Sessions

Sessions are as follows, term time only:

9 am - 12 noon

12 noon - 3 pm 

 

Funded sessions are available or sessions cost £17.00.

Entitlement to a Free Early Education place does not offer a guarantee of a place at any one provider or a particular pattern of delivery. 

15 hours of funding is 5 sessions. This could be every morning or every afternoon, or 2 and a half days or a combination. 

30 hours of funding is 10 sessions, which would be all day, 5 days a week. 

Find out more about nursery funding by clicking here

 

Extended hours sessions can be booked as and when required.

8 am - 9 am £6

8.30 am - 9 am £3

3 pm - 4 pm £6

 

Free for 2s funding

Some 2-year-olds can get up to 15 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year.

Find out if you are eligible for Free for 2s funding by clicking here.

 

Child's Birthday – When they can claim from.

1st January to 31st March - The beginning of the term on or after the 1st April

1st April to 31st August - The beginning of the term on or after 1st September

1st September to 31st December - The beginning of the term on or after 1st January

 

Children can start nursery before they become eligible for funding, but you will have to pay their fees, which are currently £17.00 per session.

Universal Funding

All 3 and 4-year-olds can have up to 15 hours of free childcare each week for 38 weeks of the year. 

Find out more about Universal funding for 3-4 year-olds here

30 hours funding

Eligible working families can have an additional 15 hours of free childcare each week for 38 weeks a year. To qualify, each parent (or sole parent in a single-parent family) will need to earn on average the equivalent of 16 hours on the national minimum wage per week and no more than £100,000 a year. You must confirm your eligibility every 3 months from the date you applied to receive the extra hours. You must also reconfirm your code even if your child has not yet started their 30-hour place.

Find out more about 30-hour funding for working parents by clicking here. 

Working Families Funding 

If you are working you may be entitled to free childcare. The amount of free childcare you can get depends on the age of your child.

If your child is:

• 9-months old you can get 15 hours of free childcare from September 2024, and 30 hours of free childcare from September 2025
• 2-years-old you can get 15 hours of free childcare from April 2024, and 30 hours of free childcare from September 2025
• 3 to 4-years-old you can get 30 hours of free childcare

To be eligible for 15/30 hours free childcare you and your partner must each meet the work and earnings requirements unless an exception applies. Your partner means someone you are married to, in a civil partnership with or live with as a couple.