Tranche Three – Pre-school Settings Requesting Transition From September 2025
The settings listed below have requested changes to deliver new or additional full-time (22.5 hours per week) funded pre-school education from September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
This list comprises a total of 30 settings and is the third tranche of settings to be considered to implement the standardised pre-school session length from September 2025.
The EA has confirmed that all proposed changes can be implemented while maintaining the overall objective of the Pre-School Education programme to provide a funded pre-school place for every target aged child whose parents want it.
The EA considers that all the settings listed can be fully prepared to deliver full-time pre-school places for at least 22.5 hours per week from September 2025, that any necessary resources have been secured and any changes required can be completed before this date.
The leadership of each pre-school have formally requested the changes. In making their requests, they have each confirmed that the proposed changes are deliverable within the existing provision available in the setting (including any provision that has already been agreed with the EA but not yet in place) and are not dependent on any new capital or other investment. It is the view of the leadership of each setting that the requested provision is sustainable.
Stakeholders are invited to provide comments on why the proposed changes should or should not be approved. Comments should be sent to preschoolstandardisation@education-ni.gov.uk by Friday 13 December 2024.