Nursery World - New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

Three-year-olds due to take up the childcare offer in Wales this term will not be eligible for funding until September.

Nurseries and schools will not find out until next week whether they will be able to reopen on 29 June

The Welsh government has confirmed that the Childcare Offer for Wales will remain closed to new applicants until the autumn term.

This means that children that will have become eligible because they have had their third birthday recently will not be able to take up an early years place.

Three- and four-year-olds that were already using the funding at settings before the end of March will still be eligible for the funding if they return to a childcare setting.

Previously, nurseries that had not been able to stay open to children because of coronavirus were still receiving funding for children registered with them, but settings will now need to reopen and have the child attend regularly in order to continue to receive their childcare offer funding.

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