If you receive some additional forms of government support or you are working and on low income you can apply direct with the county council for 15 hours of funded early education and childcare for your 2-year-old.
Working parents are eligible if they earn from 16 hours a week at the National
Voluntary aided (church) schools and academies usually have a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) which they require you to complete.
If you are applying for a faith school, it is important that you complete the form with all details which are relevant to your child and your family.
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You can only apply to claim free school meals If your child is attends a maintained nursery school or class. To be eligible they must attend for a full day and must you get one of the qualifying benefits.
Children attending a private nursery are not entitled to free school meals.
Maintained nursery
You must still apply from your child's current home address before the national deadline of 31 October 2024 for secondary and 15 January 2025 for primary.
If you are about to move house, please contact the Area Education Office with your new address so that letters that are sent to you do not go
with completing an application form, please contact an advisor at Selnet.
For more information on the scheme, how to become a referral organisation and how to apply for support, please visit the Selnet website.
a place, we can withdraw the place that was offered to your child on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application.
The address you give us must be your child's current home address. This applies even if you might move house at a later date during the admissions process
organisations are eligible to apply)
Applications from groups whose sole purpose is to campaign, or any campaign activity
Applications to fund retrospectively, meaning support for work that has already taken place prior to the agreement of funding
Applications to fund projects primarily for the benefit
it here or contact the area education office.
Printable PDF booklets
All information for parents applying for a school place is available on these web pages or related pages.
However, if you would like to print or view the information as a PDF, you can also download the information as documents
can apply for an advance payment as soon as your claim has been submitted, but this then has to be paid back out of future payments.
You normally have to manage your claim digitally via an online account. You can ask for your claim to be managed by telephone if you are unable to operate an online
Find out how your data is protected
Be able to access the system to view, set or change your opt-out setting
Find the contact telephone number if you want to know any more or to set/change your opt-out by phone
See the situations where the opt-out will not apply
You can also find out more about
You can apply for a Programme Informal ESOL Grant if you are a:
Voluntary and community organisation
Registered charity
Constituted group or club
Social enterprise
Group of organisations, if led by a voluntary/community organisation or social enterprise
Community interest company (with two