Hi all
Has anyone had this come up? A customer has declared childcare costs, and these have turned out to be due to the child attending Explore Learning.
Explore Learning are referred to on the internet as ‘private learning centres’ and are located in Sainsbury stores. Parents pay a fixed amount each month it seems, which entitle them to 2 sessions per week, lasting around an hour and a quarter. Children receive tuition in maths and english, in line with the national curriculum.
They are an Ofsted registered facility and can accept all forms of childcare costs vouchers. I gather that WTC accept them and will take up to 70% of the charges paid into account.
They therefore appear to meet the definition of eligible childcare costs but the only thing that makes us wonder is the tuition aspect. Just wondered if anyone had encountered these and if so, what you did with them! H)
Many thanks
Sharon