You can check your eligibility for 30 hours through the childcare calculator and apply for 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare through the childcare service.

If eligible, you will receive an 11-digit eligibility code. Before you can take up a place you must bring your code, national insurance number and child’s date of birth to us so we can check that your code is valid. We encourage parents to bring your code to us as soon as you receive it. You cannot take up a 30 hours place until we have validated your code.