All year round nursery when working TT only UC help

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Im so very confused about this and I would be so grateful for help & advice. i have spent all summer trying to arrange pickup/after nursery childminding with it all going tits up. (First childminder was asking me to do fraud and claim 2weeks settling in with UC, second childminder’s home stunk of cigarettes and generally had an unpleasant feeling about her) these were the only two available to do pick ups from his nursery where he does 30hrs 8.45-3.25.
A friend has agreed to do paid pick ups for now until she finds work. Long term I need to have a more stable plan in place.
Single parent. I work 16 hours a week TT only. The nurseries near me offering 8am-6.30pm childcare (Central London) only offer all year round places with stretched 30hrs.
now my question is would UC help me with 85% childcare costs for an all year round nursery place if I was only working TT?
I was thinking of only claiming for childcare used ‘term time’ and taking the hit of paying Christmas Easter Summer holidays + half term holidays out of my own pocket.
hope this makes sense 🫩😫

Do you get a pro rata pay, so are you paid monthly? From my understanding, you need to earn a certain amount each week to qualify for the child care element. Not sure if you working term time affects that and I havent read anything that says it does.

Yes pro rata. I do earn over the amount to qualify so that’s all good. My only issue is would UC help pay for 85% childcare when technically I’ll be off during the holidays whilst my son will be going to nursery during that period

I think they may cap how much they give you as I read something about excess payment. Better off calling them during the week

As long as you are paid monthly and the childcare cost does not exceed your wage then yes they will. How will they know it is only term time if you are paid the same each month?