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Nursery age relaxation in Delhi

If your child's birthday falls just outside the age limit, here is how relaxation works and how to ask.

IN SHORT

Age relaxation lets a school admit a child who is just outside the age limit. Recent Delhi Directorate of Education notices for entry-level admission have let the head of a school relax the lower and upper age limits by up to 30 days, at their discretion. It is not automatic: check the notice for your year, and ask each school in writing before you apply.

Updated · Mayo International School, Patparganj, East Delhi

Up to
30 days
Decided by
Head of school
Applies to
Lower and upper limit
Automatic?
No — ask the school

What it could mean for Nursery 2027-28

Without relaxation, Nursery is for children born 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

With the full 30 days on both sides, a school could consider children born from 2 March 2023 to 30 April 2024.

Whether a school uses it, and for whom, is the school's decision.

How to ask

  • Read the Directorate of Education's entry-level notice for the year: it states whether relaxation is allowed
  • Write to the school's admissions office with the child's birth certificate, before the form closes
  • Ask whether the school applies relaxation, and whether it changes the class your child would join
  • Keep the school's reply with your application

If relaxation is not given

A child who is too young simply applies the following year; a child over the upper limit applies for the next class. Neither costs the child anything — it keeps them with classmates of the same age.

At Mayo

Nursery: at least 3 and under 4 years old on 31 March of the year the session starts.

Ask the admissions office about your child's date of birth before applying; the office will tell you which class fits.

Nursery admission for 2027-28 is open until 15 December 2026 (60 seats this round).

Questions parents ask

Is there age relaxation for nursery admission in Delhi?

Recent Directorate of Education notices have let heads of school relax the lower and upper age limits by up to 30 days, at their discretion. Check the notice for your year.

Who decides age relaxation?

The head of the school, within the limit the Directorate's notice allows.

My child is a few days too young for nursery. What can I do?

Ask the school in writing, with the birth certificate, whether it applies age relaxation. If not, the child applies the following year.

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Sources

Rules change each year: check the official notice for your year. Mayo's own figures come from the school's records.

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