What is Free Childcare for 2 Year Olds?
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is offering some 2 year olds a Free Childcare place for up to 15 hours per week. Non-working parents on certain benefits as well as those claiming working tax credits in low income jobs may be eligible. Parents do not have to take the full 15 hours, and children can have a place from the term after their 2nd birthday until the start of the term after their 3rd birthday.
Parents must meet the following criteria:
- Receive Income Support
- Receive Employment & Support Allowance income related
- Receive Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- Receive Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Receive Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Receive Child Tax Credit, provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income of less than £16,190
- Receive Working Tax Credit and earn no more than £16,190 a year
- Child has a current statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or an Education, Health, Care Plan (EHC)
- Child gets Disability Living Allowance in their own right
- Child has left care through a Special Guardianship Order, Adoption or Residence Order
- Child is in the care of the Local Authority eg Foster Care
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