Nursery Fees & Funding

Nursery Fees and Funding

We offer the following provision across Little Ridges Nursery:

Funded 15-hour places for two year old children (eligibility criteria applies)

Funded 15-hour places for all 3-4 year old children

Funded 30-hour places for 2-4 year old children (Government Eligibility Criteria applies)

Paid spaces for additional 15 hours on top of the free early educational funded 15 hours

Paid spaces for 15 and 30 hours

Wrap–around care starting from: 7:30am and available until 4.30pm (Fees apply). 

Our fee table is as follows:

Sessions are invoiced half-termly in advance, and all payments that are due are payable in advance of pupils attending those sessions. If a parent/carer is having difficulty in meeting the payment, they must make an appointment via the Nursery office to discuss options; if they do not engage with this process, they may ultimately be asked not to attend booked sessions until their account is settled. Refunds are not available if your child is unable to attend due to illness or any other reason. Parents/carers are expected to take their children on holiday when school is closed. Please note that as a term-time only setting, we cannot offer refunds for non-attended sessions.

Tax-Free Childcare

Tax-Free Childcare is a UK government initiative designed to help working parents with the cost of childcare.

For every 80p you (or someone else) pays in, the government will top up an extra 20p.

You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

If you get Tax-Free Childcare, you’ll set up an online childcare account for your child. For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your provider.

You can get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 30 hours free childcare if you’re eligible for both.

 Tax-Free Childcare Information

You can make payments for your invoices through tax-free childcare.

The school bank details are:

RBS Bank Account: REAch2 Academy Trust – Green Ridge

Sort Code: 16-12-21

Account No: 1014 4197

Funding Forms

To enable us to process your registration for a space using either 2 year, 15 hour or 30 hour funding we will require you to provide us with the relevant funding code as well as completing a Parent Provider form. These will be provided to you if you get a space confirmed with us.

Government funding:

2 Year Old 15 Hour Funding

Your 2 year old will be eligible for government funding if you receive one of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400.00 a year or less after tax
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (or both), and your household income is £16,190.00 a year or less before tax
• The Working Tax Credit 4 week run on

If you are not in receipt of benefits, your 2 year old could still qualify if they:

• Have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP Plan)
• Get Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• Are looked after by a local authority of have left care under a special guardianship order, child arrangement order or adoption order in England or Wales

2-4 Year Old Working Families 30 Hour Funding (from September 2025)

Following the Government Budget announcement qualifying parents/carers of 2-4 year olds will be able to receive 30 hours of nursery funding.

You could get 30 hours childcare if :

• you (and your partner, if you have one) are in work and earn at least the National Minimum Wage or Living Wage for 16 hours a week on average and no more than £100,000 each.

You will also get 30 hours if:

• you are on sick leave or annual leave
• you are on shared parental, maternity, paternity or adoption leave
• one person is working and the other is unable to work because they are disabled, have caring responsibilities or have an assessment as having limited capability to work
• you are newly self-employed (called the ‘start-up period’). You do not need to demonstrate that you meet the income criteria for 12 months

3 & 4 Year Old Universal Funding Offer

All 3 & 4 year olds are entitled to 15 hours funded childcare automatically.  You do not need to apply for the universal 15 hours of free childcare for your child.

The following website will assist you with the childcare options that will be available to you Childcare Choices