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Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.

• Find out what 'approved childcare' is

  You can get help with the cost of childcare through: Tax-Free Childcare…

• 15 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-olds

  All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. It’s…

• Free education and childcare for 2 year olds if you get extra support

  Your 2 year old can get 15 hours of free childcare a week if you live in…

• Universal Credit and childcare

  You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re…

• Childcare vouchers and other employer schemes

  The following schemes are closed to new applicants: childcare vouchers…

• Help with childcare while you study

  School or sixth form You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn…

How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.

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DFES existed until 2007 when it was replaced the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

• Updated: 15 April 2021

This document sets out the steps that the department will take to improve the outcomes of children and young people in care.

• Updated: 21 June 2007

First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

This document sets out proposals to improve the provision of care for children who are unable to grow up with their birth parents.

• Updated: 9 October 2006

First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

The department's accounts for 2000 to 2001. It includes details of the department's aims and objectives for the same period.

• Updated: 18 February 2002

First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

The Department for Education's proposals for reform of secondary education.

• Updated: 5 September 2001

First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

17,500 maths and science teachers to be trained, new computer science GCSE to focus on coding and world-first code college launched.

• Updated: 8 December 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The government's spending plans for the former Department for Education and Skills, based on resources allocated in the spending reviews.

• Updated: 16 May 2006

First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government