Currently the criteria for 2-year-olds in England to get free early education and Childcare is the following:

All two years old who are looked after by the Local Authority (LA)
Those two year olds whose parent/carers are in receipt of one of the following:-

• Income Support
• Income based job seeker’s allowance (JSA)
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit and have an annual income not over £16,190
• Working Tax credits and have annual gross earnings of no more than £16,190 per year Universal Credit
• If the child has a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health and care plan
• If the child is eligible for Disability Living Allowance;
• If the child has left care through special guardianship, child arrangements order or through an adoption order

To find out if your child is eligible, please go to Wigan Education and Childcare Benefits Application (1.1) and fill in the application form. If you are eligible for a place, you will receive an email confirming your eligibility. Please send or bring this into nursery.

Working parents

If you are working more than 16 hours per week at national minimum wage, and earn less than £100,000 net income per year, you may be eligible for 15 hours childcare for your 2 year old. Working parents need to apply for a code via the Childcare Choices website which also gives more information about eligibility: 15 and 30 hours childcare for eligible working families in England | Childcare Choices

 

All children are eligible for 15 hours per week free entitlement from the term after their third birthday. We have two options available mornings or afternoons.

You may register your child once they are two years of age. They will then be included on our waiting list.

30 free hours will be available to families where both parents are working (or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family), and each parent earns, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at national minimum wage (NMW) or national living wage (NLW), and less than £100,000 per year. Working will include employed and self-employed persons. Parents do not necessarily need to actually work 16 hours a week, but rather their earnings must reflect at least 16 hours of work at NMW or NLW. This includes those parents on zero contract hours who meet the criteria.

At Hindley Nursery School most of our children who attend wear our school uniform, although it is not compulsory it makes it much easier for parents when they are getting their child ready.

Please make sure all uniform and shoes are labelled with your child’s name and that your child is wearing comfortable clothes and shoes that they can play in and that help them to be independent.  They will need a coat to keep them warm for outside play.  We provide waterproof suits and wellies so that we can go out in all weathers.

To order uniform click on the link below:

https://www.touchline-embroidery.com/shop-by-school/hindley-nursery-school

 

We also offer ‘pre loved’ uniform for free that has been donated to us by previous families, if this is something you would be interested in please let the office staff know.