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Fees & Funding at Baby Unit ( Elm Grove site)

All our available sessions are below

Session times plus the cost

  • 8 am – 1 pm = £47.05
  • 1 pm to 6 pm = £ 45.10
  • 8 am to 3.30 pm = £68.55
  • 8 am to 6 pm = £75.90

All our Funded sessions are below

Session time plus cost left to pay once funded hours are removed with the amount used within the session

  • 8 am – 1 pm = £27.50 (using 3 hours of funding)
  • 1 pm – 6 pm = £27.50 (using 3 hours of funding)
  • 8 am – 3.30 pm = £27.50 (using 5.5 hours of funding)
  • 8 am to 6 pm = £45.00 (using 5.5 hours of funding)

Our 9 months to 23 months old standalone spaces are 2.30 pm – 5.10 pm Mon to Fri this is the only time your child can attend. We have a limited number of spaces for these sessions. These sessions are subject to availability and are reviewed on a termly basis.

About the funding

Some children aged from 9 months to 23 months (whose parents are working) are eligible for 15 hours funding per week term time only or 570 hours per year from the term after they turn 9 months old.

A child who is born between the below date will become eligible for funding from:

Birth day from 1st of September 2022 to 30th of November 2023 will get the funding from 1st of September 2024
Birth day from 1st of December 2023 to 31st of March 2024 will get funding from the 1st of January 2025
Birth day from the 1st of April 2024 to 30th June 2024 will get funding from the 1st of April 2025.

15 hrs Stretched Offer (maximum 11 funded hours per week for 51 weeks per year = 561 hours)

Subject to Eligibility please go to childcare choices to apply www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Please note an eligibility code is required for these hours which must be applied for termly in advance prior to the start of each term, and must be revalidated approximately every three months (see childcare choices for more information).

We may close up to twice a year for staff training days.
You need to provide us with four weeks’ notice for leaving any sessions.

About Us

  • Our opening hours are 8am until 6pm these are the only times we can offer child care.
  • The nursery is open for 51 weeks of the year. We are closed on all bank holidays, plus one week over the Christmas period.
  • The nursery is open for 51 weeks of the year. We are closed on all bank holidays, plus one week over the Christmas period.
  • Days cannot be swapped or given in lieu however, if additional days are required, we are more than willing to accommodate extras if we have any vacancies.
  • If the nursery needs to close due to adverse weather conditions or exceptional circumstances unfortunately, we do not offer refunds or exchange sessions.
  • You need to provide us with four weeks’ notice for any changes to sessions this includes leaving.

What’s Included

  • Healthy breakfast ( if you have an 8 am session)
  • Home cooked healthy lunch (if you have an am session)
  • Home cooked healthy tea ( if your session is later than 4 pm)
  • Healthy snacks (both in the am & pm session)
  • Art activities & supply’s
  • Cookery activities
  • Any other special activities or classes we arrange
  • Toiletries ( Nappies, wipes, hand towels)
  • Bedding for naps
  • Sun Cream plus of sun safe equipment i.e. hats
  • Wet weather clothing for out in the gardens
  • Online parent portal (Baby’s Days)

What’s not included

  • Nappy creams
  • Milk (if your preference is not cows)
  • Formula Milk
  • Sun Cream (if you have a preference)

Food if your child has an allergy we can’t cater for due to our kitchen’s being too small then we will need to see medical letter, as we don’t cater for preferences within our meals.