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BIG CHANGES TO FREE CHILDCARE HAVE ARRIVED!!!

Best Start in Life parent Hub:  Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life

Early Years childcare support has expanded.   

From September 2025, 15 hours for working families with children under 3 has expanded to 30 hours, meaning eligible working families can now apply for 30 hours of childcare for 38 weeks of the year from the term after their child turns 9 months until they reach school age.  

If you currently receive 15 hours as working parents, just reconfirm as usual and the code will work for the 30 hours offer, providing you remain eligible. 


Thousands of families could be saving money on their childcare costs. But some simply don’t know what support they might be eligible for. The Best Start in Life parent hub brings together all the existing childcare offers in one place, so parents can get the help that fits their family. This could be through Tax-Free Childcare, 30 Hours Childcare, or Universal Credit Childcare. Some families might be eligible to use more than one childcare schemes together and get the most out of it.


Don’t miss out on getting the support you are entitled to. Visit the Best Start in Life parent hub  to check what offer you might be eligible for and sign up to their newsletter and personalised weekly emails to get the latest updates.

Please come into our branch and speak to our managers if you need help applying for funding.

 

Healthy Food

We have fantastic kitchen areas to cook up meals and snacks for your children to enjoy.  ​

We can provide children with a hot meal (main course, pudding, bread and a drink) if they're they are with us over lunchtime (11.30am - 12.3- pm) at a cost of £2.75 per day, or you can send a healthy packed lunch.  All meals meet school meals nutritional standards.

​All our food is Halal with vegetarian options, provided by NutriFresh, a Birmingham company who specialise in Early Years catering. You can download a sample menu here, and if your child has lunch or tea with us, we will provide you with the menu which is on a 3 week rolling programme, in advance.

​Here are some examples of the healthy snacks we have on offer at Flying High:

  • ​Fruit, Cereal, Toast
  • Cheese straws
  • Bread Sticks
  • Crumpets
  • Salad sticks with hummus
  • Fresh Fruits

​The baby room will have a range of suitable fruits, baby biscotti, baby cheese puffs or parents are welcome to send their own choice of snacks.

​We've been awarded a 5 by the Food Standards Agency for our food hygiene in our on-site kitchens at both settings.