It is our policy to offer value for money and charge a fair price for good quality childcare. The pricing scheme is as follows.

Before a child starts the nursery setting a deposit of £100-£150 is required to secure your child’s place. This is a non refundable deposit, if you do not take up the place and until four weeks written notice has been given once the place has been taken up.

Any fees that are late will be subject to a Late Fee administration charge of £10. Fees will be deemed late if they are not paid by the 10th of the month unless prior agreement has been made by the manager of the nursery (Late Fees). If Late Fees remain unpaid on the 1st day of the following month then a 5% charge of the Late Fees will be added to your outstanding balance every month the Late Fees remain outstanding.

All fees will be reviewed as a minimum every 12 months. Whilst it is our aim to remain competitive it is sometimes necessary to increase fees to maintain our high standards of care.

A £10.00 fee will also be incurred for every fifteen minutes or part there of, for each child collected late.

When a child turns two they are entitled to “Nursery Education Grant” sessions, when attending the nursery.  As from the term after they turn two the grant is available for you to have deducted from your fees:

You are entitled to a maximum of 30 hours per week for 38 weeks per year under the following criteria:
the 30 hours must be taken over a minimum of 2 days
the minimum number of hours that can be claimed per day is 5
the maximum number of hours that can be claimed per day is 10
the free entitlement must be taken between 8.00am and 6.00pm
the entitlement can be accessed at a maximum of 2 settings
Sefton council forward the relevant paperwork to us for the parent/carer to fill in.

To work out the allowance please see the example as shown below:

For a ten-hour day IF the total cost is £60.00
The hourly rate is worked out by subtracting a cost for consumables such as breakfast, lunch, snack, yoga, events and Christmas activities for example £11 from the daily rate.
This leaves £49.00
Hourly rate £4.90

The entitlement is worked out and spread over the full year and deducted from your monthly standing order upfront.

If you would like to increase/decrease/cancel or change your days your child attends the setting  then this must be put into writing and handed to the office with 4 weeks notice. You can only increase or decrease or cancel or change your days once in a calendar month regardless of when the written notice is given.

Any fees that are late will be subject to a Late Fee administration charge of £10. Fees will be deemed late if they are not paid by the 10th of the month unless prior agreement has been made by the manager of the nursery (Late Fees). If Late Fees remain unpaid on the 1st day of the following month then a 5% charge of the Late Fees will be added to your outstanding balance every month the Late Fees remain outstanding.

All fees will be reviewed as a minimum every 12 months. Whilst it is our aim to remain competitive it is sometimes necessary to increase fees to maintain our high standards of care.

A £10.00 fee will also be incurred for every fifteen minutes or part there of, for each child collected late.