Delivery of the 15/30 Hours Funded Entitlement
We offer both the 15 and 30 hour funded entitlement on a stretched basis across 51 weeks of the year, with a closure week at Christmas.

• A child entitled to 30 funded hours during term time is able to stretch these hours across the year, resulting in 22.4/11.17 funded hours per week over 51 weeks.

Example of 22.4hrs in practise: These hours can be taken as two whole days (10hrs per day) and 2hrs and 24 minutes on the third day, or spread across four mornings per week, 8am-1:30pm.

Example of 11.17hrs in practise: These hours can be taken as one whole day (10hrs per day) and 1hr 10minutes on a second morning.

• Parents are not required to pay for additional childcare hours in order to access the funded entitlement.
• Any optional services outside of the funded hours are clearly separated and entirely voluntary.

Consumables Charge
As part of our obligations under the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Oxfordshire County Council and Statutory Guidance, and we do not charge for anything that is required to deliver the funded entitlement itself. To maintain an environment that extends beyond the basic requirements of the EYFS, we apply a flat-rate voluntary consumables fee to all funded places. This contribution is separate from your funded early education hours, which remain free at the point of delivery. The fee supports high-quality shared resources not covered by government funding, including nutritious meals and snacks, nappies, sun cream, and enhanced experiences for indoor and outdoor learning, as well as external visits that fall outside of the EYFS. While this charge is voluntary and not a condition of accessing your child's funding, these contributions are vital to sustaining the enriched experiences that help all our children thrive however if too many families chose not to pay, will be forced only to deliver only the basic EYFS requirements across all age groups.

Our consumables charge clearly itemised on our website and furthermore on our invoices, and it relates solely to additional day-to-day consumables that parents may otherwise choose to provide themselves. These items sit outside the core EYFS delivery and do not impact a child's ability to access their funded hours.

Items included in our consumables fee:

• Meals & Snacks: Breakfast, Mid-morning snack, a hot cooked lunch, and afternoon tea.
• Direct Hygiene Products: Nappies, pull-ups, nappy sacks and baby wipes.
• Skin Care: High-factor sun cream and barrier creams (e.g., Sudocrem).
• Consumable Resources: Specialist "enhanced" activities (beyond the basic EYFS curriculum requirements), celebrations like Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, themed days such as World Book Day, baking ingredients, and seeds/plants for the garden.
• Special Expenses: Optional external sessions such as 'Zoo Lab', music sessions or materials to take along to our monthly visits to the local care home, Graduation costs and costs involved in going to the local supermarket to collect foods for our cooking sessions, alongside special celebrations.

Breakdown of consumables fee for a child receiving funded hours:

• Catering & Nutrition (£0.45ph): This covers our nutritious, freshly cooked breakfast, lunch, tea, and healthy snacks.
• Personal Care & Hygiene (£0.26ph): This ensures a steady supply of nappies (across all rooms as needed), gentle wipes, high-factor SPF 50+ sun protection, and daily essentials like hand soaps and Sudocrem.
• Specialist Expenses and Resources (£0.18ph): Specialist "enhanced" activities (beyond the basic EYFS curriculum requirements), celebrations like Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, themed days such as World Book Day, baking ingredients, and seeds/plants for the garden. Optional external sessions such as 'Zoo Lab', music sessions or materials to take along to our monthly visits to the local care home, Graduation costs and costs involved in going to the local supermarket to collect foods for our cooking sessions, alongside special celebrations.

Total Hourly Rate: £0.89 per funded hour

The Alternative Option:

If you choose to opt-out of the voluntary consumable charge, the nursery will waive the fee. In this instance, parents/carers will be required to provide the following items daily:

• A complete Packed Lunch and two healthy snacks (Details of this can be found in our Packed Lunch Policy, available in our registration forms.)
• A full pack of Nappies/Pull-ups and Wipes.
• A named bottle of Sun Cream and nappy cream (where applicable)
• Water Bottle (refilled with water only).

8am-6pm,Monday to Friday all year round

Yes as extended cover all year round.

Yes