Free Early Learning Sessions for 2 Year Olds
Some 2-year-olds can get free early education for 15 hours per week, up to 38 weeks per year depending on when they become eligible.
If you receive one or more of the following benefits, your child is entitled to a free place:
Children are also eligible if they
Please note, eligibility criteria will be expanded further in 2014.
If your child’s eligible, you’ll be able to start claiming from one of the dates shown below after they turn 2:
As we strongly believe that children benefit from continuity of care, we feel that attending more than one setting is to the determent of a child, therefore if a child attends more than one setting, we will not offer any funded hours to that child.
Please visit www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/children-and-education/childcare-and-family-support/free-childcare-two-year-olds for further details.
If you receive one or more of the following benefits, your child is entitled to a free place:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income not over £16,190
- The Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
Children are also eligible if they
- are looked after by the local authority (eg foster care)
- have left care through special guardianship, adoption or residence order
- have a statement of special educational needs, an education, health and care plan, or receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- have a child protection plan.
Please note, eligibility criteria will be expanded further in 2014.
If your child’s eligible, you’ll be able to start claiming from one of the dates shown below after they turn 2:
- 1 September
- 1 January
- 1 April
As we strongly believe that children benefit from continuity of care, we feel that attending more than one setting is to the determent of a child, therefore if a child attends more than one setting, we will not offer any funded hours to that child.
Please visit www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/children-and-education/childcare-and-family-support/free-childcare-two-year-olds for further details.
