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BIG CHANGES TO FREE CHILDCARE COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2025

Childcare Choices: Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life

Early Years childcare support is expanding.   

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

If you currently receive 15 hours for working parents, just reconfirm as usual and the code will work for the 30 hours offer in September, 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 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:

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 their newsletter to get the latest updates about the childcare support expansion.

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

 

Typical Day

While each day is a unique and exciting adventure there are some familiar experiences that the children encounter every day. Children at Flying High Nursery enjoy a balanced routine of free choice and structured activities, which are specifically designed to support their physical, personal, social, emotional and educational development.

All sessions are planned thoughtfully by staff with the individual needs and interests of the children in mind and according to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and the Birth to 5 non-statutory guidance.  

A Typical Day at Flying High Nursery

Children have an entitlement to access our outdoor areas throughout the day so we ask parents to send their children to nursery in suitable clothing for outdoor activity.  Please avoid expensive clothing and footwear that could get damaged.

​From 7.30am - Optional breakfast club

​8.30am - Welcome to our morning children
Start the Day Whole Class Activity

​9.15am - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; Shape Space and Measures or Number

9.30am – Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor)
Flexible snack where children have access to milk, water and a range of healthy snacks.

10.30am - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; shape space and measures or number

11:00am - Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor) ending with story time/ Sing-along

​11.30am Session ends for funded places

11.30am-12.30pm - Lunch

12.30pm - Welcome to our afternoon children
Start the afternoon focused activity

12.45pm - Focused curriculum teaching input.
Communication, Language and Literacy
Mathematics; Shape Space and Measures or Number

1.15pm - Free flow continuous provision (indoor and outdoor)
Flexible snack where children have access to milk, water and a range of snacks.

3.15pm - Story time/ Sing-along

3.30pm – Afternoon session ends for funded places

3.30pm onwards - Optional After school club sessions including snacks and afternoon tea for children staying later than 4.30 pm.

​6.00pm Latest collection time for children