If you are unsure which funding option is relevant or most appropriate for you please visit:
2-year-old 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, from the claim period following their second birthday.
Step 1: Check your eligibility online
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.
To do this visit:
fiso.norfolk.gov.uk/synergy/Enquiries/Citizen/EarlyYears
Step 2: Give your chosen childcare provider your unique code
You will need to give us your unique code.
30 Hours Extended Funding
- For working families in England
- With 3 and 4-year-old children
- 30 hours of free childcare or early education for 38 weeks
- A total of 1,140 hours per year, that you can use flexibly with one or more childcare provider
- We will allow you to ‘stretch’ the hours over 52 weeks, using fewer hours per week (total of 23¼ per week)
Step 1: Register for Government Gateway user ID and Password
https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk
- Step 4
- Sign in
Step 2: Login to your Childcare Account and Enter Information
https://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account
Step 3: Give your chosen childcare provider your unique code
You should receive a code starting 500……….., pass this code to the Nursery. This code needs to be renewed every 3 months and is your responsibility to do this.
