Fees
Fees are currently being updated
All 3 and 4 year old children in England are entitled to 570 hours of funded early education or childcare year. All Children are entitled to funding for up to a total of 5 sessions(15hrs) per week entitlement with your child becoming eligible for entitlement the first term after their third birthday. You can split your entitlement between different childcare providers (e.g. Pre-school and Nursery) but you cannot claim for more than 15 hours in total per week. Once your child is eligible for funding you will be asked by our setting at the beginning of each term how many sessions per week you would like to claim for your child together with completion of a Parent Contract. If you require additional sessions for your child which exceeds your funding entitlement you will be charged at £ per session for 2yr olds and £ per session for 3yr olds. All fees are calculated for the year with an amount provided for a monthly direct debit to be set up by parents which will need to be paid on the 1st of each month. All fees are payable should your child be absent due to sickness or holidays. Should your child require long term absence we ask that you put this in writing to the setting manager (Cindy Roberts). Each child’s attendance at the group is conditional upon continued payment of any necessary fees and/or qualification for funding through government Early Years Education Funding Scheme.
Parents can also access the funding to cover 30 hours a week should they meet the criteria, please see the following link to check your eligibility for the 30hrs funding entitlement https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk Once you have completed the application you will receive a code that the Pre-School will require to validate your entitlement. This code needs to be renewed every 3 months by parents to continue the entitlement.
Should parents attend 2 settings, splitting their funding then the general rule is that the funding is split equally between both providers. Please note that we are a 50 week open setting and your hours claimed per week will reduce should you stretch over this period. Please discuss with the setting the maximum hours you can claim per week based on your initial hours.
The 3 & 4 Year Early Years Entitlement provides access to the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage only. Tarporley Pre-School implement an additional charge of £1.00 per funded hour attended to cover; snacks, additional art & crafts supplies, toiletries, rent increase, extra staff cover, extra staff training, trips and gifts and stationary. The additional charge is charged to all 2, 3 and 4 year old funded children. Should parents wish to provide the additional resources we ask that you please discuss further with the Pre-School manager who will provide further information. If at any time you experience financial difficulties please discuss with the Pre-School Manager (Cindy Roberts) with such matters dealt with in the strictest of confidence. The Pre-School requests 4 weeks’ notice if your child is leaving pre-school (this does not apply to transitioning to Primary School).