Admissions

We provide exceptional childcare for children aged 2-5 years and pride ourselves on offering outstanding, well-equipped surroundings and materials for children to enjoy and learn from.

We operate an inclusion and equality policy and ensure that all children have access to nursery places and services irrespective of their gender, race, ability, religion. All places are offered depending on availability. If we are unable to offer an immediate start date, parents/carers will be invited to join our waiting list.

A registration fee of £25 is required in order to place a child’s name on our waiting list. The registration fee does not guarantee a place at the nursery.

Allocation of places on the waiting list are based on the availability of spaces in each group. A place is offered on the basis of the following order of priority:

Current child wishing to increase sessions

Sibling already in the nursery

Alumni sibling

Full time places

Date of request

Fees

Our fees are £82 per day for 2024/2025

There is a minimum requirement of 2 days per week increasing to 3 days per week once your child turns 3.

Monthly invoices are provided in advance, based on the number of days of attendance in that month. Please note we do not charge for bank holidays or

the week we are closed over Christmas and New Year.

Monthly fees on an average month are shown below

Fee Name	2 days per week	3 days per week	4 days per week	5 days per week
2 – 3’s Unfunded	£685	£1025	£1370	£1690
2- 3 year old with working family funded place and additional services package	£285	£593	£938	£1258
3 – 4 year old with 15 hour funded place and additional services package	N/A	£739	£1084	£1404
3 – 4 year old with working family funded place and additional services package	N/A	£625	£836	£1118

*The fees above are an indication only as monthly fees are dependant on the number of days attended in the month.

Funding

Universal Funding

All 3-year-old children are entitled to 15 hours a week of funding from the term following their third birthday. The funding covers 38 weeks of the year (term time), and we take the same approach as with our fees and split the funding evenly across the 51 weeks that we are open.

Working Families Funding

All children from 9 months old, whose parents meet eligibility criteria are able to receive 15 hours a week of funding. Parents must work more than 16 hours a week, but earn less than £100,000 a year individually. This funding is expected to raise to 30 hours per week from September 2025. It covers 38 weeks of the year (term time), and we take the same approach as with our fees and split the funding evenly across the 51 weeks that we are open.

At Carol Jane the funded entitlement includes basic childcare between the hours of 8am and 3pm, it does not include the following additional services that we offer:

Our additional service package includes:

A highly qualified team that goes above and beyond Ofsted requirements
Staff to child ratios that are significantly over and above Ofsted requirements
Three settling in sessions and a home visit before your child commences attendance
Two pieces of nursery uniform and a personalised bag when your child starts
Invitations to coffee mornings for new parents to get to know one another
Breakfast and snacks throughout the day
Access to our Montessori programme of activities and learning materials
Access to our Forest School programme that takes place in the woods attached to the nursery grounds
In-house soft play sessions
Heated and covered sand play facilities
Access to our enriched curriculum and extra-curricular programme throughout the year
Regular cooking activities
Participation in our ‘Driving School’ in which the children ‘learn to drive’ a battery-operated car and receive their ‘driving license’
Visits to all extended facilities and grounds (incl. feeding of the animals)
Interaction with nursery pets, such as rabbits and horses
Annual chick-hatching programme
Annual butterfly hatching programme
Parents Evenings throughout the year
Invitations to yearly trips and outings organised by nursery
Invitations to a graduation ceremony and performance when pre-schoolers leave
Invitations to nursery reunion parties
Invitations to all other nursery events

Employer Assistance

Employers are increasingly offering support for childcare through childcare voucher schemes. The money comes directly off your salary before deductions, giving you savings on tax and National Insurance contributions. You should ask your employer if this is a benefit offered.

We accept most childcare vouchers, which are paid directly to CLNS and are offset against your monthly fee invoice.

Tax Free Childcare

Support for working families with children under 12. For every £8 you pay in, the government will add an extra £2, up to £2,000 per child, per year. Visit the Childcare Choices website for more information: http://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk