Funding

• Universal Entitlement: 15 hours a week for all three and four-year-olds.
• Disadvantaged Entitlement: 15 hours a week for two-year-olds.
• Extended Entitlement: 30 hours a week for three and four-year-olds from eligible working families.
• Disability Access Funding: Supports early education and childcare providers in making reasonable adjustments for eligible children.
• Early Years Pupil Premium: Designed to narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers.
  These funding rates are determined by the Department for Education (DfE) and local authorities, reflecting the costs of delivering provision across age groups and geographical locations. The funding is distributed to childcare providers in two stages: first to local authorities in the early years block of each authority’s dedicated schools grant, and then to providers within their areas. 

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Note

The Preschool is open for 190 days per year which, when divided by 5, equates to 38 working weeks a year.  However, with the part weeks that we sometimes open for, preschool is actually open for 40 full or parts weeks a year.  This means that, occasionally, some children may use up their free 570 or 1140 hours of free 15 or 30 hour entitlement before the end of the school year.  

The pre-school will give parents an indication of how many hours they are likely to be claiming by the end of the year and will give  as much notice as possible of any additional fees which may be payable. Parents will be given the option of paying these additional fees as a one off payment in the final term or spread over the year.