Changes to Early Education Entitlements 2023 -2025
Starting from April 2024, existing childcare support will be expanded in phases. By September 2025, most working families with children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of funded childcare.
These phases are as follows:
- From April 2024, eligible working parents of 2-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours childcare support.
- From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months to 3-year-olds.
- From September 2025, eligible working parents of children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare a week.
Like the existing offer, these hours can be accessed across 38 weeks of the year (during school term time), or up to 52 weeks where the provider is offering a stretched model of delivery.
| Age | Eligibility | Now | September 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9-23 months | Eligible working families | 15 | 30 | ||
| 2 year olds | Current 2 year old funding criteria | 15 | 15 | ||
| 2 year olds | Eligible working families | 15 | 30 | ||
| 3 and 4 year olds | All | 15 | 15 | ||
| 3 and 4 year olds | Eligible working families | 30 | 30 |