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.

 

FAQs

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Can I visit the nursery?

Of course!  In fact we highly recommend you come to see our fantastic environments and meet our lovely staff.  You will be assured of a warm welcome.  We offer tours of our settings every day of the week. Please ring or email ahead of your visit as we like to ensure that we have a member of staff available to answer all your questions.

Are all staff first aid trained?

We are proud to say that Safeguarding and Health and Safety are key priorities here at Flying High. Each one of our members of staff are Paediatric First Aid Trained and have regular health and safety briefings.  

How are parents kept up to date with their child's development?

We ensure that you can speak to our staff at the end of each day. We offer:

  • A home/school communication booklet if your child is under 2 or stays with us all day - this ensures we can have a meaningful dialogue with you about your child's experiences and progress at nursery.  
  • Parent consultations three times a year, where your child's key worker will talk to about your child's progress and their next steps.  We use the Development Matters and Early Years Foundation Stage profile to map out what your child is achieving.  
  • A summary document for you and your child’s school when they leave us to start primary school.