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

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.