Fees & Schedules

Our Fees.

The hourly rates are:

Non-funded hours attended (all age groups) £7.50 per hour.

Opening times

Start at 8.30 or 9.00am- morning session till 12, with lunch 12.45 or all day with a pick up at 3.15

Monday to Friday term time only.

Optional cooked lunches: £3.96 per lunch

Uniform (optional):

Jumper £14.00

T-shirt £10.00

Bag - free of charge for first bag £6.00 there after

Enrichment Contribution (voluntary)

The funding we receive from Hampshire County Council is intended to cover the BASIC costs of running a preschool; staff pay (for the minimum required staff), pensions, NI, statutory training, insurance, premises costs and utilities, a limited number of toys and books, some consumables such as cleaning materials, stationery, and some craft materials.

At Little School, we always strive to be better than basic, but we can only do this by requesting these additional contributions. Were we to rely solely on funding, these items would not be within our budget.

The Enrichment Contribution allows us to pay for:

Snack
Unrestricted arts and crafts materials
Additional toys and books
Consumables for woodworking
Gardening supplies and equipment
Eggs to hatch, caterpillars for life-cycle studies, worms for the wormery
Other learning resources e.g. for cultural activities
Adhoc sessions from Merry-Go-Round
Christmas gifts, graduation gifts
Additional staff and our apprentice
Non-statutory training for staff to enhance your child’s learning experience
Famly
Additional IT equipment and software licences, music licence
Staff uniforms
Re-decoration and maintenance of the setting

We believe that this additional income is vital to keep up the standards of care and provision that our children and their families are used to, and to look after our staff and foster in them an aptitude for CPD. We hope that you agree, and will choose to pay the Enrichment Contribution, or whatever you can afford.

We may ask for donations towards outings and events.

Invoices will be issued monthly 30th, a month in advance, with payment to be made within 14 days.

As always. we want to hear from you if you feel you may have difficulty paying any fees, so please contact us.

Forest school

£3.50 per session (charged to only the children registered to attend on Wednesday am and Thursday am or both

Physical play sessions

£1.00 per session on a Friday morning

Funded hours and paying your fees

Invoices are issued monthly 30th in advance, with payment to be made within 14 days from the date of issue, by bank transfer. If you have difficulty understanding your invoice, please do contact Sally admin@longparishlittleschool.org.uk (or via Famly) with any queries.

As always, we want to hear from you if you feel that you may have difficulty paying, so please do contact us if you require advice and support regarding your invoice. It is important to us that all children have access to good quality care and education, so please speak to us if there are any barriers to paying fees.

Funded Care

Universal Funded Care for all children aged 3+

All children are eligible for up to 15 hours a week funded care from the term after they turn 3 years old.

Working Families Entitlement for children aged 3+ (and younger children from September 2025)

Some families can also extend funded care to 30 hours a week (subject to meeting eligibility criteria). More information about funded care can be found here: www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.

From September 2025, all eligible working parents of children aged nine months up to three-years-old will be able to access funding for 30 hours per week of education and care. The government has confirmed that the new offers are for working families only and that the eligibility criteria will be the same as for the existing 30-hour funding for three- and four-year-olds.

This means that parents or carers will need to earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours at the minimum or living wage but no more than £100,000. This applies to each parent in dual-parent households, though there are exceptions where one parent is in receipt of Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, Limited Capability for Work Benefit or contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance and their partner is working.

Funding for two-year-olds in families receiving additional forms of support

15 hours of funded care is available to two-year-olds if parents/carers receive certain benefits, if the child is looked after by the local authority, has an EHC plan, receives Disability Living Allowance, or has left care under an adoption order, special guardianship order or a child arrangements order. For more information about Disadvantaged Two Year-Old funding, go to https://www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth/childrenandfamilies/childcare/paying-for-childcare/2yearoldoffer

We accept a wide range of childcare vouchers. If your employer has a childcare voucher scheme that you would like to use to pay your fees, please contact us to confirm that we are registered with your childcare voucher provider. You may also be eligible for Tax Free Childcare to pay for fees. For more information, go to www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Other childcare schemes

We accept various childcare vouchers and are registered for the government Tax Free childcare scheme, for more information go to

www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Your 2-year-old can get funded early education and childcare if you receive one of the following: income Support. Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) based on income. Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) related to income. Universal Credit. tax credits and you have an annual income of under £16,190 before tax.

Some children may also be entitled to Early Years Pupil Premium, for more information please go to www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-pupil-premium-guide-for-local-authorities

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Email Sally admin@longparishlittleschool.org.uk, send a message via Famly, or call 01264 720455