how many free sessions a week, childcare, is a child age three entitled to from the goverment?

Question

FAO dana j, I did not ask how to word my question, I work FULLTIME, and am starting my degree up again next year, trust it is MY tax money paying for my own child, the question I feel is pretty harmless and not suggesting that I sponge of other people, my child is in childcare, which i pay for entirely, any help makes a big difference to me, so why dont you stop being so presumptionous and just answer the question asked and stop being a smartarse
thanks

Answer 1

Five half day sessions (2.5hrs) - usually in morning or afternoon Mon - Fri.
If you contact your local education authority 0 usually through your councty council - or through your local school you can request a pack explaining it all.

More in depth:
Early Education Funding (previously called the Nursery Education Grant) is money provided by the Government to ensure that all pre-school children of eligible age have access to good quality early years’ education.
Nationally, all 3 and 4 year olds are funded.
All children are eligible the term following their 3rd birthday and can receive the funding until they reach the compulsory school age, if attending a childcare setting that is registered to provide early years’ education.
All eligible 3 & 4 year olds are entitled to receive up to a maximum of 5 FREE 2.5 hour sessions of early years’ education per week for 11 weeks in each term for 3 terms (not school holidays) making a yearly total of 33 weeks.
You cannot take more than two free sessions on any one day and there must be a minimum of an hour's break between these two.
Your child can attend for more than 5 sessions but the grant only covers up to a maximum of 5 sessions per week, so you will have to pay for any additional hours taken.
The funding is paid directly to the provider who, in turn, passes this on to the parent by deducting the amount claimed per child from the termly fees.
Yes, you can divide your sessions between more than one provider, as long as they are all registered to offer early years education and the total sessions claimed do not exceed the maximum of 5 per week.

Any of the following types of settings can access the funding, if offering early years education:
Day nurseries or nursery schools
Pre-schools or playgroups
A group of registered 'network' child-minders
A Neighbourhood Nursery
A nursery or reception class in a primary/infant/first school

Answer 2

I believe that your child is entitled to 5 free sessions per week at any council run nursery . Best of luck .

Answer 3

5 sessions of 2.5 hours. if u contact ur local LEA they will send u a pack about it and registered ofsted child care organisations. x

Answer 4

5 x 2.5 sessions your nursery should sort it out for you they did for me

Answer 5

its 5 half days, if its for this term they would have had to have been 3 by end dec

Answer 6

In what country?