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Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, 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…

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.

Includes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools

• Updated: 15 July 2015

Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds if you live in England - 2 year olds can get 15 hours per week, 3 to 4 year olds 30 hours.

How to apply for free childcare if you're working.

Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children

• Updated: 21 December 2022

How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.

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

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.

If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.

• Updated: 8 April 2024

Check if your council offers free early education and childcare

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.

How to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.

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

• Updated: 16 June 2022

Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.

• Updated: 21 September 2023

Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility

Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.

• Updated: 15 February 2024

Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders