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How to apply for 30 hours free childcare and find out if you’re eligible

Posted by: mediaofficer, Posted on: 12 May 2025 - Categories: Childcare, early years
Free childcare

Here we explain the 30 hours funded childcare scheme for working parents and the 15 hours scheme for families on certain benefits, how to access them and apply.

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Budget 2023: Everything you need to know about childcare support

Posted by: mediaofficer, Posted on: 16 March 2023 - Categories: Childcare, early years
Budget 2023 Childcare

Hundreds of thousands more working parents will be supported through an extension of the government funded childcare on offer, more than doubling the current support in place. This will help mums in particular to stay in work and keep the …

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Education in the Media: Tuesday 4 September 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 4 September 2018 - Categories: Childcare, Exclusions, Free schools, School places

Today’s blog looks at the steps we are taking to help parents with free childcare, the opening of 53 new Free Schools and the work going into supporting autistic children in education.

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Education in the media: 20 October 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 20 October 2017 - Categories: Academies, Childcare, Universities
News

Today’s Education in the Media blog focuses on access to university, a TUC report into childcare, and multi-academy trusts. University Access There has been widespread coverage today, Friday, 20 October, on access for black and ethnic minority (BAME) students to …

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