Westfield Nursery

Registration Policy

On registering your child at Westfield Nursery, a deposit of £350 is required to save a place, this will be used against your fees for the first month or consecutive months until depleted. If you cancel, reduce or delay your booking prior to 6 months before your start date a full refund will be given. If you cancel, reduce or delay your booking within 6 months prior to start date a 50% refund will be given. If you cancel, reduce or delay your booking with 4 months no refund will be given.

Help With Fees

There are a variety of ways that you can get help with fees including Tax Free Childcare (TFC), Tax credits for children or Universal credits. We strongly advise you to visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk website for further information as this can save you money.

Fees must be paid in full on your child’s first session of each calendar month. No refund is given for absenteeism. Fees are paid twelve times a year, they are worked out as weekly fees times 52 weeks in the year divided by 12 giving the same amount each month.

Funding Information

The government is offering funding for working parents for children 9 months + to 3 years old (depending on their birth month and parents’ return to work date) for up to 15 hours per week (increasing to 30 hours from September 2025). All children that are 3 or 4 years old will be offered the universal 15 hours and for working parents the extended 30 hours. Some disadvantaged 2 year olds will be offered 15 hours funding.

To check if you are eligible please go on to www.childcarechoices.gov.uk  website for further information and how to apply for a code. All funding is offered the term after they become eligible.

How we offer the funding at Westfield…

The funding is paid for term time only (38 weeks a year).

14 weeks in the Autumn Term, 12 weeks in the Spring term and 12 weeks in the Summer Term, we spread the hours over 3 X 4-month periods:

• Autumn Term - September – December
• Spring Term - January – April
• Summer Term - May – August

The hours are worked out as follows:

• 15 hours entitlement is 570 hours per year divided by 52 weeks = 11 hours per week
• 30 hours entitlement is 1140 hours per year divided by 52 weeks = 22 hours per week

If you do not use your full entitlement we will only claim for the hours used. Depending on the days/sessions your child attends, if any of the 3 days when we are closed at Christmas (not including bank holidays) are your child’s days they will be given back to you as an extra day/s.

Additional service charges

The government are giving the ‘free’ hours to providers to cover the basic EYFS – ‘Early Years Foundation stage’. The EYFS statutory framework only requires the minimum provision for learning, development and care. At Westfield we go over and above to enrich children’s early years experiences. Without additional, voluntary contributions, many of these valuable experiences, comforts, trips, learning resources and highly skilled & qualified staff would not be possible. In order for us to continue to offer our families high quality, flexible childcare there is an optional charge for meals, snacks and consumables (additional services). Please ask what these current costs are. If parents choose not to pay these costs they will be given a comprehensive list of what needs providing daily for your child.