Fees
Our current fees are set by the preschool committee and are reviewed annually.
HOURLY RATE:
£6.80 PER HOUR
DEPOSIT:
A refundable deposit* of £100 will be invoiced upon requesting a place.
ADMINISTRATION FEE:
*If any private hours (paid at the standard hourly rate) are used, £30 per child will be retained as an administration fee, which includes the cost of a pre-school bag and t-shirt for each child.
If only funded hours are used to cover the sessions booked, the full £100 deposit will be refunded, as a credit against future invoices. Pre-school bags and t-shirts can then be purchased separately from the staff. The cost of these will be included in your first invoice.
FUNDED HOURS:
Funded hours can be used for full sessions in the morning or afternoon. The sessions are:
Morning: 9am - 12pm
Lunch: 12pm - 1pm
Afternoon: 1pm - 3pm
If a child stays for both the morning and afternoon session, the whole day will be claimed for funded hours, including the lunch hour. If a child only attends the morning session and 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 voluntary donation of £1 per hour + £15 per half term. The voluntary donation is requested for all children in receipt of funded hours. This donation covers snacks, resources and other business costs not covered by government funding. This voluntary donation makes the pre-school financially viable due to the discrepancies between government-funded hours and the cost price of running the service we provide. 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 opt out of this voluntary donation.
ACTIVITIES CHARGES:
There are also voluntary activity charges for some of the activities on offer:
Monday - Sport
No additional charge
Tuesday - Dance
Provider: Studio N
Weekly cost per child: £1.63
Wednesday - Drama
No additional charge
Thursday - Cooking
Ingredients sourced from: Sainsbury's
Weekly cost per child: £2.23
Friday - Nature session
No additional charge
The voluntary cost for each chargeable activity has been calculated based on the average number of children taking part in this activity across the year, to avoid changing this charge on a half-termly basis. This is at cost price for providing the activity.
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.
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