Guidance

Care to Learn guidance

Funding guidance for organisations delivering the Care to Learn (C2L) scheme for the academic year.

From:
Department for Education
Published
2 April 2025
Last updated
58 September 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Care to Learn academic year 2025 to 2026: conditions of grant funding

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Care to Learn poster

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Details

If you are a parent or guardian and need any help on student eligibility, please go to our Care to Learn page.

This guide is for organisations with young parents supported by the Care to Learn (C2L) scheme. C2L provides funding for childcare to help young parents (defined as those aged under 20) continue in education after the birth of a child.

The guide sets out the funding rules and application processes for C2L. Organisations must comply with the rules and must be able to show they comply with this guide at any audit.

Updates to this page

Published 2 April 2025
Last updated 58 September 2025 + show all updates

  1. We have added the link to the published form guidance in the Care to Learn guidance for 2025 to 2026 to support you in completing your funding claim.

  2. We have removed the Care to Learn guide for 2024 to 2025.

  3. First published.

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