Federation of Crigglestone and The Castle Nursery Schools
2, 3 & 4 Year Old Funding
To apply for 2 Year Old Offer funding, please visit:
https://parentportal.wakefield.gov.uk/web/portal/pages/home
To apply for the 15 hours funding for working parents of 2 year olds please visit,
To apply for the 30 hours funding for working parents of 3 & 4 year olds please visit:
Do you qualify for 2 Year Old Offer Entitlement?
Families with children aged two are currently eligible for 15 hours per week of funded care and education (for 38 weeks of the year) if they receive any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
- the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
A child may also be eligible if they:
- are looked after by a local authority
- have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
- get Disability Living Allowance
- have left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order
Do you qualify for 2 Year Old Working Parents Entitlement?
All eligible working parents of two-year-olds are able to access funding for 15 hours per week of education and care for 38 weeks of the year.
This eligibility criteria applies to each parent or carer in dual-parent households and the lone parent or carer in lone-parent households.
To be eligible, each parent or carer must:
- earn more than the equivalent of 16 hours at the national living wage or minimum wage per week. This means that over the next three months, you expect to earn at least £2,380 before tax - the National Living Wage if you are 21 or older.
There is no requirement to work a certain number of hours per week – it is all about how much you earn. This means that, for example, if you only work 10 hours a week but earn £20 per hour, you will meet the minimum earning threshold. Apprentices are also eligible as long as they earn the equivalent to 16 hours at the apprentice minimum wage.
AND
- earn less than £100,000 per year. Again this applies to each parent and carer in a dual-parent household. This means that if one parent earned £101,000 and the other earned £20,000, a family would not be eligible, but if both parents earned £99,000, the family would be eligible.
Do you qualify for 3 & 4 Year Old, 30 Hours Entitlement?
All three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours per week of funded care and education for 38 weeks of the year, regardless of the income or working status of their parent or carer. This is often described as a ‘universal offer’.
In addition, eligible working families of three- and four-year-olds can currently access 30 hours a week of funded care and education for 38 weeks of the year.
To be eligible, each parent or carer must:
- earn more than the equivalent of 16 hours at the national living wage or minimum wage per week. This means that over the next three months, you expect to earn at least £2,380 before tax - the National Living Wage if you are 21 or older.
There is no requirement to work a certain number of hours per week – it is all about how much you earn. This means that, for example, if you only work 10 hours a week but earn £20 per hour, you will meet the minimum earning threshold. Apprentices are also eligible as long as they earn the equivalent to 16 hours at the apprentice minimum wage.
AND
- earn less than £100,000 per year. Again this applies to each parent and carer in a dual-parent household. This means that if one parent earned £101,000 and the other earned £20,000, a family would not be eligible, but if both parents earned £99,000, the family would be eligible.
For more information on the different funding types, please visit: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
The Families Information Service can be contacted on:
Freephone Tel: 0800 587 8042 Text: 07624 809247
Email: fis@wakefield.gov.uk Visit: www.wakefieldfis.org.uk
