Guidance and information on your FEET application

If you are unsure if your child is eligible for FEET funding, you can find out by visiting the Surrey County Council webpage and checking the eligibility criteria.

If you are having trouble completing the online FEET application form, for example you are seeing an error message, please do let us know. You can also request a paper application form to be sent to you in the post if you would prefer:

If you have recently made a FEET application and you are concerned that you have not yet had a response:

Where can I find a childcare place?

You will need to accept your funded childcare place at an Ofsted registered early years provider. Not all providers are registered to deliver funded childcare, please visit Childcare Finder to search for childcare settings in your area who offer FEET. Your child may be able to attend a day nursery, preschool, maintained nursery school, nursery class in a maintained or academy school, independent school, or childminder.

Nannies and home carers are currently not permitted to register on the Early Years Register and cannot therefore receive early education funding.

If you would like further support in securing a place at a childcare setting in your area which meets your needs –

Benefits, financial support, and advice services for families

If you use Ofsted registered childcare you may be entitled to help with your childcare costs.

The Government offer a range of benefits depending on your needs. These include Jobseekers allowance, Universal Credit, Employment Support Allowance and Child Benefit.

There is support available to help with the cost of living here:

We want to ensure that you and your family receive the right help at the right time. You can ask for help through Surrey County Council's Children's Single Point of Access. Phone: 0300 470 9100 Email: cspa@surreycc.gov.uk or ask someone working with you to make a referral.

The Citizens Advice service helps people to resolve their problems. They offer information and advice through face-to-face, phone and email services. Citizen advice bureau offer face to face advice available from a variety of locations including community centres and doctors' surgeries.

The Surrey County Council Family Information Service offer a free impartial information and signposting service on all aspects of family life.

Family Centres support families to find solutions to the parenting and relationship challenges you may face and to grow in confidence to manage future difficulties. The aim of the family centres is to help families build their own resilience and self-reliance.