Fees
Payable during the first two weeks of term, arrangements can be made to pay in instalments, but this must be agreed with the manager at the beginning of term.
Session fee for those not covered by the Early Years Free entitlement. £29.25 per morning session 9.15 - 12.15 and £51.18 for an extended session 9.15 - 2.30
Our hourly rate is £9.75
Parents will be responsible for fees if less than a terms notice is given of withdrawal of a child from the nursery.
We regret that no refunds can be made for absenteeism.
We are happy to accept childcare vouchers in full or part payment of fees.
We do not offer the 30 hour funding.
EARLY YEARS FREE ENTITLEMENT
Children become eligible for Early Years Free Entitlement the term after they are three.
The entitlement is for up to 15 hours per week. The level of funding does not cover our running costs and in order to maintain our high staff ratio and the high quality of nursery education that we offer we ask for a voluntary contribution each term. The minimum suggested donation is £14.00 per hr per term. So if your child attends 3 morning sessions of 3 hours each per week the suggested donation would be £126.00 per term. If you are in the position to contribute more we have a higher level contribution of £20.00 per hour. if you attended 9 hours a week this would be £180.00 a term. (we reserve the right to review and revise these periodically) There is not an obligation to pay this and we understand that there are some families that are unable to but please be aware that without these voluntary contributions we will not remain sustainable and may have to reduce the ratio and the resources and extra activities that we offer children. We reserve the right to charge parents for extra curricular activities if the voluntary contribution has not been paid unless this is due to documented financial hardship.
If your child attends nursery for more than 15 hours a week or hours claimed for in another setting take you over the 15 hours limit , you will be charged for the additional hours at full nursery fees of £9.75 per hour.
FOREST SCHOOL FEES
Whilst forest school sessions are run during a normal nursery session there is an extra cost involved £150.00, as the staff ratio is higher for forest school and we need to employ and extra member of staff to enable us to offer this extra experience to our children.
Children are offered a year of Forest School, one session per week in the year before they start school and this will include an induction programme, and between 4 and 6 weeks per term.
It is an optional extra
FEET FUNDING
This is government funding for two-year-olds to access early education. There are certain criteria for this: If you receipt of certain benefits, a child looked after by Surrey County Council, a child adopted or has left care through special guardianship or a residence order, a child with a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan.
If you think you may be eligible you can find further information by searching online for FEET Surrey, phoning 0300 200 1004 or speaking to Mrs Lewis.
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM
This is government funding that supports the setting to provide extra support, resources or learning opportunities for children from disadvantage backgrounds. Similar criteria apply and if you think you may be eligible, please talk to Mrs Lewis.