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 for 2025/2026 are shown below

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

Our fees are based on full day sessions (8am-3pm) and are calculated based on the 50.5 weeks of the year that we are open, this is then averaged into 12 monthly payments. Fees do not include the period we are closed over Christmas however they do include bank holidays but these will be credited back by a monthly bank holiday credit on your invoices.

Fee Name	2 days per week	3 days per week	4 days per week	5 days per week
2 – 3’s Unfunded	£707	£1060	£1414	£1767
2- 3 year old with working family funded place and additional services package	£354	£530	£707	£1047
3 – 4 year old with 15 hour funded place and additional services package	£416	£768	£1129	£1491
3 – 4 year old with working family funded place and additional services package	£416	£624	£833	£1174

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

Funding

Universal Funding

Every single child aged 3 and 4 is eligible for 15 hours funded childcare. If your child is 3 or 4 years old and lives in England, you’re entitled to 15 hours funded childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year (school term time), this equates to a maximum of 570 hours per year. You can use the hours from 1st January, 1st April or 1st September following your child’s 3rd birthday.

Working Families Funding

All children from the age of 9 months old could be eligible for 30 hours funded childcare if you are in work and earning on average 16 hours per week on the minimum wage or below £100,000 per year.

If you are a couple this applies to each of you so if one of you is not working or earning over £100,000 per year you will not be eligible. Eligibility criteria is set by the government and further information and application details can be found at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

If you are eligible you’re entitled to 30 hours funded childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year (school term time), this equates to a maximum of 1140 hours per year. Once your child reaches 9 months old you can use the hours from the following 1st January, 1st April or 1st September.

Parents must apply from HMRC via Childcare Service Account before the Early Years Funding can be claimed. The parent is responsible for re-validating the eligibility every three months when reminded by HMRC. Failure to do so may result in the Working Families Funding being withdrawn.

How we offer Early Years Funding

Whilst the Government funding is structured for 38 weeks of the year (school term time), as an all-year-round childcare provider we stretch the early years Funding across 46 weeks instead of limiting it to the 38 weeks of term time. The 6 weeks unfunded are:

First 2 full weeks in April (remaining open)

Final 2 full weeks in August (remaining open)

2 weeks over Christmas and New year (closed)

15 hours of funded childcare over 38 weeks (term time) equates to 570 funded childcare hours a year. Under our stretched offer this equates to 12.39 hours of funded childcare a week over 46 weeks of the year.

30 hours of funded childcare over 38 weeks (term time) equates to 1,140 funded childcare hours a year. Under our stretched offer this equates to 24.78 hours of funded childcare a week over 46 weeks of the year.

At Carol Jane Nursery, the funded entitlement covers statutory childcare as detailed in the early years foundation stage framework between the hours of 8am and 2pm, it does not include food, consumables or any additional services that we offer. These services are all included in the Fees detailed above.

Our additional service package includes:

Breakfast and Snacks – Breakfast, morning snack and afternoon snack.
Nappies, wipes, and nappy sacks – Provided in appropriate sizes.
Nappy cream – Sudocrem or a nursery-approved alternative.
Suncream – Applied as per our Sun Protection Policy.
All consumables - Required for nursery routines.
Enhanced provision
- Sleep bedding - Sleep bag, mat and pillow laundered periodically depending on attendance.
- Soft Play - Daily soft play session in our in house soft play room.
- Forest School - Access to our Forest School programme that takes place in the woods attached to the nursery.
- Extra curricular activities - Termly extra curricular activities such as Yoga, Tink Talk, Sport sessions etc.
- Parents evenings - Two parent evenings in the academic year.
- Nursery Events - Family events, Coffee mornings, run throughout the year.
- Graduation - Graduation performance and ceremony when your child reaches the end of Pre-school.
- Festival crafts - All craft materials for keepsakes made during world celebrations and festivals.
- Christmas bags - Christmas craft bags including festive crafts and gifts.
- Seasonal Activities - Access to seasonal chick and butterfly hatching programmes.
- Home visit - Your child's key worker and nursery manager will visit your home during the settling in period.
- Settle sessions - Three settling in sessions before your child commences attendance

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