- Early Years Funding (EYF) is a national scheme that funds part-time childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds from the school term after they turn 3. Your child is eligible as follows:
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Children born between |
Become eligible for funding |
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1 January – 31 March |
1 April after their 3rd Birthday (Summer school term) |
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1 April – 31 August |
1 September after their 3rd Birthday (Autumn school term) |
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1 September – 31 December |
1 January after their 3rd Birthday (Spring school term) |
- There is further information on EYF available through http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/.
- Childbase, who manage the University's nurseries, offer Early Years funded hours up to a maximum of 15 hours a week during school term times (38 weeks of the year). This funded childcare is made up of 3-hour sessions and parents can take up to 2 funded sessions a day. You have to pay for the care your child receives over and above the funded hours.
- The reduction in monthly nursery fees through EYF is annualised by Childbase so that payments remain consistent rather than being reduced during school term times only. For the purposes of the Workplace Nurseries' Salary Exchange Scheme, this means if your child is over 3 and eligible for EYF, you can check with the nursery for your monthly fees minus the EYF funding and salary exchange this reduced amount.
- However, if your child will turn 3 between 1 August (Annual Renewal Date for the Workplace Nurseries' Salary Exchange Scheme) and 31 March and therefore become eligible for EYF within that membership year, you need to carefully plan the amount you salary exchange. You will be able to request a change to the amount you salary exchange as a Lifestyle Change.
- There are opportunities for 2 year old funding if certain Local Authority criteria are met. Please contact the nurseries for more information.