Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds: Become a provider

If you are a childcare provider, you can register your interest in providing Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds (previously Flying Start childcare).

Eligibility

To provide Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds, childcare providers must:

be Care Inspectorate Wales Registered (CIW)
deliver high-quality childcare
have received a score of ‘good’ in their most recent Estyn/CIW inspection report
have no areas of non-compliance in their CIW report

Support you can expect from us

Childcare settings who provide Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds are allocated a Childcare Setting Support Officer who will:

work to develop strong relationships with the setting
provide support and guidance when needed
signpost settings to training and funding opportunities

Register your interest in providing Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds

You can register your interest online for providing Welsh Government funded childcare for 2-year-olds.

You can also register your interest online for providing Early Education – 10 hours free education.

Find out more about Early Education – 10 hours free education.

After registering your interest

After registering your childcare setting's interest, we will:

arrange a meeting or phone call to discuss your setting and provide an overview of the registration process and the expectations
review your application
require a recent Quality Care Review and/or Setting Improvement Plan (SIP)
set a date for an assessment (which lasts a full session) where we will use a Setting Support Framework scoring and a report will be collated from this