✨ Early Childhood Education Policy
2 APRIL 2014
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 35
987
Section 1
Early Childhood Education
General
The purpose of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) enrolment policy is to provide – as far as is possible – equity of access to early childhood education for children whose location, health, educational or personal circumstances prevent attendance at a reasonably convenient service.
Priority for enrolment
The number of state-funded enrolment "places" is capped. This may mean that not all children who are eligible may be able to be enrolled at the time they first apply.
Children whose access to Early Childhood Education is limited by their rural location and geographic isolation will normally be given first priority for enrolment.
Children approved by Te Kura as eligible for enrolment but for whom a place is not immediately available will have their names placed on a wait list. Wait-listed children will normally be enrolled in age order, oldest first.
Programmes
Te Kura provides two types of Early Childhood Education programme – full-time and part-time.
Categories
There are two categories of enrolment:
- Access – a parent can make an application for their child’s enrolment.
- Referral – the parent’s application must be supported by referral documents (as set out in the referral gateways below).
Gateways
Within each category there are a number of "gateways" (ie, sets of entry criteria)
Access gateways:
- Geographic isolation
- Itineracy
- High Health Needs
- Special Circumstances.
Referral gateways:
- Special Development Needs
- Ministry of Education.
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