Nursery fees and government funding

We are passionate about providing excellent childcare but this comes at a cost higher than most hourly rates that the government offer us.

We do our very best to offer sessions to suit a parent's requirements to fit with the funding but please do bear in mind that a financial request is made to support our high quality provision due to the underfunding our government makes.

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We break with tradition in the sector and have very long standing team members here - collectively our team have given over 195 years worth of passion and commitment to the children and families of West Bridgford.  They deserve to be paid for this commitment and your children also deserve to be able to attend a setting where there is not a two-tiered system that the government  is creating with their current delivery of the funding system. 

 

Whilst they maybe investing more than ever in early years, it has increased the number of children that can access funding rather than invest in it!  In fact, the Institute of Fiscal Studies estimates that taking rising costs into account, providers have seen a 17% fall in funding for 3 & 4 year olds over the past decade. #underfundedchildcare

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• ALL children deserve to eat our delicious nutritious food, low on ultra processed ingredients and freshly prepared by our full time Chef.

• ALL children deserve to be included in all activities - including ones that are not defined by the government.  These include outings to the locality on a much lower adult to child ratio, Forest School sessions, using tools, use of puddlesuits to enable them to be warm and cosy during outdoor play

• ALL 2 year old children should still be able to access the 1:4 ratio that we continue to offer (not 1 adult to 5)

• ALL children should be able to have full access to the consumables not included in the funding

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 Please contact our management team for our current fee and funding information. 

To ensure you are fully aware of the details for funding the government offers we encourage you to visit the government website 

Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life

Funded hours from the government are for 38 weeks of the year only

We endeavour to continue to offer clear and transparent information and full terms and conditions when you visit.

In line with statutory legislation from the government we are required ​to show our information "to be clear, up to date and easily accessible to parents".  A brief example is shown below, however as noted previously we do our best to work out the best booking pattern for individual families. This is for example purposes only and some sessions are limited to availability

THE FUNDING RATES CHANGE FROM APRIL 2026 AND SO DOES OUR FEE AND FUNDING STRUCTURE

Once the Council have confirmed the new funding rate we will update our structure.

9 MONTH OLDS

• Funded weeks attendance: attending 3 days per week (30 hours) = FULLY FUNDED!

• All year round attendance:  stretching funding (1,140 hours) over 52 weeks = 21.92 hours per week of funding with wraparound care for the remaining 8.08 hours @ current hourly rate.

TWO YEAR OLDS​

• Funded weeks attendance: attending 3 days per week (30 hours) = £3.05 per day contributions (PSQC) towards meals and additional services 

• All year round attendance: stretching funding (1,140 hours) over 52 weeks - 21.92 per weeks of funding with wraparound care for the remaining 8.08 hours @ current hourly rate and £3.05 per day contribution (PSQC) towards meals and other services 

THREE & FOUR YEAR OLDS​

MIND THE GAP!

Here the gap between funding and our sustainability to deliver a high quality provision widens. 

This is an example only as our structure changes from APRIL 2026 in line with the new funding and fee review

• Funded weeks attendance: attending 3 days per week (30 hours) = £19.29 per day contributions (PSQC) towards meals and additional services 

• All year round attendance: attending 3 days per week stretching funding (1,140 hours) over 52 weeks - 21.92 per weeks of funding with wraparound care for the remaining 8.08 hours @ current hourly rate and £19.29 per day contribution (PSQC) towards meals and other services 

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