The Villages

Points for consideration

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Children qualify for funding the term after their birthday as follows:

1. 2 year old funding for low income families – term after their second birthday (31 March, 31 August, 31 December are the cut off dates set by the Government)

2. funding for working families – now available for children aged from nine months and again, eligibility is from the term after they are nine months with the same cut off dates as above

3. 3 year old funding for all children - universal entitlement and the only funding category with no qualifying criteria, the term following the child’s third birthday – see dates above
   
    

Funding is for 38 weeks per year and can be used towards breakfast and after school club.

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Funding is paid to providers: 14 weeks in the Autumn term, 12 weeks in Spring and 12 weeks in Summer. Children attending all year round can ‘stretch’ their funding to cover the 51 weeks that we are open, attending their usual sessions during holiday club. 

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Funding can be shared between different providers.

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Working families who qualify for funding (points 1 and 2 above) apply through the HMRC website https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working and will receive an 11 digit code to confirm their eligibility and the code needs to be re-confirmed via HMRC every couple of months. A valid code must be received and dated before the cut off dates (shown above) to be eligible for use the following term.

 

The council will not accept a code dated after the cut-off date until the following term. 

For funded children, we will give you a Bradford Council Funding Form to complete and return and we will input the claim through at the beginning of each term (typically January, April and September) and this cannot be altered until the next funding claim at the beginning of the following term. Because of this, any additional hours added within the term on an ad-hoc basis would be charged.

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Snack and consumables charge

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To supplement the low funding rates paid by the council, children using funded hours (except families on the low income funding for two year olds) will receive an invoice for £0.85 per session (£1.70 per day if attending two sessions per day) for snack and consumables. This small amount of income helps us to provide a healthy snack and also contributes to providing a rich learning environment for the children.

If you would like to provide your own snack for your child this is absolutely fine, please contact Jane and she will provide you with an up-to-date list of allergens to avoid.