Working Family Entitlement - Expansion to 30 Hours Funding from September 2025

Shropshire Council sent this bulletin at 12-05-2025 02:39 PM BST

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Working Family Entitlement - Expansion to 30 Hours Funding from September 2025

From September 2025, eligible working parents will be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year, starting from the term after their child turns 9 months old until they begin school.

From today, all eligible working parents of children who will be at least nine months old on or before 31 August will now be able to apply for their 30 hours childcare. This marks an important milestone in the lead-up to the full rollout in September, when working parents will gain access to the final stage of the working parent entitlement. The Department for Education is marking this milestone with a range of activity to promote the working entitlements to parents, reminding them to get their code and to visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to find out more about the support available to them.

To support this activity and reach as many parents as possible, we would appreciate any support you can offer through your own communications with parents to amplify the message and raise awareness.

Please can we ask providers to share the below newsletter information with parents and also across the wider community wherever possible.

Newsletter - Working Family Entitlement - Expansion to 30 Hours funding from September 2025

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