The enrollment period for nurseries in Malaga opens on April 1st.

The 2026-27 academic year for the youngest children begins on April 1. From that date, the enrollment period for the first cycle of Early Childhood Education in Málaga will start, offering a total of 23,882 places.

Families can apply for a spot for children aged 0 to 3 years until April 30. Following the procedure for the affiliation of centers, both public from other administrations and private, the Family Assistance Program of the Andalusian Regional Government now includes 10 more centers in Málaga, totaling a network of 379 centers for the 2026-27 academic year, as reported by the Andalusian Regional Government in a statement.

Starting from the next academic year, the socio-educational care service for 1 and 2-year-olds, both in Junta-owned nursery schools and centers affiliated with the Family Assistance Program, will be free of charge. This means that the 2026-27 academic year will see two models coexist: the 0-year-old model, which will continue as before, with its services and bonuses, and the 1 and 2-year-old segments, with free education. For the 1 and 2-year-old segments, a model has been designed with three services, with the main one being Socio-Educational Care, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM; the morning classroom will be from 7:30 to 9:00 AM and the afternoon classroom from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. Additionally, the Ministry has set the amounts and bonuses for public prices applicable to the Junta’s nursery schools and centers affiliated with the Family Assistance Program for the next academic year 2026-27.

In this way, the provision of socio-educational care service will be free for all students enrolled in the second and third year, i.e., ages 1 and 2. The price of this service, costing 240.53 euros, will be fully covered by the Ministry.

Free Dining Service

Regarding the dining service, priced at 92 euros per month, it will be free in the following cases: when there are socio-family circumstances that lead to the adoption of child protection measures by public institutions or that cause deficiencies or difficulties in meeting the basic needs required for their proper physical, psychological, and social development and that do not initially require separation from the family environment. Also, when families are in situations of social difficulty, understood as those families whose per capita income is less than 0.50 IPREM or, in the case of single-parent families, less than 0.75 IPREM; for children of female victims of gender violence and for victims of terrorism or their children, up to the second degree of consanguinity. Additionally, the scale will include seven tiers of bonuses for this service based on family income.

When the family has two minors using this service, the second will receive a 30% discount on the amount applicable to the first. In the case of three minors using this service, the third will receive a 60% discount on the amount applicable to the first, and when the family has more than three minors using this service, the fourth and subsequent ones will be free.

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Morning Classroom

Regarding the morning classroom, which will operate from 7:30 to 9:00 AM, and the afternoon classroom, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM, the cost will be 20.90 euros per month. These services will be free under the same conditions as the dining service. The submission of admission applications for all children accessing a Junta-owned nursery school or one of the centers affiliated with the Family Assistance Program for the first time can be done between April 1 and 30, inclusive, at the chosen center, accompanied by the documentation indicated in the form. Previously, the centers will publish on their notice boards the number of vacant places for each age group, as well as their area of influence.

Likewise, families can apply for the bonus for socio-educational care and school dining services during the same period, from April 1 to 30. Additionally, in the 1 and 2-year-old segments, they can apply for assistance for morning or afternoon classroom services. Educational centers will publish the provisional scale of applications on their notice boards on May 7, and the period for submitting claims will open from May 8 to 21.

Final Lists

The final lists will be published on May 27, and enrollment must be formalized from June 1 to 10, inclusive. In order to facilitate maximum compatibility between work and family life, both nursery schools and Early Childhood Education centers will offer their services from Monday to Friday, every non-holiday day of the year, except for the month of August, in an uninterrupted schedule from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, with a maximum of eight hours of student presence in the schools. The regular class regime will begin on the third business day of September.