The Flight
Ideas, research and dispatches from the nursery floor
Here's where we think out loud — about early years education, about raising multilingual children, about the research behind what we do and the moments that remind us why we do it. Dip in when you have five minutes.
30 Hours Free Childcare in London: 2026 Eligibility, Costs and What's Changed
As of September 2025, working parents in England can get 30 hours of government-funded childcare per week, for 38 weeks a year, for any child aged 9 months up to school age — not just 3- and 4-year-olds. All 3- and 4-year-olds also get a separate universal 15-hour entitlement regardless of income. Eligibility depends on both parents working and earning under £100,000 a year each.
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