15 Hour Entitlement

2-year-old Targeted Funding (15 hours)

A limited number of 2-year-olds living in the Borough of Reading are eligible to receive a funded early years place. For more information on the full eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit: Reading Directory | 2 Year Old Education & Childcare Funding

Targeted Funding is offered as follows;

x5 mornings 9am - 12pm

OR

x5 afternoons 12:45pm - 3:45pm

3 and 4-year-old Universal Entitlement (15 hours)

All children aged three or four-years-old are entitled to up to 15 hours per week for a maximum of 38 weeks per year from the start of the term following their third birthday e.g.

A child born between 1 April and 31 August is eligible for funding from the start of the Autumn term (September)

A child born between 1 September and 31 December is eligible for funding from the start of the Spring term (January)

A child born between 1 January and 31 March is eligible for funding from the start of the Summer term (April)

Universal Entitlement is offered as follows;

x5 mornings 9am - 12pm

OR

x5 afternoons 12:45pm - 3:45pm