Pre- School Funding and Fees
Our Fees
The cost per hour is £5.50 payable half a term in advance. Fees are payable even when a child is absent, due to sickness or holiday. A half-terms notice must be given if your child is leaving. When you register your child at Pre-School, we ask for a £20.00 non-refundable deposit to cover administration costs.
We review our fees from time to time to ensure they are consistent with other local settings.
Funding
Once your child turns 3 years of age, he/she will be eligible for Government funding from the start of the following term. We will tell you when your child is eligible and help you with the relevant paper work. Children are eligible for up to 5 sessions of 3 hours free per week, depending on availability. The maximum entitlement is 15 hours per week spread over three school terms comprising of a maximum of 38 weeks. Any hours attended above this allowance will be charged at the normal rate of £5.50 per hour.
If you are registering your child at the age that they become funded, no deposit is required. If you are moving your child to us during term time and you have claimed funding at another setting, we may ask you to pay your fees in full if we are unable to claim back the funding from the other setting.
We ask that you do not change your sessions during term time as any increase in sessions will be charged in full as we are unable to alter a funding claim.
NOTE: Any extra sessions taken will be charged separately
Payments to Pre-School
Payments to pre-school should be made online using Scopay (via the Scopay website or app).
When you register your child we will set up a ScoPay account for you. When paying online please ensure that you select the correct item to add to your basket - i.e. Pre-school fees should only be paid against the PreSchool option. Dinner money paid against the Dinners option, other products against the appropriate product line, etc.
Letters have been sent home to all parents with instructions on how to register and with the registration codes.
If you require a second payment account set up, please let us know in the school office and we can issue additional registration letters.
Voluntary Contributions
We ask parents of funded children to contribute £0.50 per hour to cover snacks and one-off activities (for example we may pay for entertainment or learning activities from external providers).
Rising 5 school lunches
Our Rising 5 children are able to join the Primary School children for lunch on a Thursday - school lunches cost £2.50 which is payable in advance or on the day