Parents will receive confirmation of their application to notify them whether of not their child is eligible for a FEE2 place. Parents can then look for suitable participating childcare providers see links above for details of participating childcare providers.
If a child is already in a childcare placement, the funding will not be removed if their circumstances mean they do not meet the revised criteria. All children who require a place from September must meet the revised criteria. Any application submitted on an older version of the referral will be returned to the sender and not accepted.
Any application received prior to this date, will be contacted where eligibility need to be re-assessed. The earliest a child can access their free place is the term after their second birthday. The table below shows the dates of birth and the earliest time a child could take up their free place:.
One point which can cause difficulty is what happens to the funding if a child changes settings during the course of a term for which funding has already been claimed. Different local authorities have different policies about this, although most prefer not to get involved but to leave it to the settings. Some settings will happily transfer funding, while others take the view that the funding should remain with the setting which originally claimed it.
Settings with a good or outstanding rating from Ofsted and who are approved by the local authority to do so, can also obtain funding to provide a free place for certain two year olds.
This controversial scheme for three and four year olds was launched in September It is important to note, however that — despite the government spin, this additional support is not a universal entitlement. Like Tax Free Childcare, it is restricted to families where both parents or the sole parent in the case of a single parent family are in work. Contact your childcare provider or local council to find out how to apply or if you need further guidance. You can also find more information on how to claim on GOV.
This scheme is only available in England, similar schemes are available in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland. This scheme is open to all 3 and 4-year olds. There are no earnings or work requirements. This earnings requirement will not apply if you are self-employed and you started your business less than 12 months ago. You will still be treated as meeting the earnings requirement if you or your partner are on maternity, paternity or adoption leave — this applies whether you are single or a couple.
Further information can be found here. Children in some families will now be entitled to an additional 15 hours of free childcare , otherwise known as the '30 Hours Childcare or Extended Entitlement'. The government has announced that any working parent usually eligible for 30 hours childcare or Tax-Free Childcare will remain eligible if they fall below the minimum income requirement due to the coronavirus COVID outbreak.
Subject to Parliamentary approval, parents who are critical workers will also remain eligible for these entitlements if their income has increased over the maximum threshold during the coronavirus COVID outbreak. This temporary flexibility will ensure critical workers can continue to access the childcare they need to enable them to work. These arrangements will be reviewed over the summer. Find out about temporary changes that may affect you if you're applying for, or already getting, Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare.
To help make sure critical workers can continue to access the childcare they need to enable them to work, even if their circumstances have changed during coronavirus COVID , we have made some temporary changes. This guidance will be updated when these changes end. Temporary changes have been made to the eligibility criteria for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare, during coronavirus.
If your employer has no work for you they might be able to keep you on the payroll and put you on temporary leave instead. If you start employment again and expect to earn above the minimum income requirement you can apply 31 days before you start your new job.
Local authorities will be able to extend the validity dates on 30 hours codes for eligible critical worker parents during the summer term. Find out about Tax-Free Childcare and how to apply. Find out about 30 hours free childcare and how to apply. Sign in to your childcare account to confirm your details. Eligibility for the 30 hrs early education and childcare. Information on 30 hours and tax-free childcare. Eligibility will be checked by HMRC via a website and will be based on actual income earned.
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