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Earlybirds Day Nursery Gypsy Lane, Elmton Rd Creswell, Worksop, S80 4HY, United Kingdom
Funding Information
Free education and childcare for 2 Year olds.
Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get one 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.
- Child tax credits, and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- 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 a statement of special education needs (SEN) or 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
You may have to pay for extra costs like meals, nappies or trips.
Alternatively you can
- apply by: texting 'Child' to 86555 (texts cost 10p)
- or tel: 01629 539316 or 01629 535793 from 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday.
- The 2-year-old funding team will process your application and on approval a 6-digit eligibility code will be generated.
- You'll receive an email confirming the eligibility code and your child's funding start date.
- You'll need to present the code as proof of your eligibility to Earlybirds before your child can take up a funded place.
If you're a non-EEA citizen who cannot claim benefits.
- Your 2-year-old may get free childcare if you are getting support under the Immigration and Asylum Act and have either:
- Claimed asylum in the UK and are waiting for a decision (known as ‘part 6’)
- Been refused asylum in the UK (known as ‘section 4’)
- A 2-year-old you care for may also get free childcare if your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, and you have any of the following:
- Leave to remain with ‘no recourse to public funds’ on family or private life grounds.
- Support from your local council because you have ‘a child in need’, for example they have a disability or a child protection plan the right to live in the UK because you’re the main carer of a British citizen (known as a ‘Zambrano Carer’)
- Check with Derbyshire County Council funding button above.
15 & 30 Hours Funding for 3 and 4 year olds
At Earlybirds We do offer free government places for the 15 & 30 hours funding.
15 hour funding is automatic for all 3 and 4 years olds and this is taken as part of the school hours in Creswell C of E Infants and Nursery School if you intend your child going through this school.
However 30 hours funding is only available to those parents that are eligible.
The eligibility criteria is as follows.
- They earn or expect to earn the equivalent to 16 hours at National Minimum or Living Wage over the coming three months.
- This applies whether you are in paid employment, self-employed or on zero hours contract.
- The parent (and their partner where applicable) should be seeking the free childcare to enable them to work.
- Where one or both parents are on maternity, paternity, shared parental or adoption leave, or if they are on statutory sick leave.
- Where one parent meets the income criteria and the other is unable to work because they are disabled, have caring responsibilities or have been assessed as having limited capability to work.
- Where a parent is in a ‘start-up period’ (i.e. they are newly self-employed) they do not need to demonstrate that they meet the income criteria for 12 months.
- If one or both parents is a non-EEA national, the parent applying must have recourse to public funds.
- www.childcarechoices.gov.uk is the web site you need to look at to apply.
- Your child can start in their childcare place the term after they turn 3 years old and have received a valid 30 hours code, whichever is later.
- Term start dates are 1st September, 1st January and 1st April.
- To keep your 30 hours free childcare place you need to check your details are up to date every 3 months.
What is the difference between 15 hours Universal Entitlement and the additional 15 hours?
Yes there is a difference. 30 hours is for working parents that meet the criteria above and you will need to apply for the additional hours through the child care choices web page. All children are automatically eligible for the 15 universal hours and you do not need to apply for them.
I don't have access to the internet
If you don't have access to the internet you can call the childcare service helpline on 0300 123 4097 and make your application over the phone.
Can I split my funding?
Yes you can split your funded entitlement between different providers but you can only use 2 different providers in 1 day. This is to help provide good continuity of care for your child. Please remember that it is your responsibility to renew your claim each term through the government gateway to keep your child hours valid.