Attending early childhood education and care in another municipality
Applying for a new place in early childhood education and care
You may apply for early childhood education regionally. The municipalities of the Tampere urban region — Ylöjärvi, Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Tampere, and Vesilahti — have agreed on a regional application system.
Residents of each municipality are given priority to receive a daycare place in their own municipality of residence. If there are places available in the early childhood education and care facilities in the municipality applied for, a place of care can be granted to children residing in the Tampere region, regardless of their municipality of residence, for one year at a time.
You need to submit an application both to your current municipality of residence and to the municipality in which you wish to receive a place for your child in early childhood education and care. You should use the application form specific to each municipality concerned. A place of care in another municipality may only be granted until the beginning of the child’s pre-primary education.
Early childhood education and care place in case the municipality of residence changes in the middle of the operational period
The regional early childhood education and care agreement makes it possible to continue the child’s care relationship, if the family so wishes, in their former municipality of residence until the end of the operational period of early childhood education and care activities (from 1 August to 31 July). Correspondingly, the agreement allows children to seek early childhood education and care in their future municipality of residence already from the beginning of the operational period, even if the family will move to the new municipality in the middle of the operational period.
When a child continues in early childhood education in their old municipality of residence, the family shall obtain a payment commitment from the early childhood education authority of their new municipality of residence. Correspondingly, when a child transfers to early childhood education and care provided by the new municipality already before the family moves there, they shall obtain a payment commitment from the early childhood education authority of their current municipality of residence.
The Agreement was prepared by the daycare working group of the regional administration, and parties to it are the cities of Tampere, Nokia, Orivesi and Ylöjärvi, and the municipalities of Kangasala, Lempäälä, Pirkkala and Vesilahti.
Sub-regional units/contact persons
Early childhood education and care in Tampere
Katri Mantere, Customer Service Manager, tel. 040 849 2107
Päivi Wijkberg, Secretary, tel. 040 430 9896
Early childhood education and care in Nokia
Mari Valkeejärvi, Head of early childhood education and care, tel. 044 906 1242
Riikka Tolvila, Secretary
Early childhood education and care in Orivesi
Sari Koivisto, Head of early childhood education and care, tel. 050 552 6246
Early childhood education and care in Ylöjärvi
Anu Mantere, Service Manager for early childhood education and care, tel. 050 548 9382
Janika Virtanen, Secretary, tel. 044 486 0749
Early childhood education and care in Kangasala
Marjo Vesa, Head of early childhood education and care, tel. 044 481 3200
Sirkka Niiranen, Secretary, tel. 040 133 6567
Early childhood education and care in Lempäälä
Katri Auvinen, Service Manager for early childhood education and care, tel. 040 133 7498
Pauliina Lähdevuori, Secretary, tel. 050 383 9604
Early childhood education and care in Pirkkala
Kirsi Huhtala-Reinikka, Regional Director of early childhood education and care, tel. 050 597 2469
Carita Mäkinen, Secretary, tel. 050 326 3706
Early childhood education and care in Vesilahti
Anne Mäki, Head of early childhood education and care, tel. 050 389 5217
Riitta Rautell, Secretary, tel. 040 133 5201