Some 2-year-olds whose families receive some form of Government support are also eligible for 15 hours funded childcare across 38 weeks of the year (term time). If eligible the funding comes into place the term after their second birthday.
 
Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
• the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

 
2-year-olds can also get free childcare if they:

• are looked after by a local authority
• have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
• get Disability Living Allowance
• have left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order

Funding
Children who are eligible for the 15 hours will be able to claim the term after their 2nd birthday.

• If their birthday is before 1 September, they can start in the autumn term
•  If their birthday is before 1 January, they can start in the spring term
• If their birthday is before 1 April, they can start in the summer term

Applying to a 2 year funded placement 
You can apply for a 2 year old funded place by collecting a paper form from the nursery or completing an online form here. 
​Sessions/Days
We offer am (9am-12pm) and pm sessions (1pm-4pm) (allocation depends on availability) and from September 2023 we will also be offering the option of 2.5 days.
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What hours are the full day sessions?
Monday 9-3
Tuesday 9-3
​Wednesday 1-4
Or
Wednesday 9-12
Thursday 9-3
Friday 9-3

Who is eligible?

• All 3 and 4 year olds are eligible to receive 15 hours of universal funded nursery education across 38 weeks of the year (term time) from the term after their 3rd birthday.

How do I apply?
​You can apply for a 3 or 4 year old funded place by collecting a paper form from the nursery or completing an online form here. 
​How can I use my funded hours? 
We offer am/pm sessions (allocation depends on availability) and from September we will also be offering the option of 2.5 days.
What hours are the full day sessions?
Monday 9-3
Tuesday 9-3
​Wednesday 1-4
Or
Wednesday 9-12
Thursday 9-3
Friday 9-3

Funding
Children who are eligible for the 15 hours will be able to claim the term after their 3rd birthday.

• If their birthday is before 1 September, they can start in the autumn term
•  If their birthday is before 1 January, they can start in the spring term
• If their birthday is before 1 April, they can start in the summer term

Applying to a 3 year funded placement (Universal 15 hours) 
​You can apply for a 3 year old funded place by collecting a paper form from the nursery or completing an online form here. 
​Sessions/Days
We offer am/pm sessions (allocation depends on availability) and from September 2023 we will also be offering the option of 2.5 days.
​
What hours are the full day sessions?
Monday 9-3
Tuesday 9-3
​Wednesday 1-4
Or
Wednesday 9-12
Thursday 9-3
Friday 9-3

Who is eligible?

• These additional 15 hours are exclusively for working families that meet the eligibility criteria.
• You, and any partner, must each expect to earn (on average) at least £152 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage). 
• If you, or your partner, are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave, or you're unable to work because you are disabled or have caring responsibilities, you could still be eligible.
• You can't get 30 hours free childcare if either you, or your partner, each individually expect to earn £100,000 or more.

How do I apply?
You can check here to see if you are eligible 

What are your funded hours? 
Our core funded hours for the 30 hours is 9am-3pm Monday to Friday during term time
 
If I am eligible what do I do with the code?
 Please let us have your 30 hours code in order for your us to check that the code is valid, you will also need to complete an application form and provide us with:

• Your Code 
• Your National Insurance number
•  Proof of child’s date of birth

 
The nursery will check the 30 hours code is valid, and confirm when the code is valid from and to and parents must reconfirm their code every 3 months and inform us at the earliest opportunity if they are no longer eligible for 30 hours of childcare.