Fees from 1st April, 2024

The Nursery is open from 7.30am to 6pm. Please inform the office if you would like to drop off your child before 8am as this incurs as extra charge, please see below.

Registration Fee£100 per child (non-refundable)*
Deposit£200 per child (Refunded from the final account)**

* Not charged if your initial application is only for the Government free funded hours
** For Children on funded hours only, the deposit is £100 per child to cover any voluntary charges for meals and any extra sessions

3 months – 3 years: (before free hours funding)

1 day8am-6pm (includes extra package)£83
Morning session8am-1pm (includes extra package)£47.50
Afternoon session1pm-6pm (includes extra package)£42.50

3 years before free hours funding: (before free hours funding)

1 day8am-6pm (includes extra package)£81
Morning session8am-1pm (includes extra package)£46.50
Afternoon session1pm-6pm (includes extra package)£41.50

7.30 – 8.00 am Early Start Session (for all ages): £4.00 per day
This service must be pre-booked if you do not require this session please arrive after 8am

If your child attends Goldfield Nursery School morning session we can pick your child up at 11.30, provide lunch and keep them for the afternoon session. Please see the pickup charge below. There will also be an additional charge of £12 per day for the extra hour and a half plus lunch. This service is only offered when Goldfield is open and does not form part of any funded hours

If your child attends Goldfield Nursery School afternoon session we can drop off your child at 12.15. Please see the drop off charge below.

Goldfield School Nursery – Morning session pick-up charge at 11.30 and Afternoon session drop-off at 12.15 (Note we do not provide a pick-up service at 3.15) £3.50 per day

Voluntary Extra Package:-
This is a voluntary cost for Funded Children which includes all meal/snack costs and all activities including Forest School.

3 months – 3 yearsFull Day - £15.00Morning Session- £10.00Afternoon Session - £5.00
3 – 5 yearsFull Day - £20.00Morning Session- £12.50Afternoon Session - £7.50

Notes

Extra Package includes:

  • Meals & Snacks from our excellent on-site Chef and Kitchen
  • Yoga/ Zumba/ Music Group
  • Forest School
  • External Visitors including Petting Zoo/Ice Cream Van
  • Observations / Reports /Pictures
  • Seasonal provisions, for example, suncream, hats, waterproof overalls
  • External events, for example, Barnardo’s Big Toddle / Graduation, festive events such as the Christmas party and Nativity play
  • Dedicated Administration team to support high levels of communication.
  • Higher staff to child ratios
  • Higher staff qualifications and experience, for example, qualified Teachers, Early Years Graduates, highly experienced leadership team
  • Specific individual training for individual needs’.
  • CCTV
  • This is a voluntary cost with the funded hours for which we seek your prior agreement

How we invoice:

  • Fees are billed at the beginning of each month on a daily/am/pm rate for the calendar month. This will include any extra sessions, all sessions including any holiday you choose to take, and days taken off for sickness. Any early sessions booked will be billed on the following month’s invoice.
  • Nursery fees are payable in full before the end of each month.
  • You are invoiced for 50 weeks a year. The Nursery is closed between Christmas and New Year, and for the last complete week in July (for larger maintenance and redecoration work). You will not be charged for the two weeks we are closed.
  • One full month’s notice or payment of a full month’s fees is required when withdrawing a child from the nursery.
  • Late Fees – At our discretion there is a charge of £10 for every 15 minutes you are late to pick up your child. If you are late more than once in a calendar month the charge will increase to £20 for every 15 minutes.

Discounts and Concessions:

  • A child with a full time place qualifies for a 5% discount on the daily rates quoted above.
  • Bank Holidays – For a full-time child, we will refund the fee for bank holidays as we are unable to offer a swap. For all other children if they were due in on the bank holiday, we will offer a swap where we have availability, this should be taken before the end of the year.

The Free Hours Schemes

  • For full details of how we offer these schemes, please speak to the office.

This fee schedule is effective from 1st of April 2024 to 31st March 2025 and will be reviewed by March 2025.