Early Education Funding

All children aged 3 or 4 are entitled to 15 hours funding towards early education, commencing the term after their third birthday.

Some children may also be entitled to 15 hours funding towards childcare at 2 years old.

You may also be entitled to claim an additional 15 hours of funding towards early education per week, depending on your eligibility (30 hours funding). If you are eligible for the extra hours you must apply online in order to be allocated a code. You must then take your eligibility code and National Insurance number to your chosen provider in order to reserve your place.

You may use your funded hours at any approved provider including child-minders, playgroups, pre-schools or day nurseries such as Toy Box Day Nursery. You may also choose to use your funding entitlement with more than one provider.

Parents/ carers can choose which providers they would like their children to go to, as long as they have places available.

You may only choose to use a portion of your child’s funding allocation, however you cannot take more than your 15 or 30 hours entitlement.

Please go to www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to check your availability. 

As Toy Box Day Nursery is open all year (apart from Bank Holidays and a week at Christmas) normal fees will be charged during periods outside term time.