How much better off are single parents when working?

[bananananacoconuts]

Will start work as a Teaching Assistant in a Secondary School on the 6th of January. Having used the Entitled to website to predict my Tax Credits and possible Housing Benefits it seems i will be £700 a month better off! I will have £280 in out of school club fees to pay but even so £400 more than i an receiving whilst on jsa. Does that sound correct? I will be working 28 hours per week in school

The entitled to website is usually pretty accurate.

Congrats on the new job!

Thanks for your reply Cogito. I hope i haven't entered any details incorrectly! Tried to call tax credits when given the post but you can't change your circumstances until they've actually changed IYSWIM, could have done with the money ti pay for the childcare!

Thanks Jean, very kind of you