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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.

We are open from 7:30am – 6pm each weekday.

Both of our settings are open term time only.

Funded places are for 38 weeks of the year (see below). Parents can pay for additional hours/days. Please see our Fees page as to how your 30 hours can be used and the cost of additional hours should you need them.

School Year 2025 to 2026

Autumn Term 2025

Term starts: Monday 1 September 2025 - Funded places start 8th September
Half-term: Monday 27 October 2025 to Friday 31 October 2025
Term ends: Friday 19 December 2025

(14 weeks)

Spring Term 2026

Term starts: Monday 5 January 2026
Half-term: Monday 16 February 2026 to Friday 20 February 2026
Term ends: Friday 27 March 2026

(11 weeks)

Summer Term 2026

Term starts: Monday 13 April 2026
Half-term: Monday 25 May 2026 to Friday 29 May 2026
Term ends: Friday 17th July 2026

(13 weeks)