Two Year Old Nursery
The Nursery is made up of children aged 2 and upwards, who are accessing
either:
● the Free For 2s Programme, a DfE initiative aimed at providing 15 hours a
week of free high-quality nursery care to children of families identified as
being in need of such a provision.
● the Free Childcare For Working Parents programme, where children of
working parents can access 15hrs a week of funded childcare.
Free For 2s Programme
The Free For 2s programme is a government-funded initiative for children whose parents receive various income-based benefits, to give low-income families the opportunity to access high-quality nursery provision, either as a school-readiness programme, to support them in returning to work, or both.
Children become eligible for the programme in the term after their second birthday, and remain eligible until the term in which they turn three. Children remain eligible for Free For 2s even if their family circumstances change while they are on the programme (for example if one parent starts work, having previously been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance.)
Childcare for Working Parents Programme
This is open to children of working parents, including some part-time workers, and workers currently on parental leave. To see if you are eligible for the programme, please go to:
https://www.gov.uk/check-eligible-free-childcare-if-youre-working (Welbourne is not responsible for the contents of external websites)
Working parents can access free childcare from when their children are 9 months old, although we can only offer a nursery space for children following their second birthday.
Nursery Timings and Nursery Entry
At Welbourne Children’s Centre, we offer nursery for 2-year-olds every day between 9:00am and 12:00pm, for up to 30 children. Places are offered on a first-come-first-served basis, and we do not maintain a waiting list. Children are enrolled in the nursery at the start of the Winter (September,) Spring (January,) and Summer (April) Terms.
If you have received a letter from Haringey Council (or another participating local authority,) saying that your child is eligible for the Free For 2s programme, come into the centre to see us, or call us on 020 8493 1197. We may have a place in our nursery provision, and if not we can signpost you to provisions in the local area that do have places available.
If you are a Haringey resident, and you want to apply for the Free For 2s programme, or to check your child’s eligibility, you can apply for it by clicking this link (Welbourne is not responsible for the contents of external websites).
For advice on help with childcare go to the Haringey Website. (Welbourne is not responsible for the contents of external websites)