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Childcare grant

Childcare Grant is available for full time, home undergraduate students. Childcare Grant can pay up to 85% of your childcare costs both during term time and in the vacations. It will pay up to £148.75 per week for one child and up to £255 per week for two or more children.

To be eligible for Childcare Grant, you must use registered or approved childcare. You cannot apply for Childcare Grant if you are getting help with childcare through Working Tax Credits. Childcare Grant is available for parents with children aged up to 15 or up to 17 if they have special educational needs. The amount which you get depends up on your household income.

Childcare Grant is paid in three instalments, at the same time as your student loan.

Applying for childcare grant

When applying for your student loans, you are asked if you wish to apply for Childcare Grant. You will need to provide details about your children in order that you can be assessed for Childcare Grant. You also need to fill in a Childcare Grant application form (CCG1). Your childcare provider has to complete part of this form for you. This form asks you to estimate the childcare that you need for the year.

You will then be asked to confirm the childcare that you have used each term on a Childcare Grant confirmation form (CCG2) which Student Finance England will send to you.  Your childcare provider must sign the CCG2 forms for you.

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