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Free early education and childcare
Find out if your child is eligible for free early years education, childcare and out of school facilities such as children centres.
Free childcare
Find out if your child or children are eligible on the family information website:
- childcare for 2 year olds
- childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds
- 30 hours free children for 3 and 4 year olds
Tax free childcare
If you're a working parent with children under 12 (or under 17 for disabled children), you can open an online account to pay for registered childcare.
Find out more about tax free childcare
Childcare support is expanding
With a £4 billion per year expansion of childcare in England, this is the largest expansion of funded childcare ever. This will remove barriers to work for nearly half a million parents with a child under 3 years old in England.
Find out when the expansion begin and what it means for you
Other childcare and support
This includes:
Government funding to support education
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) provides extra government funding that supports children who are 3 and 4 year old in their development, learning and care. Find out more about EYPP
The Disability Access Fund (DAF) is to support access to early years free entitlement places for 3 and 4 year olds. It supports children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Find out more about DAF