Free Early Education Places for Two-Year-Olds with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities

Some two year old children with special educational needs and / disabilities (SEND) are entitled to up to 15 hours of free early education for 38 weeks of the year from the term after their second birthday.  This normally runs until the child starts in nursery education the term after their third birthday.

Families must meet certain criteria, to be eligible for a place. Parents/carers must live in the borough of Wandsworth and:

• the child has a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan), or
• the child receives Disability Living Allowance, or
• the child has left care through special guardianship, adoption order or residence order.

Alternatively, if the family is getting at least one of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Job Seekers' Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit and have annual gross earnings of no more than £16,190 per year

Visit the Early Education Places for Two year olds section for more details.