Fees & Early Years Entitlements

Fees

For parents not accessing any funding or for parents booking additional sessions not covered by funding, the following fees will apply

Children’s House Funding Offer

Funding types and ages they become available

Funded Sessions Options for Children Accessing Early Years Funding

Funded sessions are spread across the days attending i.e.

A full-time place would be 4 x full days with 5 hours funding plus I full day with
2 hour funding=22 hours funding per week.
A three-day place would do 2 x full day with 10 hours funding and one day with 2 hours funding=22 hours funding

When is your child eligible to receive funding and when to apply for your code (if required)?

We suggest you take a look at the Childcare Choices website for more information and to apply for your 10 digit funding code.

www. childcarechoices.gov.uk

It is always worth applying for a code as sometimes parents qualify for the 30 hours when they believed they wouldn’t.

Eligibility codes are valid for a period, it is your responsibility to renew the code. If a code expires it enters into a ‘grace period’. Should you not renew your code online before the end of the grace period your code will expire and your entitlement will stop. Children’s House Nursery is NOT responsible, if your eligibility code expires and we are unable to obtain funding on your behalf from the local authority, insuch cases, full fees will be payable

How many hours do I get?

Funding is provided by the Government for 38 weeks of the year (term time) and not for 52 weeks. The year for funding is 1st April to 31st March.

For 15 funded hours this equates to 570 hours of funding to use each year.

For 30 funded hours this equates to 1140 hours of funding to use each year

The aim of funding is two-fold.

To give all children an equal start, build confidence and independence and prepare them for school.
For families- to reduce the costs of childcare, to support parents to increase the number of hours they work and/or encourage them into employment.

Parents can split their funded childcare across multiple providers but a maximum of two settings per day.

Providers can only refuse this if they have a legitimate business case for why they cannot allow the split hours.

For children aged 9 months to the term after the child turns 3 years who are accessing Working Parent Entitlement:

15 hours stretched funding across 52 weeks which equates to 11 funded hours for 52 weeks.
We do not offer term time places for children until receiving Universal Entitlement.
From September 2025, 30 hours stretched across 52 weeks which equates to 22 funded hours for 52 weeks.

For children accessing 3-and 4-year-old Universal Funding:

15 hours over 38 weeks (term time) Limited places.
15 hours stretched across 52 weeks equating to 11 hours of funding per week.

For children accessing 30 hour Working Parent Entitlement:

30 hours over 38 weeks (term time) Limited places.
30 Hours stretched funding which equates to 22 hours over 52 weeks