15 or 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds

We have registered with Warwickshire County Council to deliver early education funded hours for 3 and 4 year olds.

The amount of free childcare you can get depends on:

• your child’s age and circumstances
• whether you’re working (employed, self-employed, or a director)
• your income (and your partner’s income, if you have one)
• your immigration status

For more information about your eligible options and what help you could get with childcare costs, please see the following websites:

• Childcare Choices website to see the options available to you to help pay for your childcare
• Childcare Calculator to find out how much you could get towards approved childcare
• Get childcare: step by step how to find childcare and get help paying for it
• Get free childcare if you're working: step by step advice on how to apply and get a code for free childcare if you’re working
• Help with childcare costs information from Warwickshire County Council including how to access your funded early education place

Detailed Fee Structure

* In order to claim the early years entitlements funding, a Parental/Guardian Declaration Form for each child must be fully completed, signed and then retained by Trinity Preschool.

School lunch can be added for an additional £2.65 through ParentPay.

Funding for your Preschool Childcare place

Trinity Preschool is registered to accept Free Childcare for Working Parents, Tax-free childcare and other childcare entitlements.

As requested by Warwickshire County Council, parents and carers should be directed to Help with childcare costs – Warwickshire County Council for full details of funding entitlements and the terms and conditions of the Parental/Guardian Declaration Form before signing.

Free Childcare for Working Parents (15 or 30 hours)

Visit here for more information: https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/check-youre-eligible

Tax Free Childcare (for every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2)

Visit here for more information: https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

With Tax-Free Childcare, the government will pay £2 for every £8 paid into an account, which can be used against payment for ‘approved’ childcare provision (childminders, nurseries and nannies; before and afterschool clubs and holiday clubs)

Eligible parents are:

• UK working families, including the self-employed, earning under £100k and at least £139 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage)
• Who aren’t receiving Tax Credits, Universal Credit or childcare vouchers (TFC replaces childcare vouchers)
• With children aged 0-11 (or 0-16 if disabled)
• You can use Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as (where available):
  • 15 hours free childcare
  • 30 hours free childcare

Eligible parents can receive a top up of up to £2,000 per year per child

• until 1st September after your child turns 11
• or 16 for disabled children who you can claim up to £4,000

Find out more about eligibility on www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

Please view the step by step guide on how to use Tax-Free Childcare.

Apply at www.gov.uk/apply-for-tax-free-childcare

Childcare Vouchers (closed to new entrants)

Speak to your employer if you are eligible.

If you’re still able to use Childcare Vouchers (closed to new entrants), you can use these with Trinity Stars (CV37 9QN, Ofsted URN: 125681). Please make sure you add your name (not your child’s) as the reference. We are currently registered with the following Childcare Voucher companies:

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Computershare (0026959471)

Co-operative Flexible Benefits (85123090)

Edenred (P21349970)

Fideliti Childcare Vouchers (TRI108C)

KiddiVouchers

Sodexo / Pluxtree (919849)

If you are paying by childcare vouchers, when we have received these payments into our bank account, we will make the adjustment in your magicbooking account. Please note, there will be a slight delay for this – different childcare voucher companies make payments to us on different timescales. If your childcare vouchers do not cover the whole amount, you will need to pay any outstanding fees.

Universal Credit and Tax Credits

Holy Trinity C of E Primary School recognises that childcare can be costly, so we encourage eligible parents and carers to claim the childcare element of Universal Credit. Universal Credit can help with the costs of childcare. You may be able to claim up to 85% of your registered childcare costs if you’re eligible for Universal Credit, currently in paid work, or due to start a job within the next month.

If you already get tax credits, you can use the calculator to find out how much you could claim for childcare. If you are not eligible to continue claiming tax credits, you may need to check separately if you are eligible to get help with childcare costs using Universal Credit.

If you’re on Universal Credit and in work, you can use its childcare element to pay for some of your childcare costs while you go to work. Eligible parents may be able to claim back some their childcare costs:

• up to a maximum of £951 for one child
• and £1,630 for two or more children
• for children up to the age of 16

If you’re on Tax Credits, you can claim the Child Tax Credit until the next 31^st August after your child turns 16.

Guidance on Universal Credit childcare can be found here: Universal Credit childcare costs.

You will easily be able to generate a statement for specific dates through any bookings made and paid for through magicbooking – please see our FAQs below for more information.

Additional Funding

Please visit https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ to check what other entitlements you may be eligible for, and inform Trinity Preschool or Trinity Stars Wraparound of any funding you receive or voucher schemes you are registered with.

Payments

We accept a range and combination of payments which are detailed below.

As a publicly funded school we have a no arrears policy so any payments MUST be made in advance. If a Parent / Carer builds up arrears and fails to clear them, the child’s non-funded elements may be withdrawn and they can be stopped from attending these sessions. Parents / Carers will still need to pay the outstanding balance in full.

As long as non-funded fees are paid a minimum of a month in advance, we are flexible to allow for fees to be paid monthly. Parents can choose a monthly instalment plan – see our FAQs below for more information.