Childcare Vouchers
Top Place preschool accepts all childcare vouchers towards payment of fees. Kindly provide us with details of your chosen childcare scheme and we will register with them if we have not already done so.
Funding
Government Funding for 2 Year Olds
From the term after your child’s second birthday, your child may be entitled to 15 hours of free learning per week for 38 weeks of the year.
To find out what you are entitled to, visit www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/parents
Government Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds
From the term after your child’s 3rd birthday, your child is entitled to universal 15 hours of free learning per week for 38 weeks of the year. Your child may also be eligible for 30 hours free funding weekly.
You will need to check with the HMRC to find out if your child is eligible for 30 hours of free funding.
FEES ARE PAYABLE EVEN IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT FOR ANY REASON!!!!
HALF A TERM NOTICE OR THE EQUIVALENT IN FEES IS REQUIRED OF A CHILD LEAVING TOP PLACE
Further help is also available through the childcare element of Working Tax Credit. It provides substantial support with childcare costs.
You may visit
www.gov.uk/child-tax-credit for further information.
If your child is born between:
1st April and 31st August
1st September and 31st December
1st January and 31st March
They are eligible for a free place from:
1st September following their 3rd birthday until statutory school
1st January following their 3rd birthday until statutory school
1st April following their 3rd birthday until statutory school
