The government is now offering 15 hours of childcare funding (for 38 weeks per year) to working parents of children aged 2 years and over. You need to check online to see if you are eligible to claim this:-
Check you're eligible for free childcare if you're working -GOV.UK
You can then apply for the funding and obtain a code to submit to The Early Years Centre by checking the GOV.UK site: Apply for free childcare if you're working - GOV.UK
Because the Early Years Centre is open for 50 weeks of the year, we meet this offer by providing your child with a maximum of 11.4 hours of funded education per week over 50 weeks. You will receive the funding from the term after your child’s 2nd birthday.
If you qualify for a code after the deadline has expired for the termly applications, your funding will be applied from the following term. These codes are only valid for a 3 month period and so you will need to ensure that it does not expire before the next terms applications.
Further useful information can be obtained on the Childcare Choices website.
The Government are extending the entitlement to free childcare to all parents of children aged 9 months & over with effect from 1st September 2024. You will receive the funding from the term after your child is 9 months old.
As with the 2 year funding, if you qualify for a code after the deadline has expired for the termly applications, your funding will be applied from the following term. These codes are only valid for a 3 month period and so you will need to ensure that it does not expire before the next terms applications.
Further information can be obtained by following the same links as above and the Childcare Choices website here.
All children are entitled to 15 hours funded childcare (for 38 weeks per year) from the term after their 3rd birthday. You do not have to be working to receive this entitlement, and you do not need to obtain a code.
Because the Early Years Centre is open for 50 weeks of the year, we meet this offer by providing your child with a maximum of 11.4 hours of funded education per week over 50 weeks. You will receive the funding from the term after your child’s 3rd birthday.
If you are both working, then you may be entitled to receive the enhanced 3 year funding of 30 hours per week – given as 22.8 hours per week spread over 50 weeks of the year. You will need to apply for a code which you will give to your childcare provider in order to obtain your funding.
There is a termly deadline for applying for your code, and so if you obtain your code after the deadline your funding will be applied from the following term.
These codes are only valid for a 3 month period and so you will need to ensure that it does not expire before the next terms applications.
Further useful information can be obtained on the Childcare Choices website.