Orkney With reference to your email (1-12-22) and in response to the specific questions relating to published information confirming that from August 2023 children who will turn 5 between 2nd day of the school year in August and the end of February, are entitled to funded childcare should their parents or guardians wish to defer their entry to primary one, please note the following: • ‘where is this information published on your website’; The focus for the Orkney ELC Team, up to the end of 2022, was to include discussion of the change at setting level (with our ELC registered managers including the changes in the usual discussions they have with parents); with the start of 2023, and with registration for ELC and P1 in mind, information is now circulating on our ELC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ELCOrkney/ This links directly to the parent club information: https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/can-my-child-defer-starting-school Furthermore, in readiness for the local ‘registration week’ (17-2-23 to 24-2-23) the Council website is being updated. Once updated the web...