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  • Check if your council offers free early education and childcare

  • Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods

    • Overview

      Eligible employees can take unpaid parental leave to look after their…

    • Entitlement

      Parental leave is unpaid. You’re entitled to 18 weeks’ leave for each…

    • Eligibility

      Employees qualify if all of these apply: they’ve been in the company for…

    • Notice period

      Employees must give 21 days’ notice before their intended start date. If…

    • Delaying leave

      Leave can’t be postponed (delayed) if: the employer doesn’t have a…

  • Apply for a place in a nursery school for children under 5 through your local council

  • Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area

  • Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services

  • Ask your council about before and after school clubs and holiday play schemes run by a school, private or voluntary organisation

  • Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice

  • Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders

  • The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National I…