Age of Admittance: 3 months to 5 years.

 Opening Times: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday.

Fees:

Nursery Sessions from 1st April 2026

Available Sessions:	Under 3	3-5 years
Morning 09:00-12:00	£25.50	£24.60
Short day 09.00 – 15.00	£51.00	£49.20
Hourly extensions to sessions	£8.50	£8.20
Full day with 5% discount	£80.75	£77.90
Hourly rate for additional hours	£8.50	£8.20

 

We close on Bank Holidays and for one week at Christmas.

The fees are inclusive of healthy snacks in line with EYFS guidance.  These are generally fruit, veg, yoghurt and rice cakes at the midway point of morning and afternoon sessions.

Fees are payable for every session booked, including sickness & holiday regardless of whether your child attends or not.

Billing of Fees

An invoice will be issued on 25^th of the month for the following month.  Invoices are payable monthly or weekly in advance. The invoice contains a monthly payment breakdown and a date for payment to be made. Payment by bank transfer, tax free childcare, childcare vouchers, grant funding only.

An alternative payment plan can be arranged if required, ie Weekly, Fortnightly. If this arrangement is required parents are to contact the setting’s administrator.

These are payable in advance by direct payment into our bank – details are on your invoices

The group reserves the right to suspend children’s places in the event of fees still being outstanding after 4 weeks and the relevant action will be taken.

Late Payment of Fees

If fees are not paid by the latest date set out on the monthly invoice (or alternative pre-agreed payment plan) a reminder will be issued by the setting’s administrator. Payment is to be made within 4 working days of this reminder, if payment is made no further charges or action will be taken.  Failure to complete payment in the specified timeframe will incur a £10 administration charge and you will be informed by letter of the requirement to pay all outstanding fees within 7 working days of the date of the letter.

 If payment is not received by the deadline laid down in the letter all unfunded hours attended by the child will be withdrawn with immediate effect and the setting will seek to recover unpaid fees via the setting’s debt collection agency inclusive of costs.

A parent may request, in writing, for an extension to their fee deadline. This request is to be sent to Chard NNI’s Committee and is at the Committee’s discretion whether an extension may be granted. A request must include a proposed payment plan for it to receive consideration.

Late Collection of Child Charges

Late collection of each child will be charged at £5 per 15 minutes, with a minimum charge of £5. These charges will be determined by staff records and the signing in and out procedure.  An invoice will be issued and is payable on receipt.

 If a parent has informed staff that they will be delayed,  a 15 minute window will be allowed before charges come into effect.  This should only occur in exceptional circumstances, and frequent occurrences will be treated as an abuse of this facility and charges will be incurred at a rate of £5 per 15 minutes.

Government funding

The setting is in receipt of all Nursery Education Funding set by the Government in England,

Up to 15 or 30 hours of early education over 38 weeks of the year or 47.5 or 95 hours per month spread over the year with additional hours being paid for at the current hourly rate.

A total of 570 or 1,140 hours per year,.

To claim funding, we must have a copy of your child’s passport or birth certificate, without these funding cannot be claimed and you will be charged for all hours your child attends.

• 30 hours per week for all eligible families with children 9 months to school age
• 15 hours per week for all 3 & 4 year olds

Please visit https://beststartinlife.gov.uk  to see what you are entitled too as a family to help fund your childcare costs.

You can apply for your code up to 16 weeks before your baby turns 9 months old.

You need to apply online before the deadline to receive a code which you will need to give us to verify your entitlement. The deadline is the day before the new term begins, but we would ask you to apply earlier as we will need your code to confirm your eligibility ahead of the start of term.

The deadlines are:

If my child turns 9 months old between	I can access 30 funded hours from	And I need to apply by
1 January to 31 March	Term starting on or after 1 April	31 March
1 April to 31 August	Term starting on or after 1 September	31 August
1 September to 31 December	Term starting on or after 1 January	31 December

 

You can claim a minimum of 3 hours and a maximum of 10 hours per day up to the maximum of 15(or30) hours per week.

Tax Free Childcare  

Eligible working parents can get a £2 top-up for every £8 towards the cost of their childcare please visit https://beststartinlife.gov.uk  for details.

Early Learning for 2 year olds

Some 2 year olds are eligible for 15 hours per week funding if you are not working please visit https://beststartinlife.gov.uk  to see if you are eligible.

Sharing settings

If your child is going to attend another setting as well as us and you are in receipt of government funding, we would ask that we are made aware of this so that we can arrange for appropriate allocation of grants across both settings to make this fair to each setting and reserve the right to charge the value of the lost grants if this is not adhered to.

Changes to Booking patterns:

Due to the limited amount of spaces we have available all attendance patterns need to be booked on a long term basis with the same pattern each week. We require at least 4 weeks notice of any request for changes of times/days or cancellation of the place. Changes to times/days must be made in consultation with the setting Manager and is subject to availability. We cannot offer any concessions for absence (Sickness or Holidays). In the event of less than 4 weeks notice of cancellation the full amount of fees up to that date will become payable.

Removal of Child from Clare House

Should you wish to remove your child from the Nursery, a notice period of 4 weeks term time, is required to cancel a child’s placement. Failure to give adequate notice means the placement cannot be re-allocated and therefore you will be charged or funding will be claimed for all sessions. Only in exceptional circumstance and at the Committee’s discretion will this period of notice be waived.