Policies and Procedures
At Aspire we ensure the safety of the children within our care by having consistent procedures in place. Our policies are adapted to meet the needs of the nursery and children. For a full list of our policies please get in touch.
Early Years Funding, Fees & Optional Extras
Aspire Day Nursery offers government-funded childcare for eligible children, including 15-hour and 30-hour funded entitlements.
We offer funded-only attendance over 38 weeks and year-round childcare with government funding stretched across 51 weeks.
All government-funded childcare hours are provided free of charge. Additional childcare hours and optional services are not compulsory.
Funded-Only Attendance — 38 Weeks
Our funded-only model attendance patterns are:
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15-hour entitlement: Monday 9am–2pm and Friday 8am–6pm.
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30-hour entitlement: Friday 8am–6pm, plus two additional agreed weekdays from 8am–6pm.
These places are subject to availability and our admissions arrangements.
Parents accessing funded-only childcare can choose whether to purchase the following optional extras:
Optional service Under 3s Ages 3–4
Meals, drinks and snacks £7 per day £7 per day
Care consumables
(nappies, wipes and nappy sacks) £2 per day Not charged
Additional enrichment activities £1 per day £1 per day
Total if all selected £10 per day £8 per day
Optional enrichment may include Sing and Sign, Zumba, tennis, Mandarin, baby ballet and special trips or additional activities beyond the normal EYFS curriculum.
Parents can opt out of any optional service without affecting their access to an available funded place.
Reasonable alternatives will be agreed where required.
Year-Round Childcare and Stretched Funding — 51 Weeks
For families choosing to attend Aspire throughout the year, government funding is stretched across our 51 operating weeks.
The child's government-funded entitlement is deducted from their total annual booked childcare hours, and the remaining privately booked hours are charged at our published private childcare rates.
Our published nursery fee brochure already includes the calculation of government funding, privately paid childcare hours and the applicable optional extras.
For ease of reference, parents can view the total monthly fees for their child's age group and attendance pattern in our Nursery Fee Brochure, available on this website.
The optional extras shown above are already accounted for within the published year-round fee calculations, where applicable, and are not added again on top of the quoted total.
Further Information
Our full Early Years Funding and Admissions Policy explains our funding arrangements, optional extras, parental choices, reasonable alternatives and fee calculations.
Please refer to:
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Nursery Fee Brochure – current fees and monthly costs for year-round attendance.
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Early Years Funding and Admissions Policy – above
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For further information or an individual fee breakdown, please contact Aspire Day Nursery.