15 hours free hours - 2yr old

Take the code from the gov website and that’s the code you give to the childcare provider once you have one

Hi Emma, where do I get the code from on the Gov website? Thanks 😊

You need to sign up for a childcare account with the gov website, if you don’t already have one for tax free childcare
it asks lots of your working/personal details. It’ll take a few days or a week maybe to get accepted for it and they’ll give you a code when you are accepted as eligible. Then you give that code to your nursery to apply for the funding. If you don’t already have a nursery you need to check they are accepting it as not all are. Plus some nurseries will still charge a small extra fees for snacks etc so it might not be totally funded hours

Hi Lucy, thank you! Yes we have the tax free childcare etc maybe I’ve already applied and I just need to wait lol I just couldn’t see if I had don’t it correctly! Patience now I suppose 🤣🙏

You need to go to the childcare service on the direct gov website. I found it easier to Google it and it came up you have to fill all your details in. It is not straight forward by any means! I only knew I had a code in the inbox messages within there! I managed to do it I'm not very tech savy either but it's not easy for people at all x

If you already have a childcare account apparently you will get the code on your next re-confirmation date. That is what I read and hoping is the case!

if you already have a tax free childcare account then when you reconfirm your account next time you will then get a code

Hi Louise, I had to re confirm in December and didn’t get one- next one doesn’t come round until 17th April x

@Philippa Hendrickse you reconfirm every 3 months so if you did yours in Dec it should be March for the next one and that'll be when you'll get your code

is this for the hours that start in April?
If you have applied the code shows on the account, it’s not always obvious but it’s a long number starting C I think

Can I jump on this and ask, if I get the code does that mean I’m eligible right away to get the 15 hours?

I reconfirmed last night and I got a code right away but I’m unsure if I can use it now or at the start of April.

I tried calling but they were useless on the phone.

the new scheme starts April x

Thanks

When your tax free account needs reconfirming they will give you details on the code

So we already use the tax free account and due to reconfirm ta start of February. Do you have to click anything different than when you normally recomfirm

Its definitely confusing, and I don't confirm my tax free childcare account until March and it's making me nervous that it's too near april 😬

yeah it not ideal, mine is the beginning of February luckily. Scaring not knowing if you will get the code in time

My nursery have been said they need my code by 16th February, luckily I think I next reconfirm on 19th January, I feel like they make it difficult on purpose 🙄

Oh crap, I best email nursery to see if they have a deadline.
If that's the case, it's a joke that it's all about when your reconfirmation falls, argh 😔 and they whack the cost of nurseries up prior

@Jess from what I've been told once you reconfirm your tax free account, you'll receive a message in the tax free account with details of the funded hours

this is what I gathered from all of the information going around as well

oh really, I haven't heard from my nursery about a deadline but know they are doing the funding

my nursery ended up emailing again to the parents due to some parents struggling with the deadline, they said if you can't get the code by the deadline, then April will be charged full price and the free hours will start in May instead 😔

oh that's not good, I can reconfirm on the 10th Feb but not sure how long it will take to get code. How come there is a deadline?

Just want to say it’s not free childcare it’s funded

I reconfirmed today but did not receive a new code 😩 this is stressing me out!

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I got an email to apply here (hope this works/helps) x

I would wait may not come through straight away. Check your message in a couple of days if nothing then I would call. Just read could take up to 7 days to confirm

Hey; when I logged into my childcare account - they have added a new paragraph on the opening page! Said they will be sending out letters with your code on it - I’m holding out for this 🙌 I can’t reconfirm until March- so they are doing letters to give all parents a chance to get their codes in time to their nurseries etc 🙏 xx