Emergency Childcare Application Information

1. Timescales for the next round of applications for emergency childcare:-

Applications for emergency childcare for the three week period Monday 29^th June to Friday 17^th July will be going live on the Council's website from 8am on Friday 19^th June. 

• Parents / carers need to apply asap – applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 21^st June.
• Emergency childcare will be in the child's usual school setting and places are strictly subject to availability.
• Late applications will not be accepted. Places are strictly subject to availability and parents who miss the deadline of Sunday 21^st June need to contact their child's school directly to establish whether or not their child can be accommodated.

1. People who must apply:-

• Key / essential workers must re-apply as requirements / shift patterns etc. change regularly and we need to establish whether the numbers of applications for each school can be accommodated.
• Parents / carers of vulnerable learners and parents / carers of special school pupils who are already attending an emergency childcare setting do not need to re-apply.  Their attendance (subject to availability) will be ongoing, but they must notify their child's school if they no longer require a place.
• Any parents / carers of vulnerable learners and parents / carers of special school pupils who are not currently attending for emergency childcare must make an initial application for a place.

Emergency childcare places are strictly subject to availability and making an application does not guarantee an emergency childcare place.