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15 hours for 2 year olds receiving additional forms of support

2-year-olds - funding for families receiving specific forms of additional support


Your 2-year-old can get free childcare if you live in England and get any of the following benefits:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
  • The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
  • The Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)


Your 2-year-old can also get free childcare if:

The child has a special educational need or a disability and:
  • has an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
  • receives Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
The child is adopted or in foster care and:
  • is looked after by the local authority
  • has left care under a special guardianship order
  • has a child arrangement order
  • has an adoption order

To check if your child is eligible click here.


If you and your partner (if you have one) are working, you may also be eligible for an additional 15 hours under the working families entitlement.


If you’re a working family and not eligible for the 15 hours for families receiving additional forms of support, you may still be eligible for 30 hours under the working families entitlement.


Child turns 2 between:Funded place starts from:
1st January and 31st MarchApril (Summer term)
1st April and 31st AugustSeptember (Autumn term)
1st September and 31st DecemberJanuary (Spring term)




2-year-olds - funding for non-UK citizen who cannot claim benefits


If you’re a non-UK citizen who cannot claim benefits:



If your immigration status says you have ‘no recourse to public funds’, you may still get free childcare for your 2-year-old. You must live in England and your household income after tax must be no more than:
  • £26,500 for families outside of London with one child
  • £34,500 for families within London with one child
  • £30,600 for families outside of London with two or more children
  • £38,600 for families within London with two or more children
You cannot have more than £16,000 in savings or investments.


If you wish to apply because your family has no recourse to public funds, please contact child.care@croydon.gov.uk in the first instance so we can give you further help and information on how to apply.


2-year-olds - funding for working families (30 hours)


Working families


Working families are able to access up to 30-hours of funded childcare for 2 year old children. Information on eligibility and how to apply is on the Best Start in Life website.

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