Help with childcare costs

Contents

• Overview - Help with childcare costs
• Funding for working parents of 9 months to 4-year-olds
• Funding for all 3 and 4-year olds
• Funding for 2-year-olds if you receive certain benefits
• Eligibility for 2-year-old immigration and asylum seekers

Overview

If you use Ofsted registered childcare, you may be entitled to help with your childcare costs through one the following schemes:

Funding for 2-year-olds if you receive certain benefits 

Funding for all 3 and 4-year-olds 

GOV.UK information on childcare costs.

You can input your details into the GOV.UK Childcare Calculator to see which schemes you can claim.

• Tax-Free Childcare
• Tax credits
• Universal Credit
• Help while you study

Next Funding for working parents of 9 months to 4-year olds

Page last reviewed: 13 August 2024