Childcare subsidy scheme to be extended to primary school children

A subsidy strategy to assistance with the outgo of childcare volition beryllium extended to superior school-age children from September 2025.

On Thursday, Education Minister Paul Givan announced a £55m bundle of measures for aboriginal learning and childcare that volition see an hold of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme.

The strategy came into unit successful September and presently offers fiscal alleviation to households with children nether superior schoolhouse age.

The strategy volition beryllium extended to see children successful superior schoolhouse from 1 September 2025.

"This means that the moving parents of school-age children volition present person the 15% subsidy, up to the capped amount, connected their childcare bills," Givan said.

"When this is combined with taxation escaped childcare, it volition supply a simplification of up to 32% connected childcare bills," Givan said.

More to follow.