Following on from an earlier letter we sent to parents, here’s a gentle reminder that our nursery fees will be increasing slightly from 1st January.
As an ‘Outstanding’ rated nursery, we are committed to delivering the highest quality child and baby care. Having kept our fees as low as possible for the past two years, we’ve reached the unavoidable point where we need to roll out a new pricing scheme. This is to ensure your child continues to receive the highest standard of childcare from the best practitioners and so we can continually enhance our nursery environment and equipment, providing children with the best setting and opportunities to learn.
Alongside our current sibling discount, we will also be introducing a new discount for children placed with us full-time.
The new fees start on 1st January and are as follows:
Day rate 8am – 6pm £72.00
Half day rate 8am – 1pm/1pm – 6pm £40.00
This includes provision of all nappies, wipes, meals, drinks and snacks.
Sibling discount – 10%
New full-time discount – 10%
Hourly rate – £7.00
Pre-bookable early/late starts/finishes £5.00 per session (ongoing bookings will receive a discount)
Results from a survey we carried out earlier in the year showed us that you preferred consistent invoice pricing. To help, from the start of the New Year, invoices will be calculated by multiplying your daily charge over the year and dividing it by 12 months.
As an example:
3 full days x 51 weeks of the year divided by 12 months = your monthly costs
If you decide to take any extra hours or days childcare in a month, these will appear on your invoice for the following month.
Invoicing via our Family app
From January invoices will be issued by our new Family app – rather than delivered by email – and will be calculated using your daily charge multiplied over the year and divided by 12 months, helping keep your costs consistent from month to month.
Your invoice will be available to view in the Family app during the last week of each month for the month ahead. The first invoice for January will appear towards the end of December. As ever, we do ask that payment is received by the 15th of each month.
Future improvements
The fee change will help us to improve our setting and deliver the best possible experience for the children. Some of the key areas we will be focussing on include:
- Developing a ‘Green’ nursery
- Enhanced staff training and team building
- Maintaining existing and hiring talented team members
- Creating well-being programmes for children and staff
- Improving and introducing new and exciting learning areas and play equipment
We hope the above makes sense and sets out our reasons for the fee changes.
If you have any questions, please do come and talk to either Nikita, our Nursery Manager, or Emma Summersgill, our Nursery owner.
