Private nursery | Playhouse Nursery

Fees and Funding

Affordable daycare in Great Malvern

We're aware of the pressures on today’s parents and our aim is to provide a cost-effective, comprehensive care service for the time your child is with us.

Parents and Carers making use of our day care service should be aware that a deposit of £100 will be required - £50 of which is a non-refundable deposit for administration. £50 is refundable with the final 4 weeks' termination notice.

April 2024 Fee Structure

8am– 12 noon without lunch £40.90 per session 8am – 2pm with lunch £48.30 per session 2pm – 6pm without lunch £40.90 per session

All day 8am – 6pm £74.00 per session

Full time (5 full days) £342.50 per week

Early drop off from 7.45 am £5.00 per session

Additional Charges:

Consumables are chargeable for children who receive 15/30 hours per week (term time) government childcare support

Morning session until 12 noon £8.00 per session
Morning session until 2pm £12.00 per session
All day session £20.00 per session
Afternoon session 2pm - 6pm £8.00 per session

However you can opt out of this by providing your child’s food for the day, following our healthy food policy and lunch box policy.

In some circumstances additional charges may be incurred for excursions, but this will only take place after conferring with parents.

Children in receipt of Government Funding:

'Nursery Education Funding (NEF) is only intended to cover the cost to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of free high quality, flexible childcare. It is not intended to cover the cost of meals, consumables, additional hours or additional services.’

(Worcestershire Provider Agreement 1st September 2018 to 31st August 2019)

Children in receipt of 2 year old funding, receive 15 hours per week during term time (38 weeks per year) from the term after their 2nd birthday. These free sessions are only available from 2pm - 5pm dependant on availability

The term after a child turns 3 years old, they are entitled to 15 hours of free NEF for 38 weeks of the year, term time only. We offer these sessions from 2 pm - 5pm Monday to Friday, depending on availability.

Families may be eligible for the 30 hour funding, this must be applied for at

www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

As a small setting we will have limited space for the additional hours, therefore our priorities will be current clientele with any other space offered to new customers on a first come first serve basis within our specified sessions. To remain sustainable we are unable to be flexible with hours if they fall out of our specified sessions, e.g. 3pm, this would be classed as a full day.

Funding can be taken 15 hours or 30 hours per week term time only (38 weeks) or can be spread over the full year pro rata. Please note that children who attend for Term time only, a place cannot be guaranteed from one term to the next.

A refundable deposit will be charged to hold a place for the term a child is due to start. This will be refunded at the end of the first full months attendance with the exception of a temporary visitor, where the deposit will be refunded when the child leaves.

Non-attendance will result in the forfeit of the deposit.

Deposits are charged at:

2 year old funding - £25.00

3 & 4 year old funding - £40.00

Temporary visitor - £60.00 (this deposit is held until the child leaves)

Parents will be required to complete a parent claim form. For more information, please contact the nursery. You can also click on the link below:

Worcestershire Early Years Funding