Fees

Our current fees are set by the preschool committee and are reviewed annually. Here is the most recent fees letter for parents from the committee .

HOURLY RATE:

£6.80 PER HOUR

ADMINISTRATION FEE:

Parents will be issued a £30 administration fee invoice per child prior to their start date, which includes the cost of your pre-school bag and one t-shirt.

FUNDED HOURS:

Funded hours can be used for full sessions in the morning or afternoon. The two sessions are:

Morning: 9am - 12pm

Afternoon: 12pm - 3pm

If a child stays for lunch, but not for the full afternoon session, the lunch hour is payable at the standard hourly rate.

USE OF 30 FUNDED HOURS:

We offer 30 hours funding.

Further information for parents and carers about Funded Entitlements for 2, 3 and 4 year olds produced by East Sussex County Council please Click Here

Download your Parent Declaration for EYEE Funding Click Here

For parents using the 15 or 30 government funded hours, there is a resources charge of £1.25 per hour. The resources charge is payable for all children in receipt of funded hours. However, the pre-school aims to support all families to attend, so please speak to a member of staff or one of the committee if you would like to be considered for an alternative payment plan and/or support with invoices. 

FUNDING CLAIMS & INVOICES:

Funding claims are done at the start of each term. Any additional sessions that are added throughout the term, will be chargeable and then, where applicable and within your funded hours, can be fully funded for the following term.

Invoices for chargeable sessions and activities will be raised each half term and payment terms are 7 days from the date of invoice. Any payments received after 14 days from the invoice date will incur a £10 late payment fee.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS and ad-hoc sessions:

During the academic year, Groombridge Pre-school will hold events that we invite all children to attend. Children who attend an event which is in addition to their normal sessions, will be charged the normal hourly rate. All events are voluntary, and notice of these events can be found on our website. We always try to accommodate children attending ad-hoc sessions, providing we can still comply with staff:child ratio regulations. Any ad-hoc sessions that your child does will be charged at the full hourly rate; funded hours cannot be used for ad-hoc sessions.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION:

A £15 voluntary contribution is applied to every half term invoice. Early Years government funding we receive does not cover our costs and as non profit registered charity we constantly look at ways to cover the shortfall to make our amazing pre-school financially viable. By applying the voluntary contribution to each invoice this contributes to the shortfall. We must emphasise that this is a voluntary donation, and if you feel unable to contribute the full amount, any donation would be welcomed.

HM GOVERNMENT TAX-FREE CHILDCARE:

If you are eligible for Tax-free Childcare you would have received a letter from HM Government or click here to find out more, if you eligible please reply to this email for next steps.

CHILDCARE VOUCHERS:

We accept all childcare vouchers