Escuelas Infantiles in Valencia: Nursery Places and Aid

The Bono Infantil pays a nursery place for a child under three, with a monthly cap that depends on the birth year. At a private centre, enrol first to get the code, then apply online. This year's window has closed, but a late route for set circumstances runs to 31 May 2027, if the budget allows.

Under three and heading back to work? The Bono Infantil can pay for a nursery place at an authorised private centre or a municipal escuela infantil. Nursery itself is optional.

What does the Bono Infantil pay?

It covers the place cost your centre declares, up to a monthly cap set by your child’s year of birth. The caps are:

• Born in 2026: EUR 460 a month.
• Born in 2025: EUR 350 a month.
• Born in 2024: EUR 300 a month.

The money goes to the centre, not to you, because your application authorises the centre to handle payment. You cannot combine it with another subsidy for the same purpose. The 2027 part of the aid depends on enough budget.

How do you apply at a private nursery?

The ordinary window for this school year closed in July 2026. If you missed it, see the late route below. For a future call, follow these steps in order.

1. Enrol your child in an authorised centre. At enrolment the centre gets an enrolment code and gives it to you.
2. Get your child’s SIP card, since the application needs a photocopy of it. The SIP card guide covers how to get it.
3. Get a digital certificate, because the online application uses one. The Cl@ve and digital certificate guide covers the options. Families without electronic means get access from the centre itself.
4. Attach the official proof of your child’s date of birth and a photocopy of the SIP card.
5. Add a copy of your valid ID. If you have no NIE, attach your passport.
6. Apply within 15 natural days of the DOGV publication.
7. File one application per child, because if you file at two centres only the last one counts.
8. Sign the sworn statement that you receive no other subsidy or income for the same purpose.

If the online route does not work for you, a signed paper application at your child’s centre is the fallback.

What if you arrived or started work after the window?

You can still apply during the school year, until 31 May 2027, with a certificate of your circumstance, if the budget allows. Three cases fit most newcomers:

• Your family moved home because of a guardian’s mobility. Prove it with your child’s padrón certificate.
• Your child was born in 2026 after the window closed. Prove it with the official birth document.
• A guardian started work after the window closed. Prove it with an employment contract signed after the window.

Without digital means, you can file a late application at the Conselleria registry. The award takes effect from the month after you apply. If you moved, register on the padrón first, since the padrón certificate is your proof: the empadronamiento guide has the steps.

How do municipal escoletes work?

Most first-cycle centres in València city are private, and in our count of the Generalitat register, 12 of the 133 are public. At a municipal school the council that owns it files the aid, and your place is a separate request at the school.

Visit before you commit. Last spring the city ran open days in its municipal schools before pre-enrolment, and families confirmed attendance by phone at each centre. We recommend phoning the escoleta in March to ask for open-day dates, since next year’s dates are not confirmed. For older children, see the public school enrolment guide.

What happens after you apply?

Check your result on the Bono Infantil portal. The centre also tells you when the resolution is published.

After that the routine is monthly. The centre certifies attendance every month, and you have ten working days after each certification to justify your child’s attendance.

Before you pay a deposit, look the centre up in the Generalitat register to confirm it is authorised, since the aid only goes to authorised private centres. For the choice of area, see the family neighbourhoods guide. For older children, see moving to Valencia with children and the international schools guide.

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Not confirmed: Whether a centre charges you the part of its price above the monthly cap: ask the centre. Admission dates for the public escoletes next year: ask the Ajuntament's Concejalía de Educación. The window for next year's aid is announced in the DOGV and is not published yet.

General information checked against the sources listed above. Prices, opening hours and other details change; confirm them with the provider before you act. See how guides are checked.

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