Fees

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Invoices will be sent monthly in advance and need to be paid by the 1st of the month via bank transfer or standing order. 

Registration Fee

There is a non-refundable registration fee of £100.00 for each child at the time of reserving a place within the Nursery.

The nursery opening hours are 7.30am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday with early drop offs (7.30am) being subject to availability. 

All meals, snacks, nappies, and wipes are included in the full prices above, excluding formula.

Monthly Fees are calculated by multiplying weekly fees by 51 and dividing by 12 to arrive at final calculation. Fees are payable for 51 weeks per year including bank holidays. 

Discounts

There are some discounts available to those who attend the nursery full time and to those who have more than one child attending, to try and ease the strain on parents. Discounts are as follows:

- Full time 10%

- Sibling discount 5% (on the oldest child’s invoice)

- Emergency Service discount 5%

Funded Hours

Every 3 and 4-year-old child is entitled to 570 hours of universal funded early education and childcare per academic year. This is commonly known as 15 hours funding. In addition, some 3 and 4-year-olds in working families qualify for an extended funding option, providing an additional 570 hours. The stretched offer spreads the 570 hours over more than 38 weeks and up to 51 weeks with fewer hours per week, e.g. 51 weeks x 11.17 hours a week or 48 weeks x 11.87 hours a week. These are called the Universal Hours. You can find more information on this on the Government Website.

When using funded hours, meals will not be covered and will be added on to your invoice each month, prices are as listed below:

Breakfast/Lunch/Tea - £5.00 per meal
Snacks - £3.00 

At Little Dreamers we offer several options for funded hours, which are as follows:

- 8am – 1pm

- 1pm – 6pm

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of the team who will be able to support you further.

Tax Free Childcare

You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

If you get Tax-Free Childcare, you'll set up an online childcare account for your child. For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your provider.

You can get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 15- or 30-hours free childcare if you're eligible for both.

Late Collection and Absences 

Little Dreamers Day Nursery follows the policy, that if any caregiver or parent is late collecting their child, £15.00 will be charged for the first 10 minutes with £1.00 every minute after, which will be added on to your invoice. You will be informed by a member of staff prior to this happening. 

Holidays and sickness will be charged at your usual day rate so that we can keep your child position in the nursery during their absence. 

Little Dreamers Day Nursery Ltd will review prices and discounts on an annual basis.