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Nursery 2+ Funding

 

Would you like to:

  • give your child a head start?
  • be able to go back to work?
  • give your child high-quality learning and care?
  • have some time for yourself?
  • 15 hours of funded childcare per week could help.

New Targeted Funding for Working Parents - check you're eligible for free childcare if you're working:

How to apply and get a code for free childcare for your child aged 9 months to 4-years old if you’re working:

CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY NOW

Your 2-year-old is eligible for funded childcare if you receive any 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.

If you receive an invitation in the post, your child may be entitled to 2-year-old funding – but you will need to check your eligibility, please use the button link below:

If you have not received an invitation but think you may be eligible, you can still check your eligibility via the link above, or call Milton Keynes Council on 01908 691691 and they can check it for you.

Check your eligibility now

2-year-olds can also get funded childcare if they:

  • are looked after by the Local Authority
  • have an Education, Health and Care Plan
  • get Disability Living Allowance
  • have left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order

  • Parents or carers of foster children, children who are in the care of another local authority, children with additional needs or adopted children should apply online and attach supporting evidence to their application.

    If you’re a non-EEA citizen who cannot claim benefits:

  • If your immigration status says you have ‘no recourse to public funds’, you may still get free childcare for your 2-year-old. You must live in England and your household income must be no more than:

  • £26,500 for families outside of London with one child
  • £34,500 for families within London with one child
  • £30,600 for families outside of London with two or more children
  • £38,600 for families within London with two or more children
  • You cannot have more than £16,000 in savings or investments.