The overall capacity at municipal nursery schools for the next school year means there are 8,588 places available for children up to the age of 3. The pre-enrolment and enrolment process will be:

• Publication of places available: 4 May.
• Application period for pre-enrolment: 5 to 18 May (inclusive).
• Publication of the pre-enrolment list at each centre, along with provisional points: 26 May.
• Presentation of appeals: 27 May to 2 June.
• Draw for cut-off number: 3 June.
• Publication of pre-enrolment list at each centre with definitive points: 7 May.
• Publication of list of infants with places, plus waiting list where applicable: 15 June.
• Enrolment period: 16 to 22 June (inclusive).

The pre-enrolment process for the 2022-2023 school year will be conducted online, at: http://www.barcelona.cat/escolesbressol/preinscripcio

The process can only be carried out in person in exceptional cases and must be at the first-choice centre with an appointment.

More support for infants with special education needs and a new itinerant nursing service for the next school year

The IMEB will be boosting its support for infants with special education needs through a 64% increase in resources in this area (funding for all services here should be 470,000 euros for the next school year). The extra funding means more support hours from professionals to help infants with specific needs.

An itinerant nursing service will also be introduced to improve specialised support for infants with severe disabilities and/or severe health and medical needs. This service will advise and train education teams in specific responses to the medical and health needs of infants in the school environment. It will also provide direct support for infants where they need to be accompanied by a specialist. The service is expected to provide between 5 and 15 hours of service a week, with a maximum annual volume of 1,150 hours.