Fees & Charges

Childminding Fees

Deposits:

We will require a £400 non-refundable deposit to secure your place once we have mutually agreed a place is available.

This deposit will be held and returned at the end of the contract once the required notice has been paid/given.

For FEEE only places with no additional hours purchased, your deposit will be refunded within their first term.

If you fail to take up the place offered, We are not obliged to refund the deposit.

Fees:

We charge a daily rate of:

£80 per child per day which currently includes all meals & snacks with our private rate (on non funded days).
Payment is monthly in advance.
Invoiced on approx. 21st of each month.
Invoices must be paid by 1st of each month.
Payments to be made by bank transfer (BACS)
Please note you can also use the government's tax free childcare to pay for any additional hours/charges

Funding

We are registered to offer Free Early Education Entitlement places (FEEE).

https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk/childcare-early-years-education/15-and-30-hours-support/working-families

Please see below for what entitlement we currently offer.

We are also registered for the Government Tax Free childcare. https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare.

We offer the following Free Early Education Entitlement places (FEEE):

30-hour funding entitlement for under 2s (from 9 months) of eligible working parents
30-hour funding entitlement for 2 year olds of eligible working parents

Please Note: We do not offer the following funding:

15-hour entitlement for parents of 2 year olds who receive some additional forms of government support
15-hour funding entitlement for parents of 3 and 4 year-olds (the universal entitlement)
30-hour funding entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year-olds

This is our pattern of delivery:

Funding is offered as a 10hr session per day.
The funded hours are not stretched across the full 46 weeks.
Funded hours are available for 38 weeks of the year (Term Time Only).
Additional Hours can be purchased and contracted at our daily private rate, which currently includes all meals and snacks.

For more information about how to get funding, please visit our Parent Information Page

Additional Charges

Please note the Government funding is intended to deliver 30 hours a week of free, high quality, flexible childcare. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables, additional hours, or additional activities.

Meal Charges:

We promote a positive and welcoming eating environment and believe that children sitting together at the table for meals and snacks, and eating the same food, helps to develop good eating habits, self-care skills and table manners whilst also encouraging interaction, language and social skills.

We offer healthy nutritious meals throughout the day as a package that includes breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack/milk and tea/dinner (We don’t offer this as a flexible approach).

We charge a £5.50 meal package per funded day (Reviewed annually).
Any additional full days purchased, all meals and snacks are currently included in the private day rate (subject to an annual review).
As an alternative to paying for meals, you do have the option to provide all your own meals and snacks/milk for funded days, inline with our packed lunch policy, healthy eating policies and the DfE Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition guidance.

Consumable Charges:

We currently don't charge for consumables such as wipes for cleaning childrens hands and faces after meals (subject to an annual review).

However, parents are expected to provide the following:

Nappies
Wipes for nappy changes
Sudocrem (if applicable)
Suntan lotion (child friendly)
Formula (if applicable)