What assistance to meet childcare costs is available to parents studying in further and higher education.

There is a range of assistance available for parents studying in further and higher education:
Further Education Childcare Support
Each college has a further education childcare fund which parent students can apply to. This support is additional to bursary funding and applies to registered childcare only. Some colleges, however, may additionally offer different methods of childcare support such as on-site nurseries.
Higher Education Childcare Support
In addition to general living cost support (in the forms of grants and student loans):
Lone parent students can claim an additional £1,270 as lone parent grant from the Students Awards Agency for Scotland.
Funding of up to £1,185 can also be claimed towards the cost of formal registered childcare as lone parent''s childcare grant again for higher education students.
Each institution is also allocated a childcare fund as part of it''s discretionary funds. The higher education childcare fund is open to all eligible parent students and there is no cap on the maximum amount payable. It is for individual institutions to determine the level of awards. If this fund is exhausted, institutions are able to use their general discretionary fund to help with childcare costs.
Support for parents with the costs of childcare is also provided through UK tax credits and childcare vouchers.