Fees
We provide government-funded places - 2-year-old funding, universal 15 hours and extended entitlement (30 hours). All funded sessions are in line with the Government's Statutory Guidance and Local Authority requirements.
The fees payable from April 2022 to April 2023 are as follows:
Children under 3
The fee for children up to and including the term of their 3rd birthday is £23.50 per 3¼ hour session.
Under the 2 year old funding scheme, up to 570 hours a year may be available for children where their parents meet certain criteria. This is offered at a rate of 2.65 hours per session across the 43 weeks that we are open up to a maximum of 5 sessions per week - either morning or afternoon. A charge of £7.30 is made for the remainder of each 3¼hour session.
Parents wishing to take funded and funded only sessions will be entitled to do this from 9.15 am - 11.55 am and 1.50 pm - 4.30 pm.
Children aged 3 and over
(the term after their 3rd birthday)
All children are eligible for the universal Free Entitlement, up to 570 hours a year from the term after their 3rd birthday. At Kia Mena this is available for 2.65 hours per session for up to 5 sessions a week, 43 weeks per year. The parents whose children receive funding and attend for the full 3¼ HOURS will pay £10.75 for the additional time.
An extended entitlement, up to 570 hours a year, is available to parents who meet the required criteria and is available for an additional 2.65 hours funding per session for the remaining 5 sessions a week. This extended entitlement needs to be applied for by parents through the website - www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. As with the universal funding, parents whose children receive funding and attend for the full 3¼ HOURS will pay £10.75 for the additional time.
Where parents are not eligible to receive the extended entitlement, children who attend more than 5 sessions per week will be charged £23.50 for each additional session.
Parents wishing their child to attend funded and funded only sessions are entitled to do this from 9.15 am - 11.55 am and 1.50 pm - 4.30 pm.
Breakfast club costs £10.00 per session and will run where there are a minimum of two children attending.
After school club costs £10.00 per session and will run when there is sufficient demand