We are open Monday to Friday from 9.00 until 3.00pm and children will need to bring a packed lunch and drink. We ask that children attend for a minimum of 2 days. We also offer limited places in our wrap around provision from 8-9 am and 3-4.30 pm; please ask for details.
Fees are payable monthly in advance and must be paid before the first day of each month. Fees must still be paid if children are absent for a short period of time including holiday and illness. If your child has to be absent for a long period of time, please talk to our Manager (Rachel Macbeth). For your child to keep her/his place, you must pay the fees. We are in receipt of nursery education funding for two, three and four year olds. We also accept Childcare vouchers and participate in the Tax-free childcare scheme. There is a full explanation of fees on each invoice and further information below.
Beatle Woods offers funded places up to 15 or 30 hours per week for children that are 2, 3 and 4 years old which is available in the term after the child’s 3rd birthday. We plan to offer the new working parents 2 year olds for 15 hours per week, also using the charges on the table below. We also offer a number of fully funded 2 year old places for parents in receipt of certain benefits.
You can use your funding with us in the following way: we claim a maximum of 5 hours per day and one hour a day is chargeable ( additional charge) to cover the extra costs associated with our ratios of 1:4 adults for all age phases. For children that do not come into this category or if you choose not to use the funded hours, we charge the following fees and require a minimum of 2 days attendance per week:
9am-3pm- £54.00 per day
Sessional days: 9:00am to 3:00pm. Up to 15 hours per week over 38 weeks per year = 570 hours per year
| Attendance (days per week) | Funded hours per week | Additional hours per week | Number of weeks per year | Cost of additional hours per week | Cost of unfunded place per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 2 | 38 | £44.00 | £108.00 |
| 3 | 15 | 3 | 38 | £66.00 | £162.00 |
| 4 | 15 | 9 | 38 | £120.00 | £216.00 |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | 38 | £168.00 | £270.00 |
*38 weeks per year. Charged monthly in advance.
Sessional days: 9:00am to 3:00pm. Up to 30 hours per week over 38 weeks per year = 1140 hours per year
| Attendance (days per week) | Funded hours per week | Additional hours per week | Number of weeks per year | Cost of additional hours per week | Cost of unfunded place per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 20 | 4 | 38 | £88.00 | £216.00 |
| 5 | 25 | 5 | 38 | £110.00 | £270.00 |
*38 weeks per year. Charged monthly in advance.
How we calculate fees
We take the number of funded hours per week that a child is accessing (a minimum of 10 hours per week over 2 days) and charge for the additional hours as per the table above to invoice accordingly. A session is 6 hours long, so 15 hours funding means that a child can have up to 3 funded sessions per week and the additional hour each funded day is covered by our additional charge of £22.00. For children who are eligible for extended entitlement the additional charge remains the same, but more days can be accessed using the funded hours. Any non-funded sessions in addition, are charged as listed in the above table.
We work out how many funded sessions per month a child is entitled to at Beatle Woods and show that, as well as any non-funded sessions and additional hours’ charge on the monthly invoices.
