Pricing and Funding
Funded childcare covers the provision of education only. A £1.20 per hour Food & Nutrition Charge applies to all funded hours to contribute towards meals, snacks, drinks and associated food preparation costs.
All three nurseries are open for 51 weeks of the year, closing only for Bank holidays and approximately a week over the Christmas and New Year period. All children need to attend either a morning or afternoon session. Additional sessions are subject to availability. We may be able to offer extended hours, so please ask.
Meals are not compulsory and parents are more than welcome to provide their own cold packed lunch/tea (with an ice pack). Sealed baby jars and milk can be heated on the premises.
BREAKFAST AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB
The breakfast club starts at 7.45 am until the start of school and the after school club starts at 3.30pm until 6pm. Both clubs are available for children attending reception through to year six. Breakfast club is £4.95 per session and after school is £9.99. Find more information here.
EARLY YEARS FUNDING
All families with children aged three and four years, and some families with children aged 9 months, are entitled to Government funding to attend early years provision. Little Orchard Montessori Nurseries offer term time-only spaces for two-year-olds and over three's if required. Please visit https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to confirm eligibility.
All three and four-year-olds are eligible for the Early Years funding and it is made available to families at the start of the next term after the child's third birthday until they start school