6-2 Conditional Enrolment
Introduction
Services may choose to enrol a number of children above the licence maximum.
This is acceptable provided attendance does not exceed the licence maximum at any one time.
Conditional enrolment
Attendance is conditional upon an enrolled child being absent.
Children on waiting lists may attend only if an enrolled child is absent.
For more information on conditional enrolments refer to the Glossary in this handbook.
Funding for conditional enrolments
Funding for children who are conditionally enrolled must only be claimed on the basis of attendance.
Filling child-places
Use this table to find out if you can fill extra child-places with conditionally enrolled children:
| If your licence is for... |
You may... |
You must not... |
| children ages two and over only |
fill empty places with children aged two or over. |
fill empty places with children aged under two. |
| mixed ages |
fill empty under two places with children of any age. |
fill empty two and over places with children under two. |
Hours attended by children aged two or over
must be claimed at the over two rate.