15 hours per week free funded places for 3 and 4 year olds in pre-school
All children are entitled to 15 hours of free education/childcare during term time from the term after their 3rd birthday.
15 hours per week free funded places for 2 year olds in pre-school
Some 2 year old children will be entitled to 15 hours of free education/childcare per week during term time from the term after their 2nd birthday if the family meet the following criteria:
If you receive one of these benefits:
Free childcare/education is also available for children that:
Some working parents of 3&4 year olds will be entitled to 30 hours of free childcare a week in pre-school during term time, from the term after their child's third birthday. The application for the 30 hours is on the Govt website and links in to HMRC site for checks and eligible parents will be given a reference number to use in pre-school before the start of each term. Parents have to re-confirm eligibility online every 3 months to continue on the scheme. We will be allocating the limited places on a first come with reference number basis to the children doing the full 30 hours in St Joseph's Pre-school until the 10 limited places are full. There are cut off dates for each term and even if eligible you will not be able to get funding after these dates until the start of the following term.