The Education Authority sets the age range for pre-school children attending in the year before they start Primary 1. Check our enrolment page for details of the latest enrolment period. For Happy Hatchling children, our ‘pre-pre’s’ they can come and join the fun from 2 years 10 months and up.

We do have a uniform, a blue sweatshirt and yellow polo shirt. It helps everyone feel they belong to part of a team, and gets children used to what school will require when they get there.

Ideally they should be on their way but every child learns at a different pace so if we’re helping out with pull-ups for a while that’s fine. Sometimes seeing their friends saying they’re off to the toilet can spur on a bit of determination and independence so just let us know how best to help.

We do and we have adapted our setting to accommodate children with additional needs and continue to develop it. Our staff team have a wealth of experience of working with a broad range of physical and other needs and we’d be happy to discuss any requirements your child may have, and how best we can help families looking to introduce their children to pre-school.

The Government gives a free Pre-school place for children in their year before starting P1 and they are expected to attend for the full week or at least 3 quarters of the full month. For Happy Hatchlings (pre-pre) or pre-school paid places you can chose any number for days from one to the full week, whatever suits your family needs.