Sessions & fees

The pre-school meets at Navestock Village Hall and our sessions times are:

Notes

*Children bring their own packed lunch

Fees and Funding

Our fees are based on an hourly fee which is available to read in our 09.01f Parent payment agreement plan We may review these fees at any time but shall inform you of the revised amount at least half a term before it takes effect.

We ask for the following fees for non-funded self-paying children:

• Hourly rate depending on the age of your child
• Healthy snack charge per day your child attends
• Afternoon healthy snack charge if your child stays after 2pm
• Additional activity chargeable extra towards the extra items that we use in the activities of the pre-school to provide your child with an enhanced pre-school learning experience. Due to Coronavirus adjustments a lot of materials can now only be used once.
• Half termly charge towards Shining Stars football, our external educator who visits the pre-school on a Friday. (Photos of these sessions are available to view here).
• Your child’s “Big book of me” learning journal which is passed onto you when your child leaves. This is included on your child’s last invoice.
• Early drop off, late pick up charge (per 15 mins).

For children who receive Essex County Council funding, we ask for voluntary daily chargeable extras, and these are:

• Hourly rate for additional hours depending on the age of your child
• Healthy snack chargeable extra (if preferred you can provide your child with their own healthy snack)
• Afternoon healthy snack chargeable extra if your child stays after 2pm (if preferred you can provide your child with their own healthy snack)
• Additional activity chargeable extra towards the extra items that we use in the activities of the pre-school to provide your child with an enhanced pre-school learning experience. These activities go above and beyond the delivery of the government FEEE funding. Due to Coronavirus adjustments a lot of materials can now only be used once.
• Chargeable extra contribution towards our external educator (Shining Stars) who visits the pre-school each week. (Photos of these sessions are available to view here).
• Chargeable extra towards your child’s “Big book of me” learning journal which is passed onto you when your child leaves. This is included on your child’s last invoice.
• Chargeable extra early drop off, late pick up charge (per 15 mins).

If you do not wish to pay for the voluntary chargeable extra’s, for example because you wish to provide your own/alternative, please make us aware so next steps can be discussed. These voluntary chargeable extras are not mandatory or a condition of accessing a place.

In addition, we also encourage a suggested half termly voluntary donation to the Little Doves charity, which provides an outstanding service, in a safe and caring environment, where the children's wellbeing is treated as the highest priority.

As part of you signing up your child to attend the pre-school, we ask you to sign the 09.01f Parent payment agreement form which is given to you when you first visit the pre-school. This form clearly states the hourly fees and the amounts for each chargeable extra.

Fees, chargeable extras and any voluntary donations are paid on a half termly or weekly basis. We calculate the amount payable by you each half term by multiplying the hourly rate with the number of hours your child does per week and then by the number of weeks in the half term.

For healthy snack, afternoon snack and additional activity, the chargeable extra contributions are calculated for each day/long afternoon your child attends and for the external educators, the chargeable extra is calculated per half term.

Any reduction in hours/snack/additional activity due to afternoon/day closures, for example, Wonky Wednesday afternoons or polling day, are deducted from your invoice.

Payments can be made by bank transfer, standing order, cheque or cash and can be made daily, weekly or half termly. The date that payment must be received by is written on your invoice and we reserve the right to charge interest on the overdue amount 2% above the base rate at the bank if late payment or non-payment persists.

Little Doves CP is set up to receive payments via childcare voucher schemes (e.g. Edenred) and HMRC Tax Free Childcare accounts.  More information on how to set up an account can be found on  Tax-Free Childcare - GOV.UK

Related procedures:

09.01e Fee and payment procedure

Essex County Council funding available:

• Funded Early Years Entitlement for eligible 2 year olds (FEEE2) for qualifying families
• Working Parents Funding for 2 year olds (FEEE2W) for qualifying families
• Universal Funded Early Years Entitlement (FEEE) for all 3 and 4 year old children, starting the term after their 3rd birthday.
• Working Parents Funding for 3 and 4 year olds Extended Funded Early Years Entitlement (FEEE 30 hours), where an additional 15 hours to the universal FEEE 15 hours is available for qualifying families

For more details on Funded Early Education Entitlement funding and links for more information, please see below, our parent/carer contract available here. and our 09.01h ECC Funding procedure

FEEE Guide for parents April 25 - Mar 26

Upcoming changes to childcare support | Childcare choices

FAQ's on new funding entitlements for 2 year olds

Working Parents Funding Entitlements FEEE2 versus FEEE2W 

Tax-free childcare info

code validation FAQ for parents accessing the new childcare entitlements.