare and playwork. More information can be found at http://www.familyinformationservice.info/  and  /education/preschool/.

Children's Centres

Children's Centres are being developed across North East Lincolnshire. They will provide a community based resource for families. There are 6 Children's Centres and by 2008 there will be 12 at locations across North East Lincolnshire. It is proposed that by 2010 there will be Children's Centres servicing every community.

Services include:

• Integrated education and daycare
• Family support
• Health services

Childcare - What's on Offer?
The Council produces a useful leaflet for parents, listing the childcare options available. The leaflet can be downloaded from /What's On Offer: A Parent's Guide (PDF 1155 KB)

(In order to read pdf files you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. This is a free download from the internet and can be accessed from our  Downloads page.)