Term time only funded hours

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My childminder tells me the government are now insisting the funded hours are applied only in term time, rather than averaged over the year. Is this the case?

As a childminder I did term time only . The amount big paperwork to claim the hours was so much hassle . I couldn’t bear the thought of more .

i am no longer a childminder but haven’t heard anything

No official change; BUT providers are allowed to apply any business model that works for them.

A friend of mine is spreading hers out over the year, so would appear not? We're term time only so can't answer from experience.

I know that's not true in England but maybe it is in other parts of the UK or perhaps she misunderstood or wants to do it that way and is telling a white lie to parents

As others have said shes entitled to do that

I was looking into childcare last week and a childminder local to me said the LA has emailed her to say from summer 2024 they can't stretch the funding anymore.