How to apply for working family funded childcare

Step 1. To apply you’ll need a Government Childcare Account log in which you can get or sign into here: Sign in to your childcare account – GOV.UK. If this is the first time you access this you will need to provide some supporting documents and information such as your National Insurance Number, Unique Taxpayer Reference if you’re self-employed and the UK birth certificate reference number of the children you are applying for.

Step 2. Apply within the Online Childcare Account for your funded hours. Once you have applied, you will receive an 11-digit eligibility code. Please pass this to your Partou Nursery using this funding code form. Your Nursery Management Team will then check this code and add it to your account.

Step 3. Once this has been done you will receive a Free Early Years Entitlement (FEEE) Parental Declaration form from Funding Loop to check and sign. This is usually in the month before the new term starts so either August, December or March however this can vary depending on when we receive your code. Please return the FEEE Parental Declaration Form as quickly as possible so that the funding can be applied, and your nursery can claim this from the Local Authority.

Step 4. Your funding will be applied to your invoice which will be issued on the 15th of each month for the month ahead.

The Free Early Years Entitlement Parental Declaration form will be sent to you via Funding Loop. Funding Loop is the online system Partou nurseries use to collect completed Parental Declaration forms each term. We need these to be able to claim funded hours from the Local Authority.

Look out for emails from funding@mail.fundingloop.co.uk and please try to complete and return these as quickly as possible to make sure that your funding is confirmed for the term ahead.

Your Partou Nursery will assist you with any queries you have about your application however please do remember that it is your responsibility to apply for your funding, pass your eligibility code to your nursery and sign your Parental Declaration.

Please remember you’ll have to reconfirm your working family eligibility code every three months. Your nursery may remind you when this is due, and you will see your renewal period dates in your Online Childcare Account, however the responsibility for renewal lies with families.