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APPENDIX A
RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE COUNCIL'S DAY NURSERIES
1. The first priority for admission shall be given equally, subject to the other rules, to
the children (including adopted children) of:
(a) mothers who are widows, separated or divorced wives, or wives whose husbands
are totally disabled or in prison, or unmarried mothers, provided they are
maintaining an independent home and are employed at least 35 hours a week
including meal times;
(b) parents where the mother is in ill-health and cannot care adequately for the
children, or during the mother's confinement;
(c) parents who are living in housing conditions detrimental to health, or where
other environmental factors are such that it is desirable for the health of the
child that it should be admitted to a day nursery; and
(d) widowers or where the mother has left the home.
2. The second priority for admission shall be given, subject to the other rules, to the
children of parents where, because the father is unemployed or his earnings are so low,
the mother is compelled to go to work as an economic necessity and is employed at
least 35 hours a week, including meal times, provided the joint net income of the
parents as calculated in accordance with approved rules does not exceed £10 a week.
3. Vacancies not required for children in the first and second priority classes shall be
offered to other children in a third priority class whose parents are both working
if able to do so (the mother being employed for at least 35 hours a week, including
meal times), and whose joint net income, as calculated in accordance with approved
rules, exceeds £10 a week.
4. In assessing applications for all admissions an overriding consideration shall be
that the parent(s) is/are unable to make satisfactory arrangements for the care of
the children.
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