Overview
15 hours free early years provision for the 2 year old children who meet the criteria
Details
- Available In
- Wigan
- Available to Age Groups
- No Restriction
- What we can help with
- Information on government/council support schemes
- Help & training to improve my work opportunities
- Available to these Groups
- Young Families
Additional Information
Free Early Education and Childcare for 2-year-olds
Did you know that some children who are aged two years of age can access 15 hours of free early education and childcare?
Currently the criteria for 2-year-olds in England to get free early education and childcare is the following:
- All two year olds who are looked after by the Local Authority (LA)
- The parent must meet at least one of the National Criteria:
- Income Support and/or
- Income based Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) and/or
- Child Tax Credit Working Tax Credit (or Both), and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs) that does not exceed £16,190 and/or
- The Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
- Income related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and/or
- The Guarantee' element of State Pension Credit and/or
- Universal Credit and the household net earned annual income is equivalent to and not more than £15,400, assessed on up to three of the parent’s most recent Universal Credit assessment periods.
- Or the child must:
- Be a looked after child/in foster care
- Have a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health and care (EHC) plan
- Be eligible for Disability Living Allowance
- If the child has left care in England and Wales through special guardianship, child arrangements order or through an adoption order.