Fees & Funding
We are a registered childcare provider offering free government-funded places for all children aged 3 and above. Funding begins from the term following your child’s third birthday.
Some children may also be eligible for funded places from the age of 2.
For children who are not yet eligible for funding, we offer places at a sessional rate
of £18 for 3 hours (depending on age and availability).
We also accept payments through the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to cover any
fees not included in government funding.
To check what funding options are available for your family, visit the government’s Childcare Choices website - Childcare Choices website.
OPENING TIMES
We are open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9:30am – 3:30pm, during Greenwich term times (38 weeks per year).
Please note, we are closed on Tuesdays.
To support your child’s learning and routine, we require a minimum attendance of two days per week (after the settling-in period).
FUNDING
Children become eligible for funded childcare at the start of the term following their 9-month, 2nd, or 3rd birthday.
Depending on eligibility, families may receive 15 or 30 hours of funded childcare per week.
We also accept payments through the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to help cover any additional fees.
FEES
Alongside funded childcare, we also offer fee-paying places:
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£18.00 for a 3-hour session
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£36.00 for a 6-hour day
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Additional hours are charged at £6.00 per hour
Please note, fees remain payable if your child is absent for any reason.
Childcare Funding Options
All children become eligible for 15 Hours Universal Funding the term after their third birthday and some families are eligible for Two Year Old Funding. Most families where at least one parent works and pays tax may benefit from Tax Free Childcare.
All funding is paid directly to the preschool and before funding can be claimed we need a copy of your child’s birth certificate and the Parent Funding Contract completed; please ask us for further details of the claiming process.
2 Year old funding
● Usually for families in England, receiving some forms of additional government support. Visit GOV.UK for further information.
● For eligibility check Royal Greenwich
Council website
● 570 hours per year is 15 hours a
week for 38 weeks
● Must apply the term when your
child turns two to receive funding the following term.
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15 hour funding
● This is a universal benefit, there is no need to apply
● For all 3 and 4 year old children
● 570 hours per year is 15 hours a
week for 38 weeks
● Give a copy of your child’s birth certificate to the preschool
● Sign a Parent Funding Contract with Greenwich Council
● Must submit documents the term when your child turns three to receive funding the following term
15
30 hour funding
● Usually for families with both
parents working
● For 3 and 4 year old children
● For eligibility check the
Government website
● Additional 570 hours per year is 15 hours a week for 38 weeks
● Must apply the term when your
child turns three to receive funding
the following term.
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Help with Childcare Costs
Many families are entitled to financial help towards the costs of childcare.
Some two year olds are entitled to up to 15 hours free early learning and childcare a week. The eligibility starts the school term after the child’s second birthday.
All children become eligible for free childcare places from the school term after their third birthday. Three and four-year-olds can get free childcare for 15 hours a week during term-time or can spread the hours over the full year.
Children of working parents may be eligible for 30 hours childcare a week.