Fees and Funding Information
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Fees and Sessions
​Session Times for Small Steps Day Nursery ​
· Whole Day -8:00am – 5:30pm
· Early Start School Day-8:00am – 3:45pm
· Morning Session- 8:45am – 12:45pm
· Afternoon Session- 12:45pm – 3:45pm
· School Day- 8:45am – 3:45pm
· School day with Teatime- 8:45am –5:30pm
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Charges
From September 2025 any hours used over your funded hours will be charged at £7.50 per hour for 2-4 year olds and £8.00 per hour for under 2's with a maximum of £66.00 per day.
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​We do not charge for meals or snacks and these are included in the price of the sessions. We ask that you rpovide a packed lunch. We will charge for any optional extra activities that your child takes part in, such as Dance Class and you will be notified of this. The optional Dance Class fee is £3.00 per week (term time only).
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Funding through the government 15 or 30 hours schemes will be available, however as we are open 48 weeks of the year this is 'stretched' across the year to give 12 hours per week or 23 hours and 45 minutes per week.
Your funding entitlement is flexible and can be used across any of our sessions. If you would only like to use your funding entitlement then we have options of how you can do this, so please speak to us for more information.
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Funding Options
2 Year Old Funding
Some two year olds may be entitled to 15 hours of funded care and education.
Your 2-year-old can get free early education and childcare if you live in England and get one of the following benefits:
Income Support
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Universal Credit - if you and your partner have a combined income from work of less than £15,400 a year after tax
tax credits and you have a household annual income of under £16,190 before tax
the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
Universal 15 hours funding
Every child will receive up to 15 hours of funded care and education, once they are 3 years of age. At Small Steps the 15 hours funding is stretched out over the whole year so you can claim up to 12 hours per week.
This funding will begin the term after their 3rd birthday (so either starting in September, January or April).
We will be able to apply for this on your behalf, you will just need to fill in a form to confirm this at the time of our application for this funding.
Please speak to us about how this funding can be used at Small Steps Day Nursery.
Extended Funding for 3 and 4 year olds
Working parents may also be eligible for the extended 570 hours for 3 & 4 year old children. (Extended or "30 hours" funding) This will begin the term after your child turns 3 years old.
At Small Steps we stretch this funding to cover the whole year, so you will be able to claim up to 23.5 hours per week.
You will need to apply for this via the Childcare Choices website and then give us the code that you will be provided with.
Please speak to a member of staff about how you hours can be used at Small Steps Day Nursery.