Nursery Fees,
Payments &
Childcare Funding

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Our Nursery Fees

At Brambley Cottage, our daily charge is £66.00 (effective from April 1, 2025) and we’re open Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm (excluding UK Bank Holidays and a week over Christmas).

Funded Childcare

We know that childcare costs can be a big consideration for families, so we want to help you understand the various government funding options available to you.

Funded Hours

The UK government provides funded childcare options for 38 weeks of the year to help reduce the cost of nursery care for eligible families.

These include:

• 30 hours of childcare for all babies and children of eligible working parents from 9 months to 4 years old
• 15 hours of childcare for every 3 and 4-year-old irrespective of whether their parents are working or not
• 15 hours of childcare for 2-year-olds from disadvantaged families

When to Apply

Applications for funded childcare typically open a few months before your child reaches the eligible age or the start of each school term. It’s important to apply early to secure your funding. The new funding will be deducted from your fees, the school term following your child turning 9 months old. A new funding claim cannot be made midway through a school term.

How to Apply

You can apply for government childcare funding by visiting www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Understanding Your 30 Hours Funded Childcare

At Brambley Cottage, we are ready to support you in making the most of this funding to help with your childcare costs.

How Do We Apply Funding To Your Fees?

As the Government pays childcare funding for only 38 weeks of the year, yet we’re open for 51 weeks of the year, there are 13 weeks when we don’t receive any money. In order for you to get the most out of your funding and keep your fees the same every month, we stretch it over the full year. This means that 30 hours of funding will pay for just over 2 days of childcare.

Will I Have Anything Else To Pay?

If your funding covers the cost of your nursery fees, then you will have nothing else to pay us until your child turns 3. Once this happens, the Government’s funding rate reduces to less than our hourly rate so we have to make a charge for food on funded days in order to make up the loss and ensure our business remains financially viable. Our food package is called ‘Let’s Eat!’ and is £6.60 per day. This is optional however, if you would like to provide your child’s food for each funded day then you are more than welcome to. We will provide you with a list of what you can and can’t bring in due to other children’s allergies at the time and our healthy eating ethos.

If your child attends more than 2 days then you will have nursery fees to pay for the time/days not covered by the Government childcare funding. We will advise you what this will be per month, in an invoice.

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Is There Any Additional Help You Can Get?

Tax-Free Childcare scheme - this gives you a 20% saving on any fees you have to pay us - visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to check your eligibility.

Support for children with special educational needs (SEN).

How Do I Keep My Funding Active?

You must reconfirm eligibility with HMRC every 3 months to maintain your 30 hours funding.

How to Secure Your Place

Following a look around our nursery, you will need to secure your child’s place with us by completing our registration form, signing our Terms & Conditions and paying a deposit. This is £110.00 (£35.00 new starter fee which includes 2/3 settle sessions and starter pack, and £75.00 deposit which is refunded off your first month’s fees). If your nursery place is fully funded, then we will refund this to you when your child joins us.

How to Pay

Fees are charged per day at £66.00. We request that payments are made on the first of every month, in advance, via either your Tax Free Childcare account or a Standing Order to simplify the process for you and ensure timely payments.

Get in Touch

If you have any questions or need help with fees & funding, please call us on 01482 640790. We’re here to help make childcare as manageable and affordable as possible.

Nursery Fees, Payments & Childcare Funding