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BigAunty wrote: »

EDIT - note that if the weekly hours worked do not meet the 16 hour a week threshold for WTC across the year which are worked during a term, the above calculations are going to be very wrong as the OP wouldn't qualify for WTC. As she gets free school dinners (which isn't usually the case with WTC, this might be the case) in which case the OP could benefit from another small part time job on top if this substantially improves her income through WTC.

Without the WTC award, the OP would receive a bit more council tax discount and a higher sum of HB but would only get around £108 in child tax credits instead of £166.

Hi Big Aunty. I thought this was the case but apparently there are special rules for termtime only workers so only working 16 hours per week termtime is sufficient to claim WFTC.
This was pointed out to me on another thread on this forum and here is the link the poster provided.
http://www.cpag.org.uk/cro/tax-credits/term_time_only_workers.htm