WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S 30 HOURS 'FREE' CHILDCARE OFFERING?

Cherry Tree Nursery & Preschool are pleased to offer 30 hours funded childcare for all eligible families.

All 3 and 4-year-olds in England currently receive 15 hours a week government funded early education. If their parents are living and working in England, 3 and 4-year-olds may be entitled to 30 hours funded childcare, which is up to 1,140 hours per year in total!

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If eligible you will be entitled to access the 30 funded hours from the beginning of the term following your child’s 3rd birthday. we stretch the funding across 51 weeks as opposed to the term time 38 week period.

 

This enables part-time families to access more of the funded hours than would otherwise be available to them if restricted under a term time structure.

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CHANGES TO CHILDCARE SUPPORT
15 and 30 hours childcare
Starting from April 2024, existing childcare support will be expanded in phases. By September 2025, most working families with children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare support. From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours childcare support.

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From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months to 3-year-olds.
 

From September 2025, eligible working parents with a child from 9 months old up to school age will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week.

At Cherry Tree Nursery and Preshool we stretch the hours over 51 weeks, using fewer hours per week.
 

For more information about how this scheme works, please speak to our nursery manager.​

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For more information about eligibility criteria, please visit the Childcare Choices website or download the Department for Education eligibility document.

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15 HOURS FUNDED CHILDCARE

If you have a two year old child they may be able to get up to 15 hours free childcare and early learning at a an Ofsted registered private day nursery or pre-school  if you get any of the following:

• Income Support

• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

• Universal Credit and not working

• Universal credit and you and your partner have a combined income from work of £15,400 or less, a year after tax.

• Working Tax Credit and you have an income of £16,190 or less before tax

• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit

• support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act

• the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

 

For more information and to see if you qualify please click here

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