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Term dates for funding after 9 months

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itsturtlesallthewaydown · 07/07/2025 14:58

I keep reading that your child is eligible for funding "from the term after they turn 9 months old"

Our child will be 9 months in early April 2026, and the next term starts on 22 April 2026, so I would expect to get funding from then. However our nursery have said that they need to turn 9 months before 1st April, and so we can only get funding from September.

Is that correct? Where do these dates come from - everything I've read in many places always says "the term after they turn 9 months".

Nothing about specific cut off dates that don't relate to the actual term dates.

These are the term dates. Yellow is holidays, white is school term:

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BeckyAMumsnet · 29/07/2025 12:26

Hello @itsturtlesallthewaydown you’re definitely not the only one trying to make sense of this and it’s something we’re seeing lots of posters ask about at the moment. We’ve got a couple of threads running in partnership with the Department for Education to help parents make sense of this, including a Q&A with an Early Years leader who’s answering exactly this kind of thing. Might be worth having a look or posting your question there. We also have a general discussion thread where users are sharing their own experiences. Hope that helps and fingers crossed you get some clarity.

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