Breakfast Club:
Every day we run a Breakfast Club 08:15-09:15 and we provide breakfast for your child of rice crispies and toast.
Our Morning and Extended session times are as follows:
Morning session Extended session
Monday: 9.15am to 12.15pm / 9.15am to 2.15pm*
Tuesday: 9.15am to 12.15pm / 9.15am to 1.15pm* (shorter Extended session)
Wednesday: 9.15am to 12.15pm / 9.15am to 2.15pm*
Thursday: 9.15am to 12.15pm / 9.15am to 2.15pm*
Friday: 9.15am to 12.15pm / 9.15am to 2.15pm*
* All children attending these Extended sessions will be required to bring a healthy packed lunch kept cold with a large ice pack.
The Morning session starts at 09:15 and finishes at 12:15. There is an Extended session available each day if you wish to access this.
The hourly rate is listed below if your child is not eligible for funding or you wish to access more than your funded hours. Extended sessions help prepare children for when they start school but are open to all ages.
Funded hours can be used for any of our opening hours, including Breakfast Club.
As an example; if you receive the working family funding of 30 hours, this is enough to cover your childcare for all our opening times if you wish to do so.
Please refer to the government website containing information on your entitlements and funding schemes:
www.beststartinlife.gov.uk
You can use this government site to check if you are eligible to claim working parents funding for 2-year-olds and also 3-4 year olds. Please see funding periods on table below.
Children that come under 2-year funding for early learning will automatically be contacted by the ESCC funding team. Please see funding periods on table below.
As the preschool is a participant in the Early Years, every 3–4-year-old child is entitled to universal funding of 15 hours free childcare per week. You may also be eligible to claim working parents funding for 30 hours. (Please see the government website.)
Unlike some other settings we have no stipulations as to when you can use your funded hours other than the first consecutive hours will be funded and then any additional required hours will be billed to you. Children receive this from the funding period after their third birthday (Not the next school term)
Children born between:
Funding will start from:
1st April and 31st August (inclusive)
1st September following their 3rd birthday
1st September and 31st December (inclusive)
1st January following their 3rd birthday
1st January and 31st March (inclusive)
1st April following their 3rd birthday
In order for us to claim your entitlement you will be asked to provide a copy of either your Childs birth certificate or passport when you initially register your child.
This funding is subject to Government changes. Funding can be shared across one other setting, you just need to inform us and the other setting.
The 2 year funding, universal 3-4 year funding and the up to 30 hours funding will require you to forward us the eligibility code so we access funding for you. Once children become eligible for funding you will be required to fill in a form every funding term. Failure to do so will mean that you will become liable for your child’s fees.
NB: If you continually miss a session or sessions the EYEE have the right to withdraw funding.
Voluntary Contribution
Fees are reviewed regularly and at least a terms notice is given on any raises that may have to be incurred.
Fees are to be paid by the start of each term. You will receive an invoice detailing the sessions your child is due to attend. Please ensure fees are paid within two weeks of receiving the invoice. These are paid via BACs. If this is not possible for any reason, please let us know and we can agree a different payment format.
If your payment is not received this may lead to your child not accessing those sessions you have asked to pay for.
We are aware that sometimes families have money problems so please contact our treasurer so something can be worked out.
We also accept Childcare vouchers. Our Ofsted Unique Reference Number (URN) is 511229.
There is no holiday entitlement. Sessions missed due to holiday, frequent sickness or other reasons are still payable in full, except if your child is hospitalised where no fees are payable but notice does need to be given.
No refund, time in lieu or waiver of fees will be given in the event of a term or month being shortened, or the child is absent or sent home early, or if the setting is closed due to an event out of its control, such as the weather, no water/heating or a pandemic….
If you choose to remove your child from the preschool then 4 weeks written and funded or paid term time notice needs to be given to the Preschool.