Fees and Childcare Funding

We are more than happy to discuss fees with you and support you to understand how government-funded childcare works for your family.

Each child could be entitled to up to 570 or 1140 hours of funded childcare.

There are 2 main critters eligibility and child age.

Childcare Choices

We strongly advise you to visit the government’s Childcare Choices website provided by HMRC in order to see what best suit your family.

You will be able to check:

• best options regarding cost support
• eligibility for fundings hours
• application process.

In 2024 the government announced the following Funding plan:

• 9-23 months old children are entitled to 15 hours for working families.
• 2 years old children are entitled to 15hours for working families.
• 3 to 4 years old children are entitled to15 hours for all families and 30 hours for working families.

In September 2025, Children from the age of 9 months old will be able to receive 30 hours of government funding childcare for working families.

Please keep in mind that this is you full responsibility to check your eligibility through the HMRC website. Once you have completed your application you will be issued with an Eligibility code. We will need this eligibility code to confirm your registration to local authorities. Codes must be renewed every 3 months. You will also need to complete our Little Llamas Montessori agreement.

What you must know and remember

On HMRC website you might be entitled to 15 or 30 hours per week which is the equivalent 570 or 1140 hours per year.

Now those figures are based on 38 weeks out of 52 weeks but at Little Llamas Montessori Nursery we open 50 weeks per year, so your free hours of childcare allowance will be stretched and will become 11.40 hours or 22.80 hours per week.

We will occasionally apply additional charges. You will be able to refuse, and we will ask your approval before, such charges will be for:

• Extra hours
• Parties
• Trips

Tax-Free’ Childcare allowance

If you are working parents you are entitled to apply for Tax-Free Childcare by subscribing through the government website, www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare.

For every 80p pay into the account, the government will top-up an extra 20p.
there is a cap limit of £2,000 per year per children and £4,000 for disabled children.

Once again this is your personal choice on which option you would like to go for.

We will do our best to accommodate but decision is yours.

Fees

Fees are payable for 52 weeks per year.
We require a minimum of 3 full days per week or 4 half days per week.
Please feel free to contact us and we will check how best we could accommodate your needs.
        
The nursery is opened 50 weeks per year, close 1 week in August and 1 week during Christmas and New Year and for three training days.
Early drop-offs starting at 7.30am available