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.

 

Fees

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We offer government funded places for 15 hours and 30 hours.  We also offer additional hours, paid by the hour (minimum 30 minutes).  Please contact us for a personalised quote as we appreciate everyone's circumstances are different and we try to be as flexible as we can for families.  You can also read this blog which explains how funding will change between April 2024 and September 2025.

The Government provide at least 15 hours free childcare during term time to parents of 2 - 4 year olds  Some working parents are eligible for 30 hours per week and some parents who are claiming Universal credit are eligible to have their fees paid up to £951 per month (up to 85% of your fees) or £1,630 for two or more children.  From September 2025 children from 9 months of age will be eligible for 30 funded hours for 38 weeks of the year, subject to parents' earnings.  You can find out more about 2 year old funding and how it could benefit your child by watching this informative video:

 

 

If both parents are working and earn at least £120 per week then you should be eligible for 30 hours free of charge during term time. You may also be eligible to open a Tax-free childcare account.  If you are eligible the Government will add 25% to whatever you put into your account and you can pay your fees directly to us through this account.

If you do have to pay for some childcare, to top up your free funded hours, then we offer a competitive hourly rate (min half an hour).  We know everyone's circumstances are different, therefore we provide personalised quotations to our families. We have a Fees Agreement for parents which you can read here.  Invoices are sent through the Famly App before the start of each month and it is important fees are paid on time to avoid late payment charges.

Visit the Childcare Choices website to check what you are entitled to.

You can also contact either of our settings, to speak about funding and fees.