Find out more about 1140 hours and funded early learning and childcare in Scotland.
In Scotland all three and four-year-olds are entitled to 1140 hours of Early Learning and Childcare. Some two-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds receive 15 hours per week of entitlement. A pilot is currently being run in some local authorities to extend this to all two-year-olds.
Funded early learning and childcare is 'free' to parents, but funded by the Scottish Government.
Parents can receive up to 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare a year if their child is 3 or 4 years old.
Some two–year–olds are also eligible. Some local authorities are running pilot schemes to expand funded childcare to all two-year-olds. There are six early adopter communities part of this pilot: Dundee, Glasgow, Clackmannanshire, Inverclyde, Levenmouth (Fife) and North Isles and West Mainland (Shetland).
- NDNA Scotland has used the latest figures from local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act, to call for rates to increase to a level that will enable providers to meet the costs of delivering places
- See Government guidance for Scotland
- Parents in Scotland can access Tax-Free childcare
- Parents in Scotland can use Childcare Choices to determine what funding they may be eligible for.
