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What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply.

Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.

• Childcare you can get help paying for ('approved childcare')

  You can get help with the cost of childcare through: Tax Free Childcare in…

• 15 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-olds

  All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. It’s…

• Free education and childcare for 2-year-olds if you claim certain benefits

  Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get any…

• Tax credits and childcare

  If you already claim tax credits, you can add an extra amount of Working…

• Universal Credit and childcare

  You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re…

• Childcare vouchers and other employer schemes

  The following schemes are closed to new applicants: childcare vouchers…

• Help with childcare while you study

  School or sixth form You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn…

Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.

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.

How to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.

• Updated: 12 August 2024

Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using Tax-Free Childcare.

• Updated: 21 October 2024

Find out more information on how to get tax-free employer supported childcare.

• Updated: 16 June 2022

If you live in England and work you may be able to get free childcare for a child aged 9 months to 4 years old. Check if you're eligible and how and when to apply.

Find out what you’ll need and what you must do before you sign up to Tax-Free Childcare to get a payment provider account.

• Updated: 25 September 2024