Hello,
I wasn’t sure where to post so hoping here is okay for the traffic.
I have DT that will be 3yo this summer and currently go to nursery one day a week. As they’re summer born, they almost lose a year of nursery compared to winter born children so we have them down to attend nursery 3 days a week from September to get them ready for school the following year (they also lacked socialisation due to lockdown).
I work in a school for 15hrs a week, term time only. My salary is £6192 after pension contribution, NI, etc. but this is spread evenly across the year so it works out at £516 p/m. Is this the figure I would use for when looking into the 30hrs free childcare which means I’d have to find more hours to qualify (which is stated on the website as you have to earn on average over £1853 over the next three months to qualify)?
Or, would I use my actual hourly rate as this would mean I earn roughly £635p/m over some months (but less over others). Would that put me over the qualifying threshold or not?
Is the salary taken into account before or after tax, etc?
Childcare is already so expensive with DT along with the area we’re in…even if we do manage to qualify for 30hrs free a week then our nursery fees will still be £750p/m 😵💫
I contact CAB but they didn’t really help, just told me to apply and see what was said but I need to potentially plan/look for more hours if need be.
Thank you!