Nursery Fees
Admissions
Fees for 2024/25
| FEE TYPE | 24/25 SESSION FEE |
| 0 - 2 years morning only (8am - 12.45pm) with no funding | £42 |
| 0 - 2 years afternoon only (12.45 - 5.30pm) with no funding | £40 |
| 0 - 2 years full day (8am - 5.30pm) with no funding | £78 |
| 0 - 2 years charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a full day with 8 hours funding | £30 |
| 0 - 2 years charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a full day with 4 hours funding (normal afternoon charges apply for the rest of the day) | £10 |
| 0 - 2 years charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a half day with 4 hours funding | £15 |
| FEE TYPE | 24/25 SESSION FEE |
| Preschool morning only (8am - 12.45pm) | £40 |
| Preschool afternoon only (12.45pm - 5.30pm) | £38 |
| Preschool full day (8am - 5.30pm) | £76 |
| Preschool charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a full day with 8 hours funding | £35 |
| Preschool charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a full day with 4 hours funding (normal afternoon charges apply for the rest of the day). | £12 |
| Preschool charge for lunch time and consumables etc for a half day with 4 hours funding | £17 |
| FEE TYPE | 23/24 SESSION FEE |
| Late Care (5.30pm - 6pm) | £8.50 |
| Extra Hour | £11 |
| Late collection fee | £10 |
NURSERY FUNDING
The Garden is a registered provider for the Early Years Entitlement (EYE) funding which funds up to 12 or 24 hours per week for 45 weeks of the year for 3-4 year olds.
The Garden claims these hours on your behalf. This does not fully cover consumables or extras such as specialist lessons and you will still receive a monthly invoice. Please contact our admissions department if you require a detailed breakdown of these charges.
The Garden is also a registered provider of tax-free childcare. More information about help with childcare fees can be accessed at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
As you are aware, the Government have extended the Early Years Entitlement (funded hours) so that more children are eligible to claim. Starting from April 2024, existing childcare support will be expanded in phases. This means that:
From September 2024, 15 hours childcare support will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the term after they turn 9 months.
From September 2025, eligible working parents with a child from 9 months old up to school age will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare support a week. Non eligible parents will still be entitled to 15 hours of universal hours from the term after their child’s third birthday.
15 or 30 hours apply only to settings that offer just term time only places. As we are open for 45 weeks per year, this funding is stretched over all these weeks and therefore works out as 12 or 24 hours each week. This means that there will be a reduction in your bill for each of these 45 weeks. Any sessions booked during our ‘extra’ weeks or as ad hoc sessions will not have the funding applied to them.
Currently we are running two different ways of applying the funded hours, and from September we will be consolidating these so the same system will apply across all rooms in the nursery. From September the funded hours can be used in The Garden between 08.00 and 12.00 and between 13.30 and 17.30 each day. These hours will be covered by the government funded rate and there will be no cost to you.
There will be a charge for the 90 minutes in the middle of the day that the funding does not cover if a funded child is attending a full day, or for the 45 minutes not covered for a half day attendance. We are also able to charge for items not covered by the government funding. These include consumables, all meals and snacks, specialist lessons, and special events such as Christmas parties, workshops, parents’ events etc.
If you are eligible for 15 hours of funding (taken as 12 hours per week all year round), this means that there will be a charge of either £30 (for children aged 0-2 years) or £35 (for preschool children) for your first funded day, where 8 hours of funding are used. For your second funded day, where the remaining 4 hours are used, there will be a charge of £10 (0-2 years) or £12 (preschool) for the morning, and then normal fees will apply for the afternoon session if your child is attending for the full day.
If your child is in preschool and you are eligible for 30 hours of funding (taken as 24 hours all year round), then the funded hours will cover the mornings and afternoons for 3 days of attendance, and you will be charged the daily fee of £35 for each of these days.
Any extra sessions not covered by the funding will be charged at normal fees. Please also note that normal fees will apply for each session if you are not eligible for the funded hours. To check whether you are eligible for the funded hours, please apply on www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
This needs to be done by August 31st 2024 for any new claims for September funding. If you apply later than this date, then your code will not be valid until January 2025.
