Fee's and Funding
Monthly Setting Contribution * Applicable to all funding groups
Children in receipt of 3 year and extended entitlement:
Government funding is intended to cover the cost to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of funded, high quality, flexible childcare. It is not intended to cover the cost of meals, snacks, consumables, additional hours or additional services, trips or additional activities. We operate a schedule of charges to ensures that we can deliver the funded entitlements consistently so that all children accessing any of the funded entitlements will receive the same quality and access to provision, regardless of whether they choose to pay for optional hours, services, meals or consumables. Please note we currently do not provide a lunch meal.
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We will be happy to discuss any charges associated with the sessions on your visit to the setting. We do not provide a price list because we flexibly offer our entitlement to meet each families individual needs so actual cost is entirely dependent on your individual needs.
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Children in receipt of FEET funding:
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We currently have a charge which is voluntary. If parents are unable to pay this contribution parents are required to provide additional items to the pre school to ensure children receive a consistently high quality of care and education. We do emphasise that the items which are requested generally cost the parent a higher amount than the contribution as we do subsidise this cost to keep it low ensuring it is not a barrier to accessing childcare.
Sunny Days aims to provide high quality care for each and every child and we can only do this if parents are supportive of this policy. Parents are requested to provide the following if they opt out of the setting contribution:
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On a ongoing need basis:​
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Sun Screen
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On a daily/ sessional basis:
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Snacks (1 per session), which should be healthy and nutritious. This should be sent prepared in a disposable named snack bag (zip lock bags are ideal for this)
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A packed lunch in a suitable cooled named lunch box
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On a monthly basis:
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4 x packs of baby wipes (for use during very messy activities)
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2 packs of family tissues
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1 x 4 pack of kitchen towel (for hygiene & personal care)
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2 x antibacterial hand wash dispensers (for hygiene & personal care)
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1 x 4 pack of toilet roles (for hygiene & personal care)
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On a request basis:
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End of term gifts
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Contributions for outings
Please not this list is not exhausitve and is updated when required
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Private Funding
Children can join Sunny Days From their 2nd Birthday. Private fee's apply to those not eligible for funding and for all sessions outside of funded entitlement
Costs:
We offer a range of sessions and flexi days to suit your families needs. Please contact us for full details and costs
FEET Funding
Applies to children from the term after 2nd birthday. Parents are required to apply using the below link if they are eligible. Funding is awarded by SCC.
FEET funding offers children aged two years old (from the term after their second birthday) up to 15 hours of free early year education a week for 38 weeks a year. Eligibility Criteria applies. Please click on the link for details and to apply.
Free Early Education for 3 and 4 year olds
Applies to all children the term after their 3rd birthday. Parents do not need to apply for this automatic funding.
All parents of three and four year olds can have up to 570 hours of free early education a year. You can offer this as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks a year (called a term time offer).
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30 Hour Funding
Applies to Eligible children the term after their 3rd Birthday. Parents are required to apply for this entitlement using the link below which will direct you to the HMRC's childcare choices website
Since September 2017 working families who meet the eligibility criteria can also claim an additional 15 hours of funded childcare a week. This means that eligible children will be able to receive up to 1140 hours of funded childcare a year. This change was introduced as part of the Childcare Act 2016.
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Parents are required to reapply every 3 months to ensure they remain eligible. If children are no longer eligible parents will be responsible for additional sessions fees which are contracted to
HMRC
Applies to children from the term after 2nd birthday. Parents are required to apply using the below link if they are eligible. Funding is awarded by SCC.
FEET funding offers children aged two years old (from the term after their second birthday) up to 15 hours of free early year education a week for 38 weeks a year. Eligibility Criteria applies. Please click on the link for details and to apply.