Terms and Conditions

Registration:

There is a £65 non-refundable registration fee, which will be taken when we receive a completed registration form.
 

Fees:

Session option: Full day 7.30am - 6.00pm

Daily fee for all children is £65

Sibling discount 5% applied to the sibling with the lowest monthly fee
 

Early Years Funding:

Early Years Funding is a government scheme which is administered by local authorities, which offers funded childcare hours for children with an Ofsted registered provider for 38 weeks of the year. Willow Nurseries can choose how to offer the Early Years Funding, as long as the following conditions are adhered to:

• Funded childcare cannot be accessed for more than 10 hours in a single day.
• Funded childcare must be accessed between 6am and 8pm; and
• Funded childcare can only be accessed at a maximum of two childcare sites in a single day.
   

Our Funding offer:

At Willow Nurseries we want to ensure that all our families maximise on their funding.

We offer all funded places for a minimum of two days a week to ensure consistency for our children and to enable our families to maximise their funded childcare by using 10 hours of funding a day.

We provide childcare all year round and stretch the Early Years Funding across 51 weeks.

Please see the table below which shows the maximum funded hours families can access per week, these depend on the child start date and are shown based on our minimum 2-day attendance. The stretched offer is calculated from start date to the following autumn term and 12 months is then calculated from the autumn term.
 

Stretched Offer	Calculation	Funded Hours available each week	How the hours can be accessed at our setting
FULL YEAR 15 HOURS STRETCHED (3 Terms) Based on Autumn start and Summer finish	Full Year (38 weeks funding available) 15 HRS STRETCHED 570/51 WKS = 11.18 HOURS PER WK	11.18	Day 1 – 10 hours Day 2 – 1.18 hours Paid hours – 8.92 hours
FULL YEAR 30 HOURS STRETCHED (3 Terms) Based on Autumn start and Summer finish	Full Year (38 weeks funding available) 30 HRS STRETCHED  1140/51 WKS = 22.35 HOURS PER WK	22.35	Day 1 – 10 hours Day 2 – 10 hours Day 3- 2.35 Hours (if required) Paid hours –7.65 hours
FULL YEAR 15 HOURS STRETCHED (2 Terms) Based on Spring start and Summer Finish	Two terms (24 weeks funding available) 15 HRS STRETCHED – 360/35 WEEKS = 10.28 HOURS	10.28	Day 1 – 10 hours Day 2 – 0.28 hours Paid hours –9.72 hours
FULL YEAR 30 HOURS STRETCHED (2 Terms) Based on Spring start – Summer finish	Two terms (24 weeks funding available) 30 HRS STRETCHED 720/35 WKS = 20.57 HOURS PER WK	20.57	Day 1 – 10 hours Day 2 – 10 hours Day 3- 0.57 Hours (if required) Paid hours – 9.43 hours
FULL YEAR 15 HOURS STRETCHED (1 Term) Based on Summer Start and Summer finish	One term (13 weeks funding available) 15 HRS STRETCHED  195 / 22 WEEKS = 8.86 HOURS PER WK	8.86	Day 1 - 8.86 Paid hours - 11.14
FULL YEAR 30 HOURS STRETCHED (1 Term) Based on Summer start and Summer finish	One term (13 weeks funding available) 30 HRS STRETCHED 390/22 WEEKS = 17.72 HOURS PER WK	17.72	Day 1 – 10 hours Day 2 – 7.72 hours Paid hours – 2.28 hours

Paid Hours will be charged as £66.00 per full day and £6.29 per additional hour
 

Funded only offer

For families who are eligible for 15 hours and wish to access the funded only offer this will be offered for 10 hours over 2 days to comply with the settings minimum 2 day per week policy and within the session times, these will be offered from 7.30-12.30 pm or 12.30-5.30pm. Session will be allocated depending on availability.

For families who are eligible for 30 hours and wish to access the funded only offer this will be offered for 20 hours over 2 days to comply with the settings minimum 2 days per week policy and within the session times.

During the summer term on a funded only session, the hours will be shortened in each of the above session to the maximum hours we can offer to families within the hours available.

All sessions will be allocated depending on availability.
 

Essentials and Enhancements

Early Years Funding received from the government via the local authority is provided to cover the delivery of childcare and education places.  The funding does not cover or include additional consumables including our home cooked, nutritionally balanced meals and snacks, and additional classes such as MyhappyMind, phonics, yoga, outings, experiences provided through planned visits from external providers, events and celebrations and our Famly app. The Essential and Enhancement charge at Willow Nursery includes and is charged as detailed in the table below. This will be itemised on your invoice and the parent agreement as ‘Food', and ‘Activities'. The charge is taken from the chart below and calculated into an hourly charge of £1.10 (Daily Total £11 divided by 10 hours per day)

We offer stretched funded childcare and accept all childcare vouchers as well as tax free childcare payments.
 

Fee payment:

Fees are payable on the 1st of every month in advance
 

Nursery Closure:

We will be closed for up to 5 days over the Christmas period for which fees will not be payable. We will also be closed for 1 day for team training and we will provide notice of these dates well in advance.
 

Notice periods

If you decide to end or reduce your sessions with Willow Nurseries, we will require one month's written notice. Fees will be payable during the notice period.