Help to pay your fees!!
There are a number options available to parents and carers, to support you in paying their fees. Here are a few that we accept, and hopefully direction to ones you did not know were available.
We offer stretched funding, whether it is 15 or 30 hours you can stretch it to cover the whole year or just term time. Any hours around funded hours is charged at £6.55per hour.
Under 2's and school age children have their own place in our fee structure. Under 2's is £6.35per hour and school age children £6.10per hour. We also have a discounted price for any additional children.
We are open all year round except for 2 weeks at Christmas. We offer term time only, full time, part time, holidays only, flexible holidays and ad hoc contracts. Contact us to find out more.
Tax free childcare
Tax free childcare is a government initiative to help parents fund their childcare. from 0 to 11 years old, you can have an account per child. The government adds 20p to every 80 you add to your account. £2 to every £8, £20 to every £80, £100 to every £400. Up to £2000 a year. Click on the icon to learn more and check your eligibility.
Funded Early Education Entitlement (FEEE)
FEEE is a government initiative, handed down to your local authority manage, that provides funding for children aged 2, 3 and 4 years old. 2 year old funding is based on meeting certain criteria. 3 and 4 year old 15 hours funding is universally available with no terms and conditions for families, except those imposed by the setting. 30 hours funding is available to families based on criteria centred around employment and working. Please click the icon to be taken to the Essex County Council website to learn more.
Further options.
Also available to you is a government website called Childcare choices. This page offers all of the options available to you, including universal credit, tax credits, and support while you study. There should be something for everyone.
Childcare is expensive, everything is expensive, please access all the help you can.