nomski100 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 A 3 year old child has moved to England from Italy last week and has asked to join our nursery. Would this child be entitled to 15 hours free under the fee3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 It shouldn't be a problem once the child is registered with a doctor and has a home address. Check with your LEA to see if they have any difficulties with this but we have never had an issue (unless they are going for 30 hours"!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomski100 Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 I wonder if this would be the same for a child from outside of Europe that moved to England can they also take free childcare straight away. I just googled this and this is what I found: In England, all children of age three and four are entitled to 570 hours of free childcare or early education each year, which must be taken over at least 38 weeks, for example, 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. This can be provided to children in households where the parent or parents have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). Government funded childcare is not a 'public fund' for immigration purposes, so a parent with NRPF is not prevented from applying for this due to having the NRPF condition and there are no eligibility requirements related to the parent's immigration status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, nomski100 said: I wonder if this would be the same for a child from outside of Europe that moved to England can they also take free childcare straight away. I just googled this and this is what I found: In England, all children of age three and four are entitled to 570 hours of free childcare or early education each year, which must be taken over at least 38 weeks, for example, 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. This can be provided to children in households where the parent or parents have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). Government funded childcare is not a 'public fund' for immigration purposes, so a parent with NRPF is not prevented from applying for this due to having the NRPF condition and there are no eligibility requirements related to the parent's immigration status. to my knowledge yes. I have children from all over the world and have never had an issue claiming funding except for a 30 hour child who was 'not known' in this country....ie he was not registered with any services and parents did not claim any benefits! My Korean twins came in via Miami and received their funding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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