Stretched offer
Using funded hours over more than 38 weeks a year, with fewer hours each week, at a nursery open all year
By The Toddly editorial team · Last updated 11 November 2026
Funded hours are set as a yearly total: 15 hours a week for 38 weeks is 570 hours, and 30 hours a week is 1,140 hours. A stretched offer spreads that total over more weeks, usually 50 or 51, so you get fewer funded hours each week but every week of the year. For example, 1,140 hours over 51 weeks is about 22.35 hours a week. You get the same total either way. Not every provider offers it, and each counts the weeks a little differently, so ask which weeks are included. Try the stretched funding calculator.