Eligibility Rules for 30 Hours Free Childcare
If your child is 3 or 4, you can check if you are eligible for the 30 hours of childcare by going to www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Your child will be aged 3 or 4 years
Both parents must be working - or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family
Each parent earns, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage
Each parent must have an annual income of less than £100,000
You live in England
Lavender Preschool offers 32 ½ hours a week; (which is 4 ½ days FREE with the option to pay £12.50 per week to top up hours to 5 full days per week)
Monday 9.10 start, finishing at 12.10 or 3.40
Tuesday 9.10 start, finishing at 12.10 or 3.40
Wednesday 9.10 start, finishing at 12.10 or 3.40
Thursday 9.10 start, finishing at 12.10 or 3.40
Friday 9.10 start, finishing at 12.10 or 3.40
You will need to apply for an 11 digit code from: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk and send it to Helen by 28th March (lavender.playschool@yahoo.co.uk) along with your Date of Birth and National Insurance number, if you wish to use this funding from the start of the following term.
If this is your first application you will need to spend about 20-30 mins setting up an account, but each subsequent renewal (x 3 per year, before the end of each term) will only take 3-5 mins.