2 Year Funded Sessions

Hull City Council

Our nurseries have been chosen by the Local Education Authority (LEA) to allow us to offer places for those children eligible for the 15 hours funded education at the age of two years. The funding for two-year olds meets a different funding eligibility and is offered only to either low-income families, families on specific benefits or children with special needs.

Once a family applies to Hull City Council, they will issue codes to families who are eligible. This code needs to be given to the nursery team to validate the place.

To find out if your child is eligible, please use the Eligibility Checker.

Parents can apply to Hull City Council for funding by applying here.

Families who have been successful in applying for the two-year funding, will be given a code, either via email or a letter. This confirmation needs to be given to the nursery in the original format it was sent to parents for validation from the local authority.

The funding will then start the term after the child turns two-years old, however, places can be taken mid-term if you were late applying or if your circumstances change.

Just like the Universal funding, 15 hours can be allocated to fit around the nursery’s funding offer, either on a term time only basis or stretched to provide 11 hours childcare per week all year round. This is often better for young children as they do not have long gaps in their care which may be unsettling for their routines. Our team is happy to discuss each family’s requirements upon enrolment.

The term after your child turns three, if you are not working, your child can continue to attend by transferring to Universal Funding.

Universal childcare funding refers to the government provision of a universal entitlement to a certain number of hours of free early education and childcare for all eligible children, typically all three and four-year-olds in England, regardless of their parents’ income or employment status. In England, the current universal offer for this age group is 15 hours of free childcare per week based on 38 weeks of the year or this can be stretched over the full year where parents claim unto 11 hours.

We offer a staffing ratio of one to eight for our three and four year olds, which is often higher than school nurseries and we also offer the 15 hours more flexibly than the traditional school hours.

Families can use the traditional three-hour nursery sessions or book full days or half days meeting the needs of their families. We do charge extra for any meals that are offered if parents wish to allocate their funded hours over lunch or teatime. We also charge a small weekly consumable fee to cover items not covered in the funding which may be accessed by the children within their session such as snacks, sun cream, outdoor protective clothing, tooth brushing, etc.

3 Year Early Education Funding

All children aged 3 years and over can claim the 15 hours universal funding from the term after their 3rd birthday. These funded childcare hours are the same hours that a child would access if they attended a school nursery. We are inspected by Ofsted and the LEA to ensure we offer the same learning and development as school nurseries.

We offer a staffing ratio of one to eight for our three and four year olds, which is often higher than school nurseries and we also offer the 15 hours more flexibly than the traditional school hours.

At Tallulah Beau Day Care you can of course access funded hours based in 3 hours a day, AM or PM or we offer longer sessions to meet modern family’s needs. Our longer sessions include a full morning which covers lunch time, full afternoons and also full days (totally 15 hours). We are also able to stretch funding to cover all of the school holidays so that your child does not receive any gaps in their care, this is fantastic for working parents/carers. This is organised by offering children 11 hours a week but over the full school year, not just the tradition 38 weeks.

Some children may also qualify for 15 hours extended funding (30 hours in total). This is dependent on your household income. Many parents/carers are eligible for this funding if both parents/carers or one parent in single parent families, work more than 16 hours per week. To find out if you are eligible, please go onto the childcare choice’s website. You can only apply for this online and you must have a valid email address. You will be asked to register for an account with childcare services when applying for the extended funding.

This funding is dependent on your household income. Many parents/carers are eligible for this funding if both parents/carers or one parent in single parent families, work more than 16 hours per week. To find out if you are eligible, please visit the childcare choice’s website.

Should you be eligible, you will be given an 11-digit validation code. You will need to bring the code, your national insurance number and your child’s date of birth to your chosen setting. We will require you to complete a consent form before contacting the Early Years team who will then validate your code and provide us with a start date.

If you would like your child to access the extended hours you must apply before the start of term. Any applications made after the beginning of term will not be able to start until the beginning of the following term regardless of the child’s date of birth. This is the government guidelines and can not be altered. For example, if your child’s birthday is 24th July and you applied for the funding 15th September, you would not have access to the funding until January. If you applied for the funding before 31st August, your child’s place would be reserved ready to start in September. The funding rules are sometimes complicated, please contact us should you need any help with this.

The 30 hours funded offer is provided for 38 weeks of the year, however like the universal offer, we can take this as a stretched offer across the full year. This works out at 22 hours per week. You also have the option to split the funding across 2 settings or schools, but if you were to choose this option, you have to attend either term time at both settings or stretched sessions at both settings. You can not attend term time at one and stretched at another.

Each of our nurseries has its own ‘Funding Offer’ relating to how we accommodate funded hours into our day and fee structure. Please contact our settings direct to discuss how we can make your childcare needs as affordable as possible with the use of your funded sessions.

Working Parent - Expanded Funded Sessions

You can only apply for this funding online and you must have access to a valid email address. You will be asked to register for an account with childcare services when applying for this funding.

Should you be eligible, you will be given an 11-digit validation code. You will need to bring the code, your national insurance number and proof of your child’s date of birth to your chosen setting. We will require you to complete a consent form before contacting the Early Years team who will then validate your code and provide us with a term start date.

If you would like your child to access this funding you must apply before the start of a term and apply for your code.

If you apply after the start of a term, you will not be able to access your funding until the start of the next term

Closing dates for termly funding are:

31^st March

31^st August

31^st December

The nursery is not able to change these dates as we have to work strictly in line with the government guidelines.

We are happy to extend your funded hours dependant on your childcare needs at the current daily rates.

For all children over three years of age, we charge for meals if your sessions fall over lunch and tea time, and we also charge a small weekly consumable fee as we do for Universal Funding.

We are transparent with all our charges and these can be found on the website and in our Parents’ Handbook.