Funding

Your child may be entitled to 2-year funding, this will depend on your personal circumstances, information can be found by following this link to hants.gov.uk

If you are eligible you can apply online, if you would like to speak to someone call 01962 847070

3 & 4 year Funding

All children are eligible for the 15-hour universal funding which is 15 hours a week term time or 570 hours to be throughout the child’s funded year. Children are eligible the term after their 3^rd Birthday.

This is a government scheme for parents to open a childcare account, for every £8 paid in by you the government will pay in £2.

They will support up to £2,000 per child per year to be paid towards childcare costs. You will then release money from this account to pay directly to the nursery.

Tax Credits and Universal Credits

You can get this support depending on your personal circumstances. You will need to meet the criteria to receive this help towards childcare costs.

The 30 hour funding and tax-free childcare are government schemes to help parents with the cost of childcare. To qualify parents must be working and each earning at least £120 per week (on average) and not more than £100,000 per year

Tax-Free Childcare can be used alongside the 15 and 30 hour funding, but this cannot be used at the same time as receiving universal credit childcare vouchers or tax credit.

Funding can be used 38 weeks (term time) or 51 weeks (stretched over the year). If attending for more than the funded time or uses the nurseries additional services, supplementary costs will be applied depending on the session attended, this will not exceed the fee for the session.

30 Hours Funding (Extended)

Extended entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds, supporting parents back to work or to work more hours. You can claim an additional 570 hours funding a year a total of 1140 hours which can be taken as 30 hours per week term time or 22 hours stretched across the year.