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BIG CHANGES TO FREE CHILDCARE COMING IN APRIL 2024

Childcare Choices: Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life
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 Childcare Choices website 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.
And from next year even more help is on the way:
• From April 2024, eligible working parents in England with children aged 2 will have access to 15 hours childcare.
• From September 2024, the 15 hours childcare offer will be expanded to eligible working parents in England with children between 9 and 23 months old.
• From September 2025, eligible working parents in England with children between 9 months up to school age will have access to 30 hours childcare.

Don’t miss out on getting the support you are entitled to. Visit the Childcare Choices website to check what offer you might be eligible for and sign up to our newsletter to get the latest updates about the childcare support expansion.

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 (11.45am - 12.15PM) at a cost of £2.00 per day, or you can send a healthy packed lunch.  All meals meet all 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 kitchen.