Fees & Funding
Beech House Nursery School provides a fully-inclusive service, with no hidden extra charges.
FEE STRUCTURE: please click HERE to see our current Fees & Funding Structure.
PARENTS are required to complete and submit a Registration Form to the Nursery Office, detailing the days and times they wish their child to attend.
NURSERY PLACES are allocated subject to availability and the needs of the business.
CHILDREN are requested to attend for at least THREE sessions each week.
ALL FEES ARE PAYABLE regardless of absence due to illness, family holidays or any other reason whatsoever and the nursery has no obligation to make up any missed attendance.
FOUR-WEEKLY INVOICING: Invoices are emailed to parents on a four-weekly cycle, giving 13 billing days per year; a calendar outlining these dates is available HERE.
Fees are payable within 14 days of the billing date.
LATE PAYMENT CHARGES: 5% will be added on account balances over £150 unpaid after 28 days.
All ‘bill payers’ will be able to view bills and account balances within their Parent Zone app (simply click on the Finance tab in your app).
FEE REVIEWS occur each January. However, the Nursery reserves the right to review the fees at any stage throughout the year. Bill payers will receive a minimum of one month’s notice for any changes in fees.
SETTLING CHARGES. A charge of £5.50 per hour will be made for sessions where a child is left in our sole care for a period of time in excess of two hours. If a child does a settle that is under two hours, there is no charge, but any time over the two hours will incur a charge for the full period of time that the child has been left in our care. There is no charge when a parent/guardian is onsite at the same time as the child when they are settling.
Settling charges will be added to your first invoice.
Any sessions where a child attends for the hours of a regular session, for example a Morning or School Day, will be charged for at the regular sessional price.
PAYMENT MAY BE MADE by Cash, Tax-Free Childcare, Workplace Vouchers, EEF and GoCardless Direct Debit – to set up a GoCardless Direct Debit account, CLICK HERE
Booking & Attendance Information.
CHANGES TO ATTENDANCE BOOKING PATTERNS: Children in receipt of NEF may only change their attendance at the end of each academic term. They must give one full month’s written notice to withdraw their child from the Nursery. For all other children, one full calendar month’s notice is required in writing to reduce attendance or withdraw a child from the Nursery. Full Fees are payable in lieu of Notice.
THE NURSERY CLOSES for the statutory Bank Holidays and approximately two weeks over the Christmas period, when fees are not payable.
EXTRA SESSIONS MAY BE REQUESTED, subject to availability by submitting a Request on our Swaps and Extras page.
SWAP SESSIONS: Up to two weeks of swapped bookings (on a pro-rata basis for your child’s booking pattern) may be available to each child every year (September to August). The ability to swap is NOT guaranteed, and is dependent upon availability. For further information, see the Swap form page.
NOTE: EEF will not be allocated to pre-booked holiday absences.
FINANCIAL QUERIES – Oliver Marshall can be contacted by via the Contact Us page, or on the main nursery line 01432 264507.