FEES AND SESSION TIMES

Children aged 3 and 4 qualify for EYEE funding from the term following their 3rd birthday. This allows children to access up to 15 hours a week of free childcare.

The funding can be accessed as follows:

• Autumn term - age 3 by 31st August
• Spring term - age 3 by 31st December
• Summer term - age 3 by 31st March

We will advise you when your child is due to become eligible in the term before their 3rd birthday. We apply for the funding on your behalf by asking you to sign a funding form each term and return it to us. We also ask for a copy of your child's Birth Certificate or Passport when registering to ensure that we have carried out our identity checks correctly.

Working Parents of eligible 3- and 4-year-olds can apply for '30 hours funded childcare'. This allows children to access up to 30 hours a week of free childcare (this equates to about 22 hours per week and is available to be accessed year-round) this means up to 1140 hours of free childcare a year.

The funding can be accessed by applying through the HMRC website 'www.childcarechoices.gov.uk' where parents are given an eligibility code if successful which you must then provide to us to be verified. 

3- and 4-year-olds in state-funded early education will attract EYPP funding if they meet at least 1 of the following criteria:

Their family gets 1 of the following:

• Income support
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit
• They have been in local-authority care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
• They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
• They have left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales

To receive any type of nursery funding we require parents to complete a form as part of our funding claim to allow us to claim the funding. This will then allow us to claim an additional amount of funding per child to support and enhance their learning and care whilst with us.

You can claim this if you receive one or more of the following:

• Income Support
• Income-based jobseekers allowance
• Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and your annual household income is less than £16,190 (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs)
• Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

• Your child is in receipt of the Disability Living Allowance
• You receive Working Tax Credits and earn no more than £16,190 a year
• Your child has a current statement of special education needs or an education, health and care plan
• You care for a child who is looked after by the Local Authority or who has left care through adoption, residence order or special guardianship