Childcare Grant

Full-time students with dependent children in registered and approved childcare can apply for this help before or during your course, and can receive a Childcare Grant during term times and holidays.

Social Security Agency and Housing Benefit departments will not count the Childcare Grant when they work out your benefit entitlement. You will not be entitled to this grant if you or your spouse / partner receive the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit from HMRC (formerly the Inland Revenue).

How much help you get will depend on your circumstances. For further information on what you are entitled to please contact your local Education Library board. Click Here for our Useful Contacts list

Parents’ Learning Allowance

This is available to full-time students with dependent children to help with course-related costs.

Social Security Agency and Housing Benefit offices will not count this grant when they work out your benefit entitlement.

How much you get depends on your income and that of your dependants (including your spouse / partner). For further information on what you are entitled to please contact your local Education Library board. Click Here for our Useful Contacts list

Adult Dependants’ Grant

If you have a spouse / partner (of either sex if you began your course in or after 2005) or another adult, usually a member of your family, who depends on you financially, you may be eligible.

You can receive up to £2575 a year, and the amount you get will depend on your income and that of your adult dependants. For further information on what you are entitled to please contact your local Education Library board. Click Here for our Useful Contacts list