Pre School

 

Sessions run Monday - Friday during term time (38 weeks)

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There are two sessions per day with a lunch club in between them.

Children can come for one or two sessions  a day. We recommend that children attend a minimum of 3 sessions per week to help them  settle in securely and build strong friendships with the staff and other children at the setting.

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For Funded Children, our Core Funded Hours are 9:00am - 12:00pm and 12:30pm - 3:30pm. Outside of our Core Funded Hours, any unused funding can still be used but a surcharge of £1.50/30 minutes will be invoiced. The surcharge is applied to the Early Drop Off and Lunch Club half hour sessions

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Early Drop off:      8:30am - 9:00am - £1.50 surcharge applied

 

Mornings:              9:00am - 12:00pm

                    

Lunch Club:          12:00pm - 12:30pm - £1.50 surcharge applied

                   

Afternoons:           12:30pm - 3:30pm

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Pricing for Self-Funded Session

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• Standard fees for self-funded sessions for 2 year olds

  • £9.50/hours

  • £28.50 - for a 3 hour session

  • £63.25 - for 6.5 hours including £1.50 surcharge 

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• Standard fees for self-funded sessions for 3+ year olds

  • £8.00/hours

  • £24.00 - for a 3 hour session​​

  • £53.50 - for 6.5 hours including £1.50 surcharge

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• £1.50 surcharge (added to the standard hourly fee) applies to

  • Early Drop off 8.30 - 9.00am

  • Lunch Club 12.00 - 12.30pm

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• 15/30 hour Funded Sessions

  • no additional charge for session within Core Funded Hours

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• We provide one snack in each 3 hour session for a charge of 50p, or you can send a snack in with your child if you prefer

 

• Reservation & Registration fee £100 paid when Confirmation of Place is sent and before enrolment starts

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• Payment methods accepted:

  • bank transfer

  • Childcare Vouchers

  • 15 hours 2 year old Working Parent Funding - parents need to apply to check their eligibility

  • 15 hours Early Years Funding (EYFE) which all children are entitled to the term following their 3rd birthday

  • 30 hours Early Years Funding (EYFE) - parents need to apply to check their eligibility

  • Free Early Education Funding (FEET) for Two Year Olds 

Government funding only covers a very basic level of childcare. We want to be able provide better care than this. To make this possible we ask parents to pay a weekly voluntary payment of £7.50 per week to contribute to the additional services that we provide.

This provides all the extras that will enhance your child's time at Seedlings and is much easier than asking for, and collecting, multiple payments for these throughout the year:

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• Higher staff to child ratio than is required by Government standards

• Online Learning Journey, Messaging and News Feed all in a convenient phone app so that you can keep in touch with your child's daily activities at pre school

• Special events such as Important Person Breakfasts, Christmas and Graduation Party

• Extra craft for creating presents for you to treasure on special occasions such as Valentines Day, Christmas, Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day etc

• Additional activities such as Woodland Walks ,Dancing, Cookery, Super Maths

• Sun cream

 

We do not want this to prevent you sending your child to Seedlings so, if you are unable to afford this, or if you do not want to make a voluntary contribution, then please let us know before your child starts at Seedlings. 

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