Despite meeting the Department for Education’s eligibility criteria around working hours, human rights charity Praxis says that around 20,000 families are missing out on the government’s expanded childcare offer due to visa stipulations.
From 1 April all eligible parents of two-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours funded childcare, which is set to increase to 30 hours for all children aged nine months to four years old from September 2025.
Parents, including those who have children with special educational needs and disabilities, whose visas state they have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) are unable to access public services despite living and working in the UK.
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