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Find out if your child is eligible for free early years education, childcare and out of school facilities such as children centres.
Find out if your child or children are eligible on the family information website:
If you're a working parent with children under 12 (or under 17 for disabled children), you can open an online account to pay for registered childcare.
Find out more about tax free childcare
With a £4 billion per year expansion of childcare in England, this is the largest expansion of funded childcare ever. This will remove barriers to work for nearly half a million parents with a child under 3 years old in England.
Find out when the expansion begin and what it means for you
This includes:
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) provides extra government funding that supports children who are 3 and 4 year old in their development, learning and care. Find out more about EYPP
The Disability Access Fund (DAF) is to support access to early years free entitlement places for 3 and 4 year olds. It supports children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Find out more about DAF