Putney Heath Fees

We currently offer three options for attending Little Forest Folk Putney Heath, which include: 

• All year round Full Days, 8:00am to 6:00pm (Fridays 8:00am-3:30pm) 51 weeks of the year

• Term-time only Sessional Days, 9:30am to 3:30pm not including school holidays

• Holiday camps

Each has a different price which are detailed below.

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Full days – sessional days  – Holiday camps – government funded places – summary of fees (including funding) – Childcare vouchers – WORKPLACE BENEFIT SCHEME

Cost

£117.73 per day (Friday 8:00am - 3:30pm £97.03)

Time

8:00am - 6:00pm (Fridays 8:00am - 3:30pm)

Food

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and morning and afternoon snacks

Available period

51 weeks per year

monthly fees

Full Days are invoiced on a monthly basis. The amounts below are calculated based on the 51 weeks of the year that we are open and then averaged into monthly payments.

COST

£98.33 per day

TIME

9:30am - 3:30pm

FOOD

Morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack

AVAILABLE PERIOD

38 weeks per year (term time only)

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weekly fees

Term time Sessional days are booked by the term and payable a term in advance. 

COST

£104.79 per day

TIME

9:30am - 3:30pm

FOOD

Lunch, morning and afternoon snacks

AVAILABLE PERIOD

During school holidays

payment

Holiday camps are charged in advance at the time of booking online.

What funding is available to me?

New 2 year old 15 hour entitlement:
Working parents of 2 year olds are able to access 570 hours of entitlement hours funded by the Government from April 2024, provided that they meet certain eligibility criteria. This funding can be applied across the school terms (38 weeks per year) or stretched to cover a longer period of the year (51 weeks per year). For more information and to apply for your eligibility code, please see the Childcare Choices Website.

15 hours Universal entitlement:

All 3 and 4 year old children are able to access 570 hours of entitlement hours funded by the Government. This funding can be applied across the school terms (38 weeks per year) or stretched to cover a longer period of the year (51 weeks per year).

30 hours (15 additional hours)

Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds are able to obtain an additional 15 hours of funded childcare per week provided that they meet certain eligibility criteria.  

The provision of the 15 and 30 hours of funded childcare by Little Forest Folk Putney Heath is set out in the following sections. As a childcare provider, signing up to provide the additional 15 hours is voluntary. We always strive to provide the best childcare we can at affordable rates for parents so are happy to offer this.

when your child is eligible for 15 or 30 hour funding;

Children who turn 3 (or 2, for the new 2 year old funding) years old on or between:

• 1 April and 31 August are eligible from the autumn term starting in September

• 1 September and 31 December are eligible from the spring term starting in January

• 1 January and 31 March are eligible from the summer term starting in April

POLICY AND PROVISION (I.E. HOW MANY HOURS CAN I CLAIM AT LITTLE FOREST FOLK?)

Little Forest Folk are registered on the London Borough of Wandsworth’s Family Service Directory. 

15 hours Universal entitlement

We offer the 15 Government funded entitlement hours as part of our sessional day and full day care, applied over 38 weeks (sessional day) or 51 weeks (full day) of the year.

We offer up to 570 hours per year, which equates to:

• Sessional days: 15 hours per week for sessional days over 38 weeks;

• Full days: 11.18 hours per week for full days over 51 weeks of the year.

We offer a maximum of 5 hours of Government funding per day as part of full days or sessional days. Any additional hours provided outside of the funded hours are charged at full cost. The government funding does not cover all costs incurred by operators in providing their care and education (for example, food, consumables, enhanced qualifications) but they do allow operators to make a charge for this. We call this charge our ‘Enhanced Provision Rate’.

WHAT IS AN ENHANCED PROVISION RATE (EPR)?

Due to the unique nature of the Little Forest Folk offering we need to charge an Enhanced Provision Rate to cover many things that the government doesn’t fund, such as; our 1 to 4 staffing ratio, specialised equipment e.g outside toilets, tents and tools, bespoke staff training including forest school training, delicious food offerings with child friendly menus, as well as other standard consumables which include nappies, wipes, sun cream etc.
Our Putney Heath nursery EPR will be £5.35 per funded hour from 1st April 2024.

We do have a number of free at the point of access places where we as a business cover all the costs not funded by the government. These are intended for families in need to ensure there are no barriers to accessing our exceptional care. These are limited in numbers & sessions, so please contact info@littleforestfolk.com for more details.

HOW DO THE FUNDED HOURS AFFECT MY NURSERY FEES?

Your Universal 15 hour entitlement will be provided free at the point of delivery. As per our policy Little Forest Folk do, however, charge an enhanced provision rate (see above) to cover items not funded by the government, as well as the full hourly rate for any additional hours provided outside the entitlement hours funded by the Government.

The tables below detail our charges for the additional hours outside the Universal 15 hour entitlement for sessional and full day care, if you require any further information, please do contact us at info@littleforestfolk.com.

Sessional days: 9.30am to 3.30pm. Up to 15 hours per week over 38 weeks per year = 570 hours per year

Please note that any additional weeks that fall within term-time, but outside of the 38 weeks covered by the government funding will be charged at full cost.

Full days: 8am to 6pm.  11.18 hours per week over 51 weeks per year = 570 hours per year

30 hours per week of funded childcare

The total of 30 funded hours is provided for 38 weeks of the year, giving a total of 1140 hours per year.

For children attending full days, these hours per week are “stretched” across the 51 weeks of the year that we are open. Dividing 1140 hours by 51 weeks gives 22.35 funded hours per week. If your child is attending 30 hours per week your chargeable hours would be

30 hours – 22.35 = 7.65 hours per week.

Additional hours, sessions and weeks are chargeable and averaged over the year, please note that these additional fees also include an Enhanced Provision Rate (see above) incurred on the funded hours.

Full days: 8am to 6pm. 22.35 HOURS PER WEEK OVER 51 WEEKS PER YEAR = 1,140 HOURS PER YEAR

Little Forest Folk are only able to offer the additional 15 hours per week to parents who send their children to the nursery for a minimum of 30 hours per week, on full days, all year round. Children who attend less than this are still able to access the 15 free hours per week (Universal entitlement) as part of our existing offering.

Full days

full days with shorter Fridays 8:00am - 3:30pm

Sessional days

MY CHILD ATTENDS ANOTHER SETTING. CAN I CLAIM THE FREE ENTITLEMENT AT BOTH SETTINGS?

Only for the Universal 15 hour entitlement and as long as the combined total is no more than the hours set out in our policy. You must complete a Parental Contract form for each provider and you must declare the hours you are claiming at each setting.

If you have further questions or would like to obtain a parent funding form then please contact info@littleforestfolk.com

WORKPLACE BENEFIT SCHEME

If you are employed by a company or are an employee of your own business, then you could be significantly better off by using workplace nursery benefit to pay your nursery fees. Little Forest Folk are now working with Enjoy Benefits to offer this to families.

Enjoy Benefits doesn’t just work for parents - the partnership means your employer makes a contribution to the nursery to be used for its running and upkeep, which they recoup through reduced National Insurance payments

So you benefit, your nursery benefits and it costs your employer nothing!

You can find more information about Enjoy Benefits on our website here.