Fees and Times
To secure your child's place, we kindly request a non-refundable deposit of £100.00 and a £30.00 administration Fee. Monthly invoices are issued in advance, and fees are due by the 10th of each month. We are pleased to accept all Childcare Voucher Schemes and the Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme.
We offer all-year-round places (51 weeks per year) and term-time only places.
Grant-funded places are available please reach out to us for more information.
Timetable and costs
| Sessions Available for all age groups |
Fees for Non-Funded Sessions 0-5 years |
Extra Sessions | Extra Session Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning 8am-1pm |
£47.00 | Breakfast Club 7.30am-8am |
£10.00 |
| Afternoon 1pm-6pm |
£47.00 | Extension to funded day Teatime session 4pm-6pm |
£25.00 |
| Short Day 8.30am-4pm |
£65.00 | ||
| Full Day 8am-6pm |
£76.00 | Short day 8am start | £5.00 |
| LATE COLLECTION FEE FOR ANY SESSION £30.00 / EVERY 15 MINS OR PART THEREOF | |||
| Funded Session | Catering | Consumables | Enrichment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning 8am-1pm |
£3.00 | £1.00 | £1.10 |
| Afternoon 1pm-6pm |
£3.00 | £1.00 | £1.10 |
| Short Day 8.30am-4pm |
£4.00 | £1.65 | £2.00 |
| Full Day 8am-6pm |
£6.00 | £2.00 | £2.20 |
Catering
Catering covers the food, drink and related items we can provide during your child’s nursery session. This may include snacks, lunch, tea, drinks, cutlery, food storage, waste disposal, kitchen services and catering consumables.
Parents can choose to use the nursery’s catering provision for the additional charge shown in the table, or provide suitable food from home each day at no extra cost. All food brought from home must follow the nursery’s Safe and Healthy Eating Policy.
Consumables
Our consumables charge helps cover the everyday items and services needed to care for your child safely and comfortably during their nursery session. This may include nappies, wipes, nappy disposal, hygiene products, laundry services, laundry consumables and bedding.
Parents can choose to use the nursery’s consumables provision for the additional charge shown in the table, or provide suitable items from home each day at no extra cost. Any items brought from home should be clearly labelled and suitable for your child’s needs.
Enrichment.
Our enrichment charge helps support the additional learning experiences, resources and services that enhance your child’s time at nursery.
This may include teacher-led learning, taught curriculum activities, higher staffing ratios for 2 year olds, celebration activities, local visits, the Famly App, Funding Loop, focus sheets and photos.
Parents can choose to access the nursery’s enrichment provision for the additional charge shown in the table.
These activities and services help support children’s learning, development and wider nursery experience.
Funding hours explanation
The 15 and 30 hour funding can be taken over any session to cover the cost of that session. For children attending all year funding is stretched to cover the 51 weeks that the nursery is open. The maximum hours per week is 11.4 hours for those claiming 15 hours and 22.5 hours for those claiming 30 hours.
Children attending Term Time only will have their full 15 or 30 hours each week.
To keep things straightforward, we apply modest daily charges that reflect the respective cost of meals and snacks, health and hygiene essentials, and extracurricular activities that enrich your child’s time with us.
Parent/ Carer Obligations
Parents/ Carers must apply for and ensure they reconfirm their eligibility code as required and provide us with the information. Late, incomplete or invalid applications or lapsed codes not responsibility of the nursery and any funding refused by the Local Authority will mean that Parents/ Carers will be responsible for paying fees at our full rate.
The rules of the Funding require that children attend all funded session (unless unwell/ appointments/ holidays). If your child is absent for any reason you must inform the nursery in advance if possible or on the first day of absence. Any charges for non attendance imposed on the nursery by the Local Authority will be passed to you for payment.
To qualify for this Parents must work and each earn at least £115/week and not more that £100,00/ year.
For every 80p you pay in the Government will top it up by 20p. This is the equivalent of up to £2,000/ year per child.
For more details go to: https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk
Further support with childcare costs Tax Free Childcare.
These are schemes offered by individual employers so check to see if your company offers this. It is a way of allocating some of you wages for childcare before you get taxed and so saving some money.
You will need to let us know if you intend to use vouchers.
Voucher payments must be set up so that they are paid in advance in order for them to be paid over to us when your invoice is issued. Failure to do this may mean that you go into arrears and possibly incur a late payment fee.
Employer Voucher Schemes
We understand funding can be a difficult subject to navigate, if you have any questions please get in touch with us.
Our services.
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Funding
Children eligible for Government Funding and attending the above sessions will have the total value deducted from the monthly invoice.
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Funded Sessions
2, 3 & 4 year old Grant Funded Sessions are available up to 15 hours/ week: 8:30-11:30pm & 1-4pm
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support
30 Hours Funded places available please contact us for details.
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Sessions
We're pleased to offer grant-funded sessions for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds, allowing for up to 15 hours per week. You can choose between two convenient sessions: from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. If you're interested in our 30 Hours Funded places, please don't hesitate to reach out to us for more details