Under threes
September 2024, all eligible working parents of children aged nine months up to three-years-old will be able to access funding for 15 hours per week of education and care for 38 weeks of the year.
September 2025, all eligible working parents of children aged nine months up to three-years-old will be able to access funding for 30 hours per week of education and care for 38 weeks of the year.
You can check your eligability here
3 and 4 year olds
All three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours per week of funded care and education for 38 weeks of the year, regardless of the income or working status of their parent or carer. This is often described as a ‘universal offer’. You will be eligible from the day after your child’s 3rd birthday.
Eligible working families of three- and four-year-olds can currently access 30 hours a week of funded care and education for 38 weeks of the year.
“Eligible working families”
Families have to meet certain income requirements to be eligible for the current 30-hour offer for three- and four-year-olds, and the new offers for children aged nine months and over.
This eligibility criteria applies to each parent or carer in dual-parent households and the lone parent or carer in lone-parent households.
