Our Fees

Fee structure (Effective 1st February 2024)

Our fees are fully inclusive of all meals ,snacks, milk, drinks, nappies and sundry costs. A session = 5 hours

Baby Rooms (Based on 1:3 child to practitioner ratios)

Full Day £72.00

Half day session £39.00 (subject to availability)

Toddler Rooms (Based on 1:4 child to practitioner ratios)

Full Day £70.00

Half day session £38.00 (subject to availability)

Pre-School (Based on 1:6 child to practitioner ratio’s)children entitled to funding* (3 – 5 years)

Full day £68.00

Half day session £37.00

Additional half hourly rate £4.75

Early drop offs £6.95 ( from 7.30am)

Additional Hourly rate £7.70

Forest School and Wild Beach sessions £30 per programme

* These charges are applied where a child has reached their full funding+ allocation each term or where an additional session is taken.

+ Funding for 3 and 4 year olds

Children are eligible to Early Years Funding Entitlement (EYFE) the term after their third birthday, the entitlement being a maximum of 15/30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. As we are open 51 weeks of the year Home from Home stretches this funding entitlement across 51 weeks of the year.

This means that the maximum funding available each week is 11/22 hours. Home from Home offers this funding in blocks of 3.5 & 4 hours (4 hours applied on the 3rd and 6th session only) which can be taken up to, but no more than twice a day, to the maximum allowed per week at the following times:

8.00am to 11.30am

2.30pm to 6.00pm

Funding is claimed for 3.5 or 4 hours of a session, with fees to pay for the additional 1.5 or 1 hour of care plus snacks, meals, drink and relevant sundry costs for a session. The charges in fees for this are detailed below:

Residual fees of £18.95 to pay for sessions where funding is applied (this includes 1.5 hours of care plus meal and sundry costs).

Residual fee of £15.50 for sessions where funding is applied (this includes 1 hour of care plus meal and sundry costs)

Alternatively, families can request to access only their EYFE hours only. Meal and sundries are provides as follows:

Morning refreshments and sundries  £7.25

Afternoon refreshments and  sundries £6.25

We offer discounts for full time*, term time and siblings*

* discounts not applied to sessions for which funding is claimed

To secure a place a registration Fee of £50 is payable plus a fully refundable deposit of £200* – this is fully refundable on serving notice and with all fees paid in full

Children accessing EYFE hours only are subject to a £100 deposit which is fully refundable within one month of starting

Tax Free Childcare and Funding

Home from Home accepts Tax Free childcare, 2 year and 3 year funding

Please contact the nursery for information on Admissions and Contract Policies

**subject to availability of spaces