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2-year-old 15 hours Funding
Thousands of children across Norfolk have a right to funded early education from the age of two. If you receive qualifying benefits, your 2-year-old can access up to 570 hours of funded early education and childcare a year. This is usually taken as 15 hours a week over 38 weeks (term time) from the claim period following their second birthday.
Step 1: Create a Norfolk Education Online (NEO) account. Please note, if you’ve ever applied for a school place for another child, you may already have a NEO account. Visit:
https://fiso.norfolk.gov.uk/synergy/neo/neo.aspx
Step 2: Give your chosen childcare provider your unique 6 digit code, your national insurance number and date of birth
30 Hours Working Entitlement Funding
For working families in England, from 01/09/2025 all eligible working parents will get 30 hours per week (38 weeks of the year, term time) of funding to help with childcare for children from 9 months old. We will allow you to ‘stretch’ this funding over the 48 weeks all-year we are open, giving you an allowance of 23.75 hours per week. Please contact us to discuss availability across the year.
To apply for this funding, please visit https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/30-hours-childcare-support/working-families
You will get an 11 digit code and this MUST be renewed every 3 months and is your responsibility to do this. Your code must be valid on the 1st day of the term you wish to use your funding – 1st Sept (Autumn Term) 1st Jan (Spring Term) 1st April (Summer Term)
We encourage families to also set up a tax-free childcare account to pay for additional fees if eligible. This will save you 20%, more information is here: www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare
Step 1: Register for Government Gateway user ID and Password
https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk
Step 2: Login to your Childcare Account and enter the information required
www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account
Step 3: Inform us of your unique 11 digit code, National Insurance number and Child’s date of birth so that pre-checks can be completed before the term you wish to claim for.
15 hours Universal Funding for 3 & 4 year olds – please note that you do not need to apply for this prior to starting at Nursery, but you must complete the Parent Claim Form we will provide you.
Note – All funding entitlements are valid the TERM AFTER your child reaches the qualifying age, please contact Nursery for any assistance