Find out if you are eligible for funded childcare for your 2-year-old.

If you meet at least one of the criteria listed below you could be entitled to 15 hours early education funding a week, for 38 weeks of the year, for your 2-year-old child:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
• Child tax credits, and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit

The Working Tax Credit four week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Use the online eligibility checker to apply for 2-year-old early education funding. This online checker will take you through a series of questions to find out if you are entitled to the funding. Please see our 2-year-old eligibility check guidance, which explains how to make the application.

You will need the following information:

• your own name and date of birth
• contact details including email address
• National Insurance number or National Asylum Seekers number
• child's name and date of birth.

When you apply online, you'll get an instant response. You will receive a unique reference number and if you are eligible, you will need to take this code to your chosen childcare providers to enable them to claim the funding for your child.

If your benefits have changed recently or fluctuate, the online eligibility checker may say you're not eligible. If you feel you are, you may need to provide us with evidence of your benefits. If this is the case, please contact us 01202 093131 or by email at familyinformation@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

Please read our privacy notice to find out what happens to your information when you claim early education funding.