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How to apply for 15 hours free childcare – and save £6,500 on nursery fees
Who will get free childcare?
To qualify for the new two-year-old support package, all parents in a household must work the equivalent of at least 16 hours a week at minimum wage. This is to prevent those not in work from earning the benefit.
Each parent can earn up to £100,000 and still be eligible. For couples, the rules apply to both parents. For example, if one parent earned £101,000 and the other earned £10,000, they would not be eligible for free childcare, but if they both earned £99,000, they would be.
It is expected that 285,000 families will be able to benefit from the first wave of new support for those with two-year-olds.
A further 640,000 parents of children aged between nine months and two years will need to wait until September before they can be eligible for the same 15-hour benefit.
How to claim for free childcare
As of January 2, newly eligible families with two-year-olds can now register on the Childcare Choices page on the gov.uk website. You’ll need a Government Gateway user ID to log in.
Once registered, you’ll get a code which you have to give to your provider – allowing you to receive the 15 hours of free childcare. To qualify for the support, your childcare provider must be registered with Ofsted and signed up to the scheme.
Parents will be asked to reconfirm they are still eligible for the support every three months. The Department for Education says the recommended time to register is between mid-January and the end of February so that parents won’t need to reconfirm eligibility before taking up a place.
The DfE says it takes around 20 minutes to apply online.
How much will it save me?
From September next year when more families will qualify for 30 free hours, the Government has estimated the new policy will save parents with a two-year-old child an average of £6,500 a year.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the new measures will help make sure “parents no longer have to choose between a career and a family”.
The rollout can’t come soon enough for thousands of families who spend huge sums on childcare. In November, research by the Fawcett Society found that about 250,000 mothers with young children had left their jobs over childcare pressures.
Its survey of 3,000 working parents of pre-school children found that one in 10 mothers had handed in their notice, while more than two-fifths had turned down a promotion or career development opportunity because they worried it would not fit in with childcare arrangements.
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