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How to apply for free childcare if you're working.
If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
You can get help with the cost of childcare through: Tax Free Childcare in…
All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. It’s…
Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get any…
If you already claim tax credits, you can add an extra amount of Working…
You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re…
The following schemes are closed to new applicants: childcare vouchers…
School or sixth form You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn…
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Evaluating the effectiveness of the 2018 to 2019 Tax-Free Childcare campaign.
Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
Includes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools
Find out more information on how to get tax-free employer supported childcare.
Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
How to apply and get a code for free childcare for your child aged 9 months to 4-years old if you’re working.
Find out if you must apply to join the compulsory part of the Childcare Register instead of one of the other types of childcare provider.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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