Fees & Funding
This page will aim to explain all things fees and funding. Here are some headline points:
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We don't charge a registration or waiting list fee.
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We take 15 and 30 hours free funding and virtually all other forms of funding.
Applying for 15 & 30 Hours Funding
Parents will be required to fill out a parent funding declaration form. Contact the nursery and we can send you the form via docusign.
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Parents applying for the working parents funded hours will need to have obtained their HMRC code prior to filling out the form.
15 and 30 Hours
How it works
HM Government offers a 570 & 1140 hours annual entitlement, commonly known as 15 & 30 hours free respectively.
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For full time nurseries like ours, open 50 weeks per year, you get 11.4 & 22.8 hours per week free.
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For Term Time nurseries, open 38 weeks per year, you get 15 & 30 hours per week free. ​​​
​The funded hours are paid to providers at a lower hourly rate as they are only designed to cover care so that parents can continue to work. Nurseries that provide food, curriculum planning and other resources charge a supplement
per funded hour (ours is £1.50 per funded hour).
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Children are eligible the term after their birthday. New terms start September, January and April. (e.g. a child who turns 3 in May will be eligible for 3 year old funding in September)​​.
"The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences"
- Loris Malaguzzi (Reggio Emilia Approach)