3 and 4 Year Old Funding for Nursery Provision

From the beginning of the new term after a child's third birthday, parents/carers will be entitled to receive funding towards their child's place.

Parents/carers will be asked to sign a declaration form by a certain deadline date, confirming that information about their child and the attendance pattern at nursery is correct. Once completed (at the end of the month), these forms, along with the census form are returned to the Council.

Payment is made by the City of York Council directly to York Childcare Ltd in 2 instalments, one at the beginning of each term and one at the end of each term.

There are three terms in each year for which funding can be received: Spring, Summer and Autumn. The term 'term' loosely applies to an equivalent school term, and during each term eligible parent/carers will receive one payment.

Parent/carers will be able to claim for up to 15 hours per week but may choose to use the nursery for more hours than the funding covers (standard nursery fees apply).

The Council dictates the amount of funding per term. However, the Nursery Manager will be able to inform parent/carers of current funding amounts. Currently the amount is £657.40 per term for 15 hours for 38 weeks of the year. Please note that the full entitlement to funding will not equate to the cost of a full time place at nursery.

Nursery Managers will establish the intentions for each parent claiming funding for the York Childcare nursery place prior to the term starting, and arrangements will be made for discounts to be applied to invoices on a monthly basis to spread the 3 & 4 Year Old Funding over the relevant months in the term as follows:

Summer term   discount applied to invoices in April, May June and July

Autumn term   discount applied to invoices in September, October, November, December

Spring term   discount applied to invoices in January, February and March

No discount is applied during the month of August.