Fees & Funding
Estimate your weekly and termly cost based on EYFS funding (15 or 30 free hours), parent-paid hours and itemised extras. For scenario planning only—please confirm actual fees with the nursery. New fee structure effective Autumn Term 2026.
Child & funding
Weekly attendance pattern
Select the child’s attendance blocks for each day.
| Day | 8–9 Breakfast club |
9–12 Work cycle |
12–3 Lunch & work cycle |
3–5 Extended cycle |
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Swipe sideways to see all time blocks.
Results
Breakdown (weekly)
| Attendance hours | 0.0 |
| Funded hours applied | 0.0 |
| Parent‑paid hours | 0.0 |
| Base fee (parent‑paid hrs × rate) | £0.00 |
| Breakfast* | £0.00 |
| Snacks* | £0.00 |
| Lunch meal* | £0.00 |
| Consumables* | £0.00 |
| Specialist & Montessori activities* | £0.00 |
| Total weekly | £0.00 |
*Parents have the right to opt out of these charges - please see the funding policy for details
This is a calculator for parent understanding and scenario planning. Always confirm your invoice with the nursery.
How this calculator works
Age & hourly rate
Children are eligible from the term after turning 2. Non‑funded hours are billed at £12/hr (2+) or £15/hr (under 2).
Billing model
38 weeks per year ÷ 3 terms. Termly cost = weekly total × 38 ÷ 3.
Funded hours
EYFS funding covers basic childcare hours. Extras (meals, activities, consumables) must be itemised separately and cannot be bundled into funded hours. Funding is allocated sequentially Monday → Friday, within each day in time order (8–9, 9–12, 12–3, 3–5).
Extras (funded days only)
Breakfast £3.75/day · Snacks £2.15–3.25/day · Lunch meal £7/day (if 12–3 funded) · Consumables £3.25–4.85/day · Specialist & Montessori activities £7/day.
How extras are calculated
Extras apply to funded attendance only. Parent‑paid hours are private hours where extras are included. Snacks & consumables: 0–1 funded hrs = £0, 2–<3 = half rate, ≥3 = full rate (9am–5pm hours only). Lunch charged only if 12–3 is funded. Activities charged if any 9am–5pm hour is funded.
For more information on funding and extra charges, please see our funding policy here or feel free to get in touch.