Grounds for school admission
The school admission to English-speaking pre-primary education is implemented based on the following criteria, in the order presented:
- the child’s mother tongue is English.
- the child’s mother tongue is Finnish, but the child has experience of English language environment.
- the child’s mother tongue is something else, but the child has experience of English language environment.
- the child’s sibling is attending English-speaking early childhood education and care or English-speaking teaching.
- the child’s registration date in early childhood education and care after the official registering period determined by local authorities has ended.
- as a final solution in cases where applicants have equal grounds, the place in English-speaking pre-primary education is assigned with a draw.