Tax Free Childcare

If you qualify for Tax-Free Childcare, you can set up an online childcare account for your child and can access help of up to £2,000 per year with childcare fees.  For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 for you to use to pay your childcare provider.

More information can be found here: Tax-Free Childcare – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Universal Funding - for 3/4 year olds

 3 & 4 year olds are entitled to 15 hours per week over 38 weeks from the term following their 3rd birthday until they reach compulsory school age (the beginning of the term following their 5th birthday). This means that if their birthday is during the period April to August they would access their free funded sessions from the following September; if birthday is during the period September to December they would access their free funded sessions from the following January; and if born during the period January to March they would access their free funded sessions after the Easter break in April. 

Working Parent Entitlement - from 9 months

Working parents can apply for childcare and if you qualify you can get 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year from when your child is 9 months old.  For information on how to apply please see: Apply for free childcare if you’re working – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) or speak to a member of our team.

At St Barnabas Nursery we can offer 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, within school term times.

For details of eligibility for the 30 hour childcare please follow the link below.

Childcare Choices

Two Year Old Funding 

Parents of 2 years olds who are not working may be eligible for 15 funded hours from the term following their child's 2^nd birthday, if they receive certain government benefits.

In order to qualifiy for 2 Year Old funding parents must be in receipt of one of the following: 

• Income Support
• Income based Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit – if you and your partner are on a low income from work (this usually means a combined income of less than £15,400 a year after tax)
• Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Tax credit and have an annual household income of less than £16,190 (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs).