How to use ALL your 30 hrs free childcare, when provider only offers 15 hours

[MamaNJ]

The pre-school my DS will be starting in September, only accepts 15 hrs free childcare. I am eligible for 30 hrs. I know that you cannot bank them up. So my question is how can I utilise the remaining 15 hrs. Does anyone know of any after school, holiday clubs or weekend facility/ sports/ academics that accept 15 hrs.

Any helpful links?..

We are based in the borough of Ealing, so we are looking in this area and surroundings....Harrow, Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush, Acton....

Childminder is your option

You'd have to enrol at a nursery, childminder or other preschool that did accept them. Clubs are generally for older children so won't offer the funded hours.

My childminder did the funded hours. So DS went to nursery school in the morning and she picked him up from there. We still needed to pay more on top cos the kids were there until 5pm. But it helped.

Right, ok excellent. Thank you so much for your fast responses.

My DS school offers after school club from 3-6pm, £12 P/hr. They don't accept anymore funded hours.

So I will find a nanny that does funded hours for pick up. Well I better get on this now, as they always booked up fast.

Just to say nannies can't do funded hours but childminders can, normally says if they do or not on childcare.co.uk