Free Early Learning and Childcare Fees
Free Early Learning
All children are entitled to fifteen hours Free Early Learning (FEL) per week, during term time. Many working parents of 3 and 4 year olds are also eligible for 30 hours Working Parent Entitlement per week in term time. Please visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to find out what support you are eligible for or refer to our leaflet about Working Parent Entitlement and Tax-Free Childcare. Children are eligible for a FEL place according to their date of birth as outlined on the table below.
A child born on or before | will become eligible for a free place from | Eligible Term |
1 April and 31 August | 1 September following their 3rd birthday | Autumn |
1 September and 31 December | 1 January following their 3rd birthday | Spring |
1 January and 31 March | 1 April following their 3rd birthday | Summer |
Please bring your child’s birth certificate or passport to the office to confirm their date of birth.
Session Times
Nursery is open from 8am to 5.30pm every weekday in term time, excluding Bank Holidays and Staff Training Days. The standard session pattern we offer parents is based on 3 hour morning and 3 hour afternoon sessions. If a parent is entitled to access the 30 hour Working Parent Entitlement and they wish to take up the full 30 hours they can also access our WPE Pattern.
STANDARD SESSION PATTERN | Charge for session | WORKING PARENT ENTITLEMENT PATTERN | Charge for session | |
8.00am-8.45am Breakfast Club | £6.50 | 8.00am-9.30am Early Risers | £10.00 | |
8.45am-11.45am Core Morning | £19.50 or FEL | 9.30am-3.30pm Core Day | FEL | |
11.45am-12.45pm Lunch | £6.50 | 3.30pm-5.00pm After School Club | £10.00 | |
12.45pm-3.45pm Core Afternoon | £19.50 or FEL | |||
3.45pm-5.00pm Tea Club | £10.00 |
15 hours FEL
At Broomhall Nursery you can use your 15 hour FEL during our core morning (8.45am-11.45am) or afternoon sessions (12.45pm-3.45pm). Most parents choose 5 mornings or 5 afternoons but it is possible to have any combination of paid and FEL sessions within our Standard Offer.
Examples:
5 morning sessions 8.45am to 11.45am = 15 hours at nursery.
15 hours FEL.
Weekly bill = £0.
3 full days 8.45am to 3.45pm = 21 hours at nursery.
15 hours FEL (3 x am plus 2 x pm sessions)
6 hours paid sessions (3 lunch sessions @ £6.50 and one afternoon session @ £19.50).
Weekly bill = £39.00
Working Parent Entitlement
FULL WEEK - Standard Pattern (7 hours in length) is 8.45-3.45 and most children start and finish at these times if they are doing full days. If you are using your full 30 hours over five days on this pattern then you would just pay for the extra hour each day @ £6.50, meaning a full weeks childcare for five days would be £32.50. You can also choose to add Breakfast Club at £6.50 and Tea Club at £10 per session.
FULL WEEK - WPE Pattern (6 hours in length) is 9:30-3:30 and is available to those parents who are using their full 30 hours over five days. There would be no additional childcare costs to this pattern unless you wish to add Breakfast Club and Tea Club at £10 per session.
PART WEEK – For those parents who want part weeks we can offer the Core Day (8.45-3.45) fully funded by the WPE. So if you take four days this would mean you are using 28 hours of your 30 hour funding.
FEL Terms and Conditions
If you take a family holiday during the 38 funded weeks, only the first four weeks of your holiday will be funded each year. If you wish to take additional holidays or extended leave to home country and would like us to keep your child’s place open then we will need to charge you for any sessions not covered by the Free Early Learning holiday entitlement. Alternatively you can reapply for a place at Broomhall Nursery when you return to Sheffield, although a place cannot be guaranteed.
If you wish to leave nursery and/or change provider midway through the term, you will be asked to give 4 weeks notice. Within this notice period you will not be able to claim FEL at another provider and you will be liable for any paid for sessions.
We will ask you to sign a Parental Agreement Form each term to confirm how many FEL hours per week and weeks of the term you intend to claim at Broomhall Nursery School and if you are claiming any hours at another setting.