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This was stated in the responses provided by the town authorities to the news agency regarding the number of children waiting and the age of admission to school.
According to the City of Reykjavík, information on the average kindergarten enrollment age is currently unavailable. According to the City of Reykjavík, children are currently attending private schools and kindergartens, so the final figures are not available. A clearer picture is expected early next month.
In Garðabær, there are 36 children waiting for a kindergarten place. The children are aged between 12 months and 5 years old and they all applied for a place between May and August. Kindergarten places in Garðabær are allocated until spring, when all the children waiting for admission are offered a place according to the town’s response. The youngest child enrolled in kindergarten in Garðabær is only 12 months old.
In Mosfellsbær, the average age of children attending kindergarten is 17 to 18 months, and the youngest child enrolled in a kindergarten in the municipality was born in July 2023 and is therefore only 13 months old. There are no children on the waiting list for kindergarten places in Mosfellsbær, and applications received after July 1 are being processed.
There are 23 children waiting for kindergarten in Hafnarfjörður. They are all children who applied for admission this summer. According to the municipality’s response, efforts are currently underway to get them into kindergarten. The youngest child who will attend kindergarten in Hafnarfjörður this autumn was born in May 2023, so they will be 15 months old when they start kindergarten.
Fifty-four months on hold
In Seltjarnarnes, the youngest child registered was born in May 2023 and will therefore be approximately 15 months old when school starts. There are a total of 5 children aged 14 months and above waiting for admission to kindergarten at the municipality.
In Kopavogur, the youngest child invited to attend kindergarten this autumn was born in April 2023, so he will be about 16 to 17 months old when he enters kindergarten this autumn. According to the town’s response, there are 141 children waiting to be enrolled, but most of them were born in August 2023, that is, a total of 50, so August has 12 months. A total of 30 children are waiting to be born in July 2023, 27 children were born in June, and 34 children were born in May.
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