Funded Only Hours

We are pleased to offer Government Funded Early Education & Childcare hours for eligible children. Our funded-only places are available in set patterns to keep routines consistent for children and staffing.

Funded-Only Options 

*22.8 hours per week over 50 weeks is equivalent to 30 hours per week term-time only (570 hours a year). 

TT0 - Term Time Only

Important Information

• Funded-only places must be taken in one of the above set patterns – we cannot offer flexible booking for funded-only hours.

• Additional hours can be booked at our standard hourly rate.

• Meals, snacks, consumables, and optional extras are charged separately and are not a condition of accessing funded hours.

• A Funding Agreement Form must be signed, and eligibility codes provided before starting.

• Places are subject to availability and reviewed termly.

How to Apply

1. Check your eligibility for 15 or 30 hours funding via www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

2. Contact us to check place availability.

3. Complete our application form and funding agreement.

4. Provide your eligibility code (for 30 hours) and required documentation.

Funded only hours are for parents to access the 15-hours Universal Funding Entitlement only. These places are offered specifically to families who are unable to access paid provision and are provided without the requirement for a registration fee or deposit. Families will be required to complete a funding declaration form each term.

Whats Included?

✔️ Montessori Education

✔️ Meals & Healthy Snacks are included as part of the funded-only provision at no cost to families

✔️ No Registration Fee

✔️ No Deposits

Parents are required to provide nappies and wipes where applicable. 

Requirment: Parents may choose 3 days per week only to access the 15 hours of universal funded only sessions subject to availability. Additional privately funded hours are available on an adhoc basis for families in receipt of funded only hours. 

Whats Included?

✔️ Montessori Education

✔️ Meals & Healthy Snacks are included as part of the funded-only provision at no cost to families

✔️ No Registration Fee

✔️ No Deposits

Parents are required to provide nappies and wipes where applicable. 

Requirement: Parents may choose 3 days per week only to access the 30 hours of universal funded only hours subject to availability. Additional privately funded hours are available on an adhoc basis for families in receipt of funded only hours.  

Stretched Hours and Unstretched Hours 

Stretched hours

Instead of taking all your funded hours during term time, you can spread them out over more weeks of the year, including the school holidays. This means you'll use fewer funded hours each week, but you'll benefit from the funding for a longer period. 

How we do it?

We stretch the 30 hours funding over 50 weeks of the year, which equates to 22.8 hours per week or 7.6 hours per day. 

We stretch the 15 hours universal funding over 50 weeks of the year, which equates to 11.4 hours per week or 3.8 hours per day.

This often suits parents who both work all year round including school holidays and spreads the cost of childcare more evenly throughout the year.

Unstretched hours (term-time only)

The standard way to use funded hours is to take them over the 38 weeks of the school year (aligned with term times).

For example: If you're eligible for 15 hours of funded childcare, you'd typically get those 15 hours per week during term time. If you're eligible for 30 hours, you'd get those 30 hours per week during term time.

Total hours: This equates to a total of 570 hours per year for 15 hours per week or 1140 hours per year for 30 hours per week.