Funding
BEST START IN LIFE – GOVERNMENT FUNDING
You may be eligible for some hours funded by the government. There are several different funding options which are for 15 or 30 hours per week. For more information, please see the Best Start in Life website:
https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/childcare-early-years-education/ Please use the childcare checker to help you calculate the best options for your family.
Eligible parents of children aged nine months to school age are able to apply for up to 30 hours a week of government funded childcare. This is calculated in school terms - 38 weeks per year.
Fees
Our hourly rate in addition to any funded hours is £8 per hour.
Swans (term-time) provision
Funding is allocated and calculated over 38 weeks of school term-time. Swans provision is available from two years old.
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You are able to use your 15 or 30 funded hours in a combination of the sessions below, subject to availability |
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Sessions |
Times |
Fees per day |
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Funded morning session |
9am – 12pm |
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Funded afternoon session |
12.30pm – 3.30pm |
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Funded all day session |
9am – 3pm |
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You are able to add any combination of additional sessions, subject to availability |
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Sessions |
Times |
Fees per day |
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Extension to morning/all day session |
8.30am - 9am |
£4 (+ £1 for breakfast if chosen) |
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All day session |
9am – 3pm |
£48 (+ £3 for hot lunch if chosen ) |
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Extension to all day session |
3pm - 3.30pm |
£4 |
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Morning session |
9am – 12pm |
£24 |
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Extra 30 mins (lunch time) |
12pm – 12.30pm |
£4 (+ £3 for hot lunch if chosen ) |
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Afternoon session |
12.30pm – 3.30pm |
£24 |
Rainbows (all year round) provision
Funding is allocated for 38 weeks. Funding is stretched over 50 weeks of provision. This offers more consistency in monthly invoices and budgeting. You can request for your funding to remain as allocated term time weeks. This would mean greater fluctuation in monthly invoices. Rainbows provision is available from 10 months old.
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You are able to use your 15 or 30 funded hours stretched across 50 weeks or in term-time on request |
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Sessions |
Times |
Fees per day |
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Daily |
8am – 6pm |
£80 (+ £3 for hot lunch if chosen ) |
We offer fully funded sessions in both swans and rainbows provisions.