People and communities Help for families and children

Free childcare

Children aged three and four (and some two-year-olds) get free early education and childcare. Eligible children get up to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. If you work, your three or four-year-old could get another 15 hours of childcare (making it 30 free hours).

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