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In Scotland, all three- and four-year-olds, and eligible two-year-olds, can get 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare each year. Funded places can be at a Stirling Council nursery, a private, voluntary, or independent nursery, or with a childminder who has a partnership contract with Stirling Council.

The Scottish Government funds free childcare places for eligible two-year-olds. To be eligible, the parent or carer of the child must receive at least one of the following:
  • Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Income Support
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Incapacity or Severe Disablement Allowance
  • State Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit  — and your income is £19,995 or less
  • maximum Child Tax Credit and maximum Working Tax Credit — and your income is £9,552 a year or less
  • Universal Credit — and have household take-home pay of £796 a month or less
  • support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
It’s also available where the child:
  • is looked after by the local council
  • is the subject of a Kinship or Guardianship Order
  • has a parent who was in care as a child
  • has a parent who is supported by the Family Nurse Partnership

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