Fees & admissions

Our admissions policy is designed to be clear, comprehensive and fair. We welcome children and staff from all ethnic origins, religious backgrounds, gender and those who may have special needs. We do, however, reserve the right to refuse entry or placement if we believe this will be detrimental to the care and wellbeing of your child, or the children in our care.

We have a booking system, which operates on a first come first served basis. It may also be necessary to put your child on our waiting list; however, we endeavour to place all children as soon as possible.

We aim to work with you to best meet your childcare needs; to help us to do this we will ask you to complete pre-admission documents such as a care plan for your child, which identifies needs, likes, dislikes and a range of information designed to help us settle your child into nursery life. All information supplied by parents is treated in the strictest confidence.

We feel that children settle in much easier and enjoy their time in the nursery so much more when they feel part of a group. Therefore we offer spaces for three full days per week or more.

We charge an application handling fee of £60.00 for a place on our waiting list. A registration fee of £120.00 will be charged once the place is offered and accepted. We recommend putting your child on a wating list in the first few months from birth.

We are offering physical viewings over the weekend.

Don’t forget that there are many sources of financial assistance with nursery fees such as EYFE (funded places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds), tax free childcare, student funding, special needs assistance and tax credits. Please see the Childcare Choices website for more information.

Please note that we do not offer ONLY 15 hours for 2/3/4-year-olds. As we are open during half terms and our minimum attendance is 3 full days ( 28.5 hours), you will be charged for extra days + hours. Parents will also be asked to pay the voluntary enhanced provision contribution for meals, consumables and outsourced classes. Please refer to the tables below that clearly indicate the monthly amount to be paid after deducting the government support hours.

This year, all 3 and 4 year olds are able to access 570 funded hours from the term after their 3rd birthday. The term dates for the purposes of determining eligibility are as follows:

• 1st September – 31st December

• 1st January – 31st March

• 1st April – 31st August

Children are able to access a maximum of 11.4 hours funded hours per week between our core hours of 8.30am to 6pm over 50 weeks of the year.  These funded hours are provided free and the additional hours which your child attends will be chargeable. Lunch, tea, two snacks are charged separately.  

Please note that the funding is only for actual days attended therefore funding cannot be attributed in lieu of notice or absence. Funding is provided to ABC Studio Childcare for the place, therefore if a child leaves mid-way through a charging period, the remaining funding will be used to provide funded hours for a child who then joins the setting (the funding is not attached to a particular child).  You will be asked to complete and sign a Southwark Parent Agreement and we will then apply for the funding on your behalf when they become eligible.

Please call us to discuss the Early Years Free Entitlement for children aged 2, 3 and 4 years.

The Nursery is open for 50 weeks of the year (closing only for 1 week at Christmas and 1 week in August).  The year will be split into 12 equal invoice periods.

We only offer full day sessions. Our core hours are 8.30am-6pm, in which we offer a broad and balanced curriculum and 2 snacks with hot lunch and hot/cold tea are included. 

5% discount is offered for siblings

Session: 8.30AM – 6PM
Minimum number of sessions per week: 3

After hours care is available at an extra cost and are subject to availability.

We accept children as young as 15-18 months of age as long as they are confident walkers.

Age 15 months - 3 years fees:

* The Government grant for funded childcare for families with lower income. Please refer to your local council to check availability. These children are exempt to £120 Registration Fee

Age 3-5 years fees:

** Family is eligible for 15 hours of funded childcare
***Family is eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare