30 Hours Free for baby

[ZaHaK]

Hello,
I am due back to work in November. My baby will start half days in October as the nursery manager told me I would be eligible for 30 hours free from September is she turned 9 months in August.
However my application is pending as I am on maternity and it says I won't be eligible for funded hours until January.
Has she given me incorrect information as I am gutted as I started her settling in earlier as I thought we would get funded hours. My husband won't be happy as we might now have to pay full until January?

If you don’t go back to work until November then you won’t be eligible until January. To be eligible for the Autumn term you would have had to have gone back to work by the end of September. I’m guessing the manager just thought you’d be eligible based on babies age and forgot about the maternity leave aspect.