Eligibility for funded hours starts the term after a child’s third birthday and the number of funded hours a child receives depends on the start date of their eligibility.
For session 2023-24 the number of funded hours will be as follows
Date of Birth | Eligible From | Offer letters sent out | Funded entitlement for year 2023/2024 |
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1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020 |
August 2023 (Autumn Term) | Week beginning 27th March 2023 | 1140 hours |
1 September 2020 to 31 December 2020 |
January 2024 (Spring Term) | Week beginning 9th October 2023 |
624 hours |
1 January 2021 to 29 February 2021 |
April 2024 (Summer Term) | Week beginning 5th February 2024 | 306 hours |
Nursery places in our Forest Kindergartens are only available during school term time dates and are open Monday – Thursday with no provision on a Friday. Across all forest kindergarten settings the option of 2 or 4 days is available.
Applying for a place
To apply for a place at one of our forest kindergartens please submit one application and send it along with copies of the documents noted below to earlyyears@edinburgh.gov.uk
Please note, some downloads may not be accessible. For help, call 0131 200 2000.
- apply for nursery form (PDF)
- child's birth certificate - or, if informed by the nursery, their passport
- proof of your address, such as a Council Tax letter or utility bill.
Please note we cannot guarantee your first choice of setting therefore, when completing the application form, you must provide a second and third choice and these can be either another forest kindergarten or from the settings listed in the following links:
Applications received that do not include second and third choices will be returned to you for completion.
Download a print-friendly list of council and partner provide centres - PDF
Find Forest Kindergartens
Name of Forest Kindergarten | Address |
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Bonaly. 8.30am-4pm |
Bonaly Scout Centre, 71 Bonaly Road, EH13 0PB |
Cammo Estate - where drop off and pick up is from site - 8.15am-3.45pm Cammo Estate where drop off and pick up is via bus transport - 8.30am-4.00pm |
61A Cammo Road, 91¸£ÀûÉç, EH4 8AP |
Corstorphine Hill, 8.15am – 3.45pm |
80A Clermiston Road, 91¸£ÀûÉç, EH12 6UP |
Hawkhill woods, 8.30am – 4.00pm |
2A Greendykes Road, 91¸£ÀûÉç. EH16 4DP |
Lauriston Castle, 8.15am-3.45pm |
2 Cramond Road South, 91¸£ÀûÉç, EH4 6AD |
Newbattle Abbey College, 8.30am – 4.00pm |
Newbattle Road, Dalkeith, EH22 3LL |
South Queensferry (The Vat Run, off Hopetoun Road), 8.15am – 3.45pm |
26B Hopetoun Road, 91¸£ÀûÉç, EH30 9RH |