Fees and Funding

"This childminder is accredited and in receipt of funding to provide early education to children, aged 9 months and above including two, three and four year old children."

Fees

Normal hourly rate (Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm) £5.50 per hour.
Out of Hours Rate (Before 8.30am and after 5.30pm - subject to contract:) £7.50 per hour. This also includes hours that have not been previously arranged or early drop off or late collection fees.
Bank Holiday Rates: £7.50 per hour.
Funded hours are 8.30am to 5.30pm. All other hours are charged at the out of hours rates. Funding is not available for bank holidays, or other public holidays as funding does not allow for this. If the council decide funding is not available for any particular day, normal fees apply. Funding is offered stretched or unstretched.
All funded hours have consumable charges. £15 on fifteen hour contracts per week and £30 for thirty hour contracts per week. ( For example childcare for one 7 hour childcare sessions will cost £7. This covers all snacks, lunch, drinks and outings. it also covers individual resources or services required by your child. The consumables listed above are not funded by the government and as providers we are permitted to ask payment for these as they cannot be provided for free. Parents must provide nappies, wipes, baby formula, follow on milks and nappy creams. When a child starts weaning these foods will be provided.
Child Holiday (If taken when I am available to work:) Normal full fees apply.
Child/Parent Illness or Absence: Normal full fees apply.
Childminder Training Days: Normal full fees apply.
Childminder Illness: No fee. If the childminder illness is due to to a child led disease, then fees apply, e.g chicken pox leading to shingles.
Childminder Holidays (This is four weeks holiday per year:) FREE
Childminder Closure Days (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day): FREE.
Term Time Only Contracts: Fees charged as above.
School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School Charges for drop off or collection: Minimum daily charge of £16.50 and £5.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.
Unexpected Closure of School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School: Minimum of £16.50 and £5.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.
Deposit: One month’s fees (subject to contracted hours.)
Retainers: 50% hourly rate. (Prices dependent on individual requirements or subject to contractual agreements.
For parents of children who attend the setting, free childcare is offered if a family member needs to attend a funeral of a close relative.

Funding Support

You may be eligible for free childcare if your child is aged between 9 months and 4 years. The amount of free childcare you are eligible for will depend on your child's age, working situation, income, and immigration status.

Under this government scheme, you may be entitled to free childcare during term time in the following amounts or over 52 weeks if hours are stretched:

15 hours a week free childcare if your child is 9 months to 2 years old.
30 hours a week free childcare if your child is 3 to 4 years old.

To check your eligibility or apply, you can visit the GOV.UK website in the links provided as well as finding more information below. If you pay for childcare and want to use Tax-Free Childcare to help with costs, you can also apply using this service.

Funded hours will stop when your child starts in reception class or reaches compulsory school age. Funded hours are also subject to consumable charges which can be seen in the information above.

Childcare Vouchers

Childcare vouchers and other employer schemes.

The following schemes are closed to new applicants:

childcare vouchers
childcare your employer arranges with a provider (known as ‘directly contracted childcare’)

If you joined one of these schemes on or before 4 October 2018 you might be able to keep getting vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

If you joined a childcare voucher scheme or a directly contracted childcare scheme on or before 4 October 2018

You can keep getting vouchers or directly contracted childcare as long as:

your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
you stay with the same employer and they continue to run the scheme
you do not take an unpaid career break of longer than a year

You can take up to £55 a week of your wages, which you do not pay tax or National Insurance on. How much you can take depends on the amount you earn and when you joined the scheme. If the business you work for changes owner, your employee rights are usually protected. Check with your new employer if you can still get vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

If you get Tax-Free Childcare

You cannot continue to claim childcare vouchers or directly contracted childcare if you successfully apply for Tax-Free Childcare. Which scheme you’re better off with depends on your situation. You can use the childcare calculator to work out which type of support is best for you. You must tell your employer within 90 days if you get Tax-Free Childcare. They’ll then stop giving you new vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

You can continue to use any vouchers you already have, including making a joint payment for childcare with Tax-Free Childcare. There’s no deadline for using your vouchers or directly contracted childcare. Once you’ve told your employer that you’re getting Tax-Free Childcare, you cannot rejoin their voucher scheme or their directly contracted childcare scheme.

Tax and employer childcare schemes

You do not have to pay tax and National Insurance on:

childcare vouchers, if you joined a scheme and your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
directly contracted childcare, if you joined a scheme and your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
workplace nurseries

You must pay tax and National Insurance on:

cash your employer gives you to pay for childcare
childcare provider’s fees your employer pays
school fees your employer pays

Tax Credits

If you already claim tax credits, you can add an extra amount of Working Tax Credit to help cover the cost of childcare.

Both of the following must apply:

your child is in approved childcare
the childcare is provided in-person, not online

If you have a child and you’re already claiming Working Tax Credit, you can also claim Child Tax Credit. You can contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to update your tax credit claim - you do not need a claim form.

You must tell HMRC about changes to your circumstances, for example your childcare costs stop or change by an average of £10 or more a week. You must renew your claim every year. You’ll get a reminder.

Help for Students

Help with childcare while you study.

School or sixth form:

You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn if you’re under 20 at the start of a publicly-funded course, for example at school or sixth form.

Further education:

You can apply for Learner Support to pay for childcare if you’re 20 or over and in further education, for example studying for an NVQ, BTEC or PGCE.

You could also get weekly payments through Care to Learn.

Full-time higher education:

You can apply for a Childcare Grant if you’re in full-time higher education to pay for childcare costs for children:

under 15
under 17 if they have special needs

Fees and Funding

"This childminder is accredited and in receipt of funding to provide early education to children, aged 9 months and above including two, three and four year old children."

Fees

Normal hourly rate (Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm) £5.50 per hour.

Out of Hours Rate (Before 8.30am and after 5.30pm - subject to contract:) £7.50 per hour. This also includes hours that have not been previously arranged or early drop off or late collection fees.

Bank Holiday Rates: £7.50 per hour.

Child Holiday (If taken when I am available to work:) Normal full fees apply.

Child/Parent Illness or Absence: Normal full fees apply.

Childminder Training Days: Normal full fees apply.

Childminder Illness: No fee. If the childminder illness is due to to a child led disease, then fees apply, e.g chicken pox leading to shingles.

Childminder Holidays (This is four weeks holiday per year:) FREE

Childminder Closure Days (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day): FREE.

Term Time Only Contracts: Fees charged as above.

School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School Charges for drop off or collection: Minimum daily charge of £16.50 and £5.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.

Unexpected Closure of School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School: Minimum of £16.50 and £5.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.

Deposit: One month’s fees (subject to contracted hours.)

Retainers: 50% hourly rate. (Prices dependent on individual requirements or subject to contractual agreements.

For parents of children who attend the setting, free childcare is offered if a family member needs to attend a funeral of a close relative.

Funding Support

You may be eligible for free childcare if your child is aged between 9 months and 4 years. The amount of free childcare you are eligible for will depend on your child's age, working situation, income, and immigration status.

Under this government scheme, you may be entitled to free childcare during term time in the following amounts or over 52 weeks if hours are stretched:

15 hours a week free childcare if your child is 9 months to 2 years old.

30 hours a week free childcare if your child is 3 to 4 years old.

To check your eligibility or apply, you can visit the GOV.UK website in the links provided as well as finding more information below. If you pay for childcare and want to use Tax-Free Childcare to help with costs, you can also apply using this service.

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Funded hours will stop when your child starts in reception class or reaches compulsory school age. Funded hours are also subject to consumable charges which can be seen in the information above.

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