All fees include our Enhanced Provision
(with the exception of funded hours*).
Session | Cost |
8:00am-4:00pm | £64.80 |
8:00am-5:00pm | £72.10 |
8:30am-5:30pm | £72.10 |
8:00am-5:30pm | £75.70 |
8:00am-6:00pm | £78.00 |
Private hours after funding that makes up part of a day are charged at £8.10 per hour.
*Funding provides statutory provision only. To ensure access to our enhanced provision for funded hours a voluntary Additional Service Charge is added @ £2.00 per hour. The ASC is charged hourly to enable Little Pips to continue supporting working families through offering flexible sessions.
The ASC budget is built across the year and is approximately broken down as follows
Non-food consumables charge includes but is not limited to: provision of sharing book, take home craft including for special events such as Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas etc, birthday cake and present, Christmas present, all enhanced craft resources such as clay, cooking ingredients, food tasting ingredients, etc.
Activities include but are not limited to: Daily walks in pushchairs for babies, walks for toddlers, visits to the train station, local care home, library etc. Visitors such as The Animal Shelter, Police, Morris Dancers, Outdoor Adventure company, Wildlife Trust, Chicks, Butterflies and Tadpoles experiences, Preschool Graduate sessions etc. Family events such as Graduation, The Christmas Nativity, Parents Evenings, Open evenings, Parent webinars etc.
Also included in the Enhanced Provision is the ability to access further private sessions at nursery, subject to availability.
Fully funded free at the point of access places are available, please contact the Nursery Manager for further information.
Little Pips Nursery is an all year setting. We accept Early Years Entitlement Funding at Little Pips Nursery including 2 year, 3 and 4 year (up to 570 hours a year from September working out to 10.95 hours a week over 52 weeks), and Working Parent Funding (up to 1140 hours a year from September working out to 21.92 hours a week over 52 weeks). To find out if you are eligible for any of these funding types please visit Best Start in Life.
If eligible, parents will be provided with a code which needs to be shared with the nursery so that the funding can be claimed.
Funded hours are completely free and can be used for any of our 9-10 hour sessions. We are an all year nursery (no term time only) which supports our working families with all year care.
Whilst the government funding is designed to provide statutory provision, as a private setting Little Pips Nursery offers a fully Enhanced Provision including, but not limited to, a range of additional activities throughout the year including our renowned ‘Graduate sessions’, freshly cooked daily meals prepared on site by our fully trained cook, additional resources and equipment as well as a host of other measures to ensure high quality, consistent provision (further details can be found in our Fees and Sessions sheet available from the office).
This provision is separate to the Early Years entitlement funding (statutory), so to ensure access to our Enhanced Provision an Additional Service Charge (ASC) is applied.
Please speak to the office for further details of our sessions and fees.
Is there any financial support in addition to the government funding?
Yes, parents may be eligible for Tax Free Childcare.
Some parents might also be eligible for up to 85% of their childcare fees being paid by the government.
