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What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply.

If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or Free Childcare for Working Parents, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.

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

• Childcare you can get help paying for ('approved childcare')

  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 apply for Tax-Free Childcare.

Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.

If you live in England and work you may be able to get free childcare for a child aged 9 months to 4 years old. Check if you're eligible and how and when to apply.

• Updated: 19 August 2025

Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using Tax-Free Childcare.

• Updated: 21 October 2024

HMRC encourages parents to register for Tax-Free Childcare to help towards the cost of their childcare bills.

• Updated: 5 August 2025

Parents reminded how they can save thousands on the cost of childcare with Tax-Free Childcare.

• Updated: 1 May 2025