ECCE Scheme – The free pre-school year

The free pre-school year in Early Childhood and Education (ECCE) is designed to give children access to a year of programme based activities in the year before they start primary school. This scheme applies to Montessori children who have turned 3 years old between the months February to June. The scheme covers 38 weeks of the year starting each September, January and April.

Our crèche in Rathdrum in approved by the department of children and youth affairs for the ecce scheme