30 hours funding

[hwolah]

Hey! We’ve had an email saying our 2 year old is eligible for 30 hours funding from January (she is entitled to it from April anyway due to age) which is surprising as we both work😂 can’t find anything about it online so I’m just wondering if anyone knows if you are still eligible for it if one parent works while the other is a full time student? Will ring around on Monday to try find out but thought I would try here first!

Hmm when is her birthday and what is your current situation with work and childcare?

So just to.explain why Ii asked.... there is no 30 hours funding available for 2 year olds in January (or April for that matter).

I wonder if it's inviting you to apply from January...

Who was the email from? Do you currently use tax free childcare?

After reading it properly I think it’s for starting in April. I work in childcare so knew it wasn’t right but took my husbands word for it instead of reading it haha

Haha OK great, glad you've sorted it.

The letters I've seen say you are invited to apply from January and maybe eligible.

I’ve reread it now, my main question is if you lose the funding if one parent returns to full time education

The definition of working families for the current 30 hours excludes students, so I would assume the new one will be the same.

If you are eligible for student finance, you should be eligible for a childcare grant though.