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Help with childcare costs

Visit HMRC's Childcare Choices website for comprehensive information about support that is available to families to help pay for childcare, covering

  • Free childcare for 3 and 4-year-olds, including the extended entitlement (30 hours)
  • Free childcare for 2-year-olds
  • Tax-free childcare
  • Tax credits for childcare costs
  • Universal credit for childcare
  • Support while you study

There is also a useful Childcare Costs Calculator for you to use to check that you are getting as much help with your childcare costs as possible.

Visit the Merton web page: Tax-Free Childcare for information about eligibility and how to apply for Tax-free childcare.

Visit the Merton web page: free childcare for two-year-olds for information about eligibility and how to apply for funded/free places for two-year-olds for up to 15 hours a week in Merton.

Visit the Merton web page: free childcare for 3 and 4-year-olds for information about eligibility and how to apply for funded/free places for 3 and 4-year-olds for up to 30 hours a week in Merton.

Visit the School Nursery Class Admissions web page for information on how to apply for funded/free places for 3 and 4-year-olds in maintained school nursery classes for 15 hours a week in Merton

To find nurseries, preschools or childminders which offer free places for 2-year-olds or 3 and 4-year-olds simply

1) search for your post code in the search box above
2) select the results for Family Services Directory
3) then filter the results by whether the services offer funded places for 2-year-olds or 3 and 4-year-olds

The results will bring up details of all providers of free places, ordered by distance from your postcode

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