Funding & Fees (Updated September 2026)
What does your funding cover?
Choosing childcare can feel like a maze of hours, entitlements and additional costs. We want to make things as simple and transparent as possible.
Below, you’ll find our September 2026 fees, funded session patterns and optional extras, so you can see exactly how your child’s funded hours can work around your family.
Hourly Charges
Our hourly rates apply to non-funded children and any hours that are fall outside of the funding entitlement. The rates for these hours are aged dependent, listed below:
9 months – 23 months
per hour
2-Year-olds
per hour
3–4-Year-olds
per hour
Optional Extras
| Service | Cost |
|---|---|
| Snack | 50p per day |
| Lunch & Pudding | £3.00 per day |
| Tea | £1.50 per day |
| Breakfast | Free |
| Suncream | From 2027 – £5 for the Summer Term |
| Activities and Excursions | All activities and excursions that we may participate in or attend, will be at an additional cost. If you do not wish your child to attend or participate in the activity or excursion, you will be offered an alternative that will best meet your needs. Notifications of these activities or excursions will be given in advance. |
Completely Free Funded Patterns
| 6-hour session | 5-hour session | 4-hour session | 3-hour session | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Learning for 2-year-olds (Previously Free for 2) | 7:30am – 1:30pm | 1pm – 6pm | 8am – 12pm or 1pm – 5pm | 7:30am – 10:30am or 1:30pm – 4:30pm |
| 3–4-year-olds | 7:30am – 1:30pm | 1pm – 6pm | 8am – 12pm or 1pm – 5pm | 7:30am – 10:30am or 1:30pm – 4:30pm |
Completely Free funded patterns include:
✓ No Session Fees
✓ No Additional Charges (No additional hours may be added on top of these funded sessions)
✓ Term Time Only option available on this pattern
✓ Parents may provide own meals and snacks
✓ Optional nursery meals available (at an extra cost)
✓ No mandatory additional charges
✓ Subject to availability
Funding Structure
(For babies aged 9 months to 23 months receiving ‘Working Parent Entitlement’)
For children aged 9–23 months receiving the Working Parent Entitlement, funding covers up to 24 hours per week for 48 weeks of the year.
There is no charge for funded hours. Any hours outside the funded entitlement are charged at our hourly rate.
Here are the session options available:
| Session | Length |
|---|---|
| 7:30-6:30pm (Kindergarten Kids Ltd Only) | 11 hrs |
| 7:30am-6:00pm | 10.5 hrs |
| 8:00am-6:00pm | 10 hrs |
| 8:30am-6:00pm | 9.5 hrs |
| 7:30am-4:30pm / 8:00am-5:00pm | 9 hrs |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | 8 hrs |
| 8:30am-3:30pm | 7 hrs |
| 8:00am-1:00pm / 1:00pm-6:00pm | 5 hrs |
| 8:00am-12:00pm / 1:00pm-5:00pm | 4 hrs |
Funding Structure
(For children aged 24 months to 5 years receiving ‘Working parent’ and ‘Universal’ Entitlement)
Children aged 24 months – 5 years receiving the Working Parent and Universal Entitlement can access up to 24 funded hours per week for 48 weeks of the year.
But what does that look like when you choose a longer session?
The table below shows how each session is divided between funded and chargeable hours.
| Session | Length | Funded Hours | Chargeable Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30-6:30pm (Kindergarten Kids Ltd Only) | 11 hrs | 8 hrs | 3 hrs |
| 7:30am-6:00pm | 10.5 hrs | 8 hrs | 2.5 hrs |
| 8:00am-6:00pm | 10 hrs | 8 hrs | 2 hrs |
| 8:30am-6:00pm | 9.5 hrs | 7 hrs | 2.5 hrs |
| 7:30am-4:30pm / 8:00am-5:00pm | 9 hrs | 7 hrs | 2 hrs |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | 8 hrs | 6 hrs | 2 hrs |
| 8:30am-3:30pm | 7 hrs | 6 hrs | 1 hr |
| 8:00am-1:00pm / 1:00pm-6:00pm | 5 hrs | 4 hrs | 1 hr |
| 8:00am-12:00pm / 1:00pm-5:00pm | 4 hrs | 3 hrs | 1 hr |
Still wondering how your funding could work for your family?
Every family’s childcare needs are different. If you’re unsure which session pattern would work best, we’re happy to talk through the options with you and explain exactly which hours would be funded and which, if any, would be chargeable.
Because understanding your childcare costs shouldn’t feel complicated.