Funding and costs
Funding for free childcare
Government funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of free, high quality, flexible early education and care. We accept government funded hours at Thomas Estley preschool, and you can find out more here:
https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/
You can use this funding to cover up to six hours daily of free, government funded care with us, with no additional charges.
For additional non government funded hours, our charges are as follows:
Additional three hour sessions above the government funded hours are charged at £15.90 for 3 and 4 year olds and at £17.90 for 2 year olds, payable half termly in advance.
Optional hot lunches are charged at £2.75 daily (or packed lunches can be brought in, as you prefer).
Extension sessions:
Mornings 7.30am – 9.00am are charged at £6.25 per day
Afternoons 3.00pm – 6.00pm are charged at £11.50 per day ·
These are the current charges, which may be subject to a slight increase each new academic year.
