Welcome to
Bam and Tata's
Day Nursery
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Free Government Funding
The Free government funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours of free, high quality Childcare in a registered Childcare setting. The funded hours are not intended to cover the additional costs of things such as Meals, Nappies, extra curricular activities or additional hours.
You may be aware that recently there have been changes made to the way nurseries charge consumables fees to parents. This must now be on a voluntary basis and not imposed on parents.
We must now be transparent on how we offer our childcare funding to families. As a nursery we do not charge top up fees on any funded hours you may access.
We do charge a voluntary consumable fee that parents have the opportunity to opt in or opt out of. This is based upon the sessions a child attends at the nursery.
Below we will explain what consumable costs are covered and how much we charge:
* Fresh Meals and snacks, cooked and prepared on site daily. Following childrens individual dietary requirements, including allergies and intolerances.
*Blossom app, which allows staff to send daily updates, photos, videos, and observations, this also allows parents to send messages and home observations, which supports our parent partnership.
* Items such as Nappies, wipes, barrier cream, sun cream, calpol and cleaning/hygiene items.
*Extra-curricular activities and outings, this includes visits on the bus to the local town, soft play, tiny mites classes, baking ingredients, resources to support our outdoor learning such as litter pickers and hi-vis jackets.
* Celebrations and festivals, this includes providing resources/arts and crafts for Christmas, Easter, Mothers day, Fathers day, Graduation parties, Halloween and other celebrations that fall within the year, such as Childrens Mental Health day.
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We do not charge families who are in receipt of 2 year supported funding for any consumables.
Cost of Voluntary Consumables:
Full Day - £10
Half Day - £5
School Day - £7
9 Month+ funding (Working Families)
From April 2024, 9 month + funding will be available for Working families who earn below £100,000. Funded children will be entitled to 15 hours funding per week, this is set to increase to 30 hours from September 2025.
2 year funding (Supported Families)
Those in receipt of government support may be able to get additional help towards the cost of their childcare fee's or be entitled to 2-year funding. You can find out more about this on the government website.
2 year funding (Working Families)
2 year funding will be available for working families who earn below £100,000. Funded children will be entitled to 15 hours per week, which will then be increasing from September 2025, to 30 hours per week.
15/30 hour funding 3 year olds
All children recieve 15 hours funding the term after their third birthday. Some families can access an additional 15 hours funding ( 30 hours) depending on eligibilty and home circumstances.
Tax Free Childcare
Tax- Free Childcare is a new government scheme to help working parents with the cost of childcare.
parents of the youngest children can now open an online account, which they can use to pay for childcare from a registered provider.
for every £8 a parent pays in, the government will pay in an extra £2. Parents can recicve up to £2000 per child, per year towards their childcare costs, or up to £4000 for disabled children.