Fees and Sessions

We are open 51 weeks of the year, from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, with the exception of Xmas Eve which is half a day, closing at 1.00 pm. Fees are due within the first week of every month and our preferred payment method is either standing order or BACS payment and we also accept payment by cash. There is a LATE PAYMENT CHARGE of £35 per week for unpaid invoices and this commences as soon as a new month begins i.e. A June invoice will start to accrue charges once the month of July begins.

These charges will be shown on the following month’s invoice. Fees are reviewed on the 1 April every year.
We ask you to inform the office if your child is going to be absent, or if you are going away on holiday. There can be no cost reduction for absences due to illness, or for holidays taken, unfortunately this also includes no reduction for lunch and teas as staffing cannot accommodate constant changes. However we do not charge when the nursery is closed over Christmas or for Bank Holidays.

We reserve the right to request immediate and full payment of any balance outstanding during a month if any deviation is made from the terms and conditions.

We reserve the right to vary these terms and conditions as the need arises, giving you due and formal notice of such changes.

Funding

The Government offers an Early Years Education Grant from the term after a child is three years old. To receive this, your child must be registered with the nursery on the head count day, please ask the management team for more details.

Government Funding Scheme –Eligible working parents of two-year-olds can access 15 hours of childcare funding, this will be 11 hours when stretched across the year. Eligible working parents of nine-month-olds to three-year-olds are able to access 15 hours of funded childcare, this will be 11 hours when stretched across the year.

From September 2025: The childcare offer from the Government increases to the full 30 hours for the eligible working parents of children over 9 months, this will be 22 hours when stretched across the year.

Please do ask a member of staff to explain further how the grant works. Thank you.