If you are eligible, this will generate a code and you will need to complete the form issued by us, giving us the code and a few more details so we can claim the funding back from BANES. This code must be verified by parents every three months, and the responsibility is on parents to do this. If the code is not valid or has lapsed, then full fees will be payable for the whole of that term.
If you have any further questions regarding the funding, please contact Anna Ballanger by email ([email protected]) or via Famly for more information.
DAILY FEES FOR FUNDED CHILDREN 0 - 2 YEARS
| Session | Charge | Additional information |
| Full day session (with 8 funded hours) | £30 | This charge is made up of: £16.50 for 90 minutes of non-funded childcare between 12.00 and 13.30 £13.50 for morning snack, two course hot lunch and two course tea, consumables (wipes, nappy bags, craft materials, playdough etc) specialist lessons, workshops, special events, parent’s events etc. |
| Half-Day session (with 4 funded hours) | £15 | This charge is made up of: £8.25 for 45 minutes of non-funded childcare between 12.00 and 12.45 £6.75 for morning snack, two course hot lunch, consumables (wipes, nappy bags, craft materials, playdough etc) specialist lessons, workshops, special events, parent’s events etc. |
| Full day session (with 4 funded hours) | £50 | This charge is made up of: £40 for the afternoon session not covered by funding 12.45 – 17.30 £10 for the funded half day (this is a discounted rate from the £15 above). |
DAILY FEES FOR FUNDED CHILDREN PRESCHOOL
| Session | Charge | Additional information |
| Full day session (with 8 funded hours) | £35 | This charge is made up of: £16.50 for 90 minutes of non-funded childcare between 12.00 and 13.30 £18.50 for morning snack, two course hot lunch and two course tea, consumables (wipes, nappy bags, craft materials, playdough etc) specialist lessons, workshops, special events, parent’s events etc. |
| Half-Day session (with 4 funded hours) | £17 | This charge is made up of: £8.25 for 45 minutes of non-funded childcare between 12.00 and 12.45 £8.75 for morning snack, two course hot lunch, consumables (wipes, nappy bags, craft materials, playdough etc) specialist lessons, workshops, special events, parent’s events etc. |
| Full day session (with 4 funded hours) | £50 | This charge is made up of: £38 for the afternoon session not covered by funding 12.45 – 17.30 £12 for the funded half day (this is a discounted rate from the £17 above. |
LATE COLLECTION
Children collected late after their morning session or after 5.30pm will be billed for late care. For children collected after the nursery closes at 6pm, a charge of £10 per 20 minutes late will be incurred.
REGISTRATION FEE & DEPOSIT
A non-returnable registration fee payment of £125 is due on application for a place. An acceptance deposit is then required for all nursery and prep school pupils.
All forms must be returned and the registration fee and deposit paid before settling in sessions can start.
The repayment of deposits is linked to the settlement of final fee invoices upon the departure of the pupil from The Garden or Kingswood Prep School.
Payment Terms & Conditions
Invoices are sent out monthly in advance and are to be settled within seven working days by bank transfer. Fees may be paid by direct debit. Interest of 2% is applied to any late payments.
Changes to Nursery Sessions
Although we like to be flexible and accommodate one-off plans and short-term changes of circumstance, we request a month’s notice for any reduction to a child’s regular booked sessions so that we can staff the Nursery classes appropriately. Additions to regular sessions are subject to availability and must be approved by the Head or Deputy Head of The Garden.
Additional incidental sessions, or extra hours, may be booked spontaneously, subject to space, with the approval of the Head or Deputy Head of The Garden. Sessions cannot be swapped around to take account of personal circumstances in any given week, and any sessions not attended, due to illness or holidays, will still be charged.
Notice Period
We request a full calendar month’s notice in writing if you wish to withdraw your child from The Garden. For children leaving at the end of Pre-School to go elsewhere for Reception, we require a term’s notice in writing.
Opening Weeks
The Nursery operates for 50 weeks a year. Your contract is for 45 weeks per year and there are 5 extra weeks at set times (notified in advance) which can be booked as additional weeks if required. If you don’t require these 5 extra weeks then there is no charge for them. The usual session charges apply if you wish to use them.
Uniforms
Children may wear uniform on turning two and it is compulsory once they progress into our toddler room at 27 months old.
Contact Us
Telephone: (01225) 734460
Email: [email protected]