From September 2014 the government has increased the criteria to receive the free 2 year old funding (15 hours).
You can now apply if you:
Receive Working Tax Credit with an income of £16,190 or less
Looked after children - children adopted from care etc.
EHC Plan (Education Healthcare Plan)
So the total list is:
Income Support
Income based Jobseekers Allowance
Income related Employment Support Allowance
Child Tax Credit and with an annual income of less than £16,190
Working Tax Credit and with an annual income of less than £16,190
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
The Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
or
For which the local authority has parental responsibility – a ’Looked After Child’ subject to a care order
If you require a place then please click HERE to be taken to Torbays Early Years Website to apply.