Study nursing and childcare

[Monika007]

Hi
I've just seen an email from the Student Finance that I was not granted the childcare grant. I will need any financial help for childcare as we need to pay £150/weekly for before and after school childminder (no before and after school club at school). I will get the maintainance grant but we still need some help with childcare cost about 50% of it. How do you cope with paying for childcare when study nursing? Can I apply for the Universal Credit or Tax Free Childcare?

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Hey! I'm in a similar situation to yourself... studying in September however I do not get any help with childcare at all, and I have a 1 and 3 year old! So I am panicking a little. From my research, there is no other help for myself UC etc as household income above 20k ... to get 3 years free and tax free you need to work at least 16 hours a week to qualify. So I am having to somehow work 16 hours a week to get my tax free allowance and 30 hours free for the 3 year old!... its pretty shit that they don't class full time student as being full time work. You do however get the NHS training grant which you get an extra £2k a year when you have dependents which helps a little. But no its shitty and its going to be really hard, the only saving grace is that chances are that your children may not need before and after clubs? I emailed my uni and they advised 1st year students (for example this year) were only in for x3 days a week, and they finished at 2pm... never started earlier than 9am, so that has saved me loads of childcare fees... however I am worried how I am going to afford it and have the time to study!

Seriously... dont know whay to do. Apatently you can get UC if you a student with children. I thought as you to work around 16 hours but this might be impossible...