Applications for a pre-primary education place are submitted during the period 16.1.-1.2.2026

Families using municipal daycare centres will receive detailed instructions via Edlevo message, and client families of private daycare centres will receive instructions from the child's own daycare centre. If the child needs early childhood education in addition to pre-primary education, the application for an early childhood education place is submitted at the same time as the pre-primary education application. For children who need 24/7 daycare, pre-primary education is organised in daycare centre  that provides 24/7 daycare.  

If applying for pre-primary education at private daycare centre and the child also needs early childhood education, guardians must complete both the pre-primary education application and the service voucher application via the online early childhood education services.  

Pre-primary education is free of charge and is provided for four hours a day, a total of 700 hours. According to the Basic Education Act, every child must participate in pre-primary education, and the guardian is responsible for attending.

Pre-primary education arrangements in the school year 2026-2027

In Jyväskylä, the location of pre-primary education groups is decided annually. Issues that annually affect the formation and location of pre-primary education groups include:

• Ensuring  high-quality pre-primary education for every child
• Matching the number of applicants with available places in daycare centres
• Suitability of facilities for pre-primary education  
• Ability to form a peer group of at least seven children
• Number of applicants of other ages in need of early childhood education

Area-specific arrangements

Halssila: Ilvespuisto and Lokintie pre-primary education and  Halssila daycare centre.  

Jyskä: Renovated pre-primary education facilities at Jyskä School.  

Kangasvuori and Huhtasuo: Pre-primary education is organised at the Kangasvuori daycare school and the Huhtasuo daycare centre.  

Keljonkangas: Pre-primary education will be centralised in a temporary building to be moved to the yard area of Keljonkangas school during the summer of 2026.  

Keltinmäki and Myllyjärvi: Keltinmäki and Myllytupa daycare centres.  

Jyväskylä City centre: Fabriikki, Kukkumäki, Kypärämäki, Voionmaa,  Puistokatu and Kortepohja daycare centres. Pre-primary education for children in need of 24/7 daycare is organised at the Tapiola daycare centre. From 7 January 2027  Tapiola’s 24/7 daycare and Voionmaa’s temporary daycare operations will move to the new City Centre daycare centre at Vellamonkatu 1

Korpilahti: Korpilahti comprehensive school and  Tikkala daycare school.  

Kuohu-Vesanka: Kuohu and Vesanka daycare schools.  

Kuokkala: Taikalamppu, Pohjanlampi, Ristikivi, Ristonmaa and Kuokkala daycare centres and Nenäinniemi daycare school.  

Muuratsalo and Säynätsalo:  Säynätsalo and Muuratsalo daycare schools.  

Palokka and Puuppola: Mannila, Puuppola, Haukkamäki, Kirri, Pappilanvuori, Jokela, Luhtinen and Ritoniitty daycare centres,  Savulahti daycare school and Lohikoski school premises.

Tikkakoski: Liinalampi daycare centre and  Luonetjärvi pre-primary education group.  

Vaajakoski: Janakka and Haapaniemi daycare schools,  Punapaula daycare centre and Vaajakumpu comprehensive school premises.