Dear Parents,

For the attention of Bunny Room and Rabbit Room only.

As you know, the funding entitlement changed in September 2024. Meaning qualifying children of 9 months and 2-year-olds could have 15 free hours as well as the 3&4-year-old entitlement.

After assessing this for a few months, we are making some essential changes to our delivery of funding starting from January 2025.

We are pleased to announce we are going to offer stretched funded hours. This means your child can access their funding all year round. This will be for Bunny and Rabbit room only. Badger room will continue to run as a traditional preschool room of funded hours, term time only with a holiday club for the rest of the year.

This in itself is better for all children as they then have the consistency all year round and don’t have to have big gaps in their nursery routine like the summer holidays, without being able to attend.

This can also be better for the parents as it means that you can spread the bill over the year and not have to pay full fees if you then opted for your child to attend during the holidays.

The child benefits from a better routine, consistency, social benefits and learning opportunities. It helps them form relationships, gain confidence and prepare them for school.

Even if you are not working, this gives you the opportunity to have time to yourself or one-on-one time with siblings.

We will deliver the funding in 6-hour sessions between 9-3 pm. If your child receives the 15-hour entitlement, they will now be able to access 12 hours per week equaling two 6-hour sessions 48 weeks per year instead of the previous 38 weeks per year. If your child receives the 30-hour entitlement, they will now be able to access 24 hours per week equaling four 6-hour sessions 48 weeks per year.

We will remain closed for two weeks over Christmas and will now have a designated 2-week ‘holiday club’ where funding isn’t eligible on the last two weeks of August.

Breakfast and Afterschool club will be charged as an hourly fee.

Please see attached fee structure.

If you have any questions, please contact us on office@hadlowsaplings.com

As always, we appreciate your continued support of Saplings.

Saplings Fee structure from 1st January 2025

Sessions 

Times 

Bunny Room

Rabbit Room

Badger Room

 Hourly Rate 

 An hour or part of 

£7.50

£7

£7

 Breakfast Club ( Breakfast served 8 am till 8:30)

 07:45 - 09:00 

£7.50

£7

£7

 Morning Session 

 09:00 - 12:00 

n/a 

n/a

£21

 Afternoon Session 

 12:00 - 15:00 

n/a 

n/a

£21

 Half-day 

 07:45 -13:00 or 13:00 -18:00 

£37.50

£35

£35

 Full day 

 07:45 -18:00 

£75

£70

£70

 After School Club (with meal) 

Add on to funded hours

 15:00 -18:00 

£22.5

£21

£18

Holiday Club half-day 

After starting school 4 years to 7 years  

07:45 -13:00 or 13:00 -18:00 

£26

Holiday Club full day 

After starting school 4 years to 7 years  

07:45 -18:00 

£52

  • Fees are invoiced monthly in advance.  
  • Badger room only 15 and 30-hour funded children can only use their funding hours between 09:00-15:00, 38 weeks a year with one additional half a day if your children are funded 15 hours a week. 
  • Bunny & Rabbit room only 12 and 24-hour funded children can only use their funding hour sessions between 09:00-15:00, 6-hour session 48 weeks a year, before and after school club charge an hourly rate until 4 pm, after 4 pm, you will be charged until 6 pm.
  • All children can access 15 hours of government-funded childcare, the term after they are 3 years old.
  • Payment must be made within 30 days of receiving the invoice. The overdue payment penalty charge will be 5% of the unpaid amount.  
  • Nappies and wipes are included in the fees. 
  • Breakfast, snacks, and evening meals are included in the fees.        
  • We reserve the right to increase the fees reviewed annually in September and January. We review future changes when we receive our funding information from the government, this could affect our rates. 
  • Parents will be informed in writing of any changes as soon as possible after any review.  
  • We accept the below payment types.  
  • Bank Transfer, Cash, Employers' Childcare Vouchers, Tax-free Childcare Vouchers 
Saplings
About SaplingsThe CurriculumPricingInfo for ParentsNewsContact