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ByLimeSeal · 28/02/2025 09:27

I'm hoping someone here might know the answer to this.
My daughter has recently started a new nursery which is within a private school.
We were claiming childcare costs through universal credit for her previous nursery, but I can't work out how we do this for the new one.
Our advisor said we need to enter the Ofsted registration for the nursery but as it's part of an private school, there isn't one. They have a company registration number or a charity registration number. I have asked in my journal but no one is getting back to me. Does anyone have any ideas?
It's just nursery fees we are claiming for, she won't be going to the main school. TIA

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Danikm151 · 28/02/2025 17:29

There should be an ofsted number for the school.
I can’t see any other option.

Holdonforsummer · 28/02/2025 17:34

I can’t be sure but back when I was claiming, if there wasn’t an Ofsted registration, you couldn’t claim for it.

Thismomlikesknitting · 10/04/2025 19:25

Holdonforsummer · 28/02/2025 17:34

I can’t be sure but back when I was claiming, if there wasn’t an Ofsted registration, you couldn’t claim for it.

Still the same now

ByLimeSeal · 10/04/2025 22:32

I realised I never updated this so just going to in case anyone else has the same issue;
From the UK parliament website "Some childcare providers, such as private schools, are not required to be registered with the relevant local authority however childcare costs can still be claimed from Universal Credit. These are known as approved providers."

I called and spoke with someone from universal credit who confirmed this and we claimed back our first invoice from the school with no problems 😀

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