Early Years Funding
All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of funded Early Years education and may be eligible for up to 30 hours.
Appletrees accepts applications for children who are eligible for:
- Under 2s Working Parent funding
- 2 year-olds FRAS (Families Receiving Additional Support)
- 2 year-old Working Parent funding
- 3 & 4-year-old Early Years funding
Please speak to Lucy regarding availability and eligibility.
Calculating Your Funding
Our fees are calculated to cover 50 weeks of the year and split evenly over 12 months. The funding provided by the government covers 38 weeks of the year. This too is split evenly over the 12 months. We also stretch the funded hours your child is eligible for over 12 months.
Further Information
For further information regarding universal funding and the extended entitlement please visit the Government’s Best Start In Life website by following the link below.
Your Bill Will Show:
Eligible funded hours
Stretched funded hours
Non-funded hours
Food charges *
Non-food charges *
Activities charges *
* These items form our Enhanced Provision Fees.
Enhanced Provision Fees:
(Effective from April 2026)
Your fees will include an enhanced provision fee – this covers items not included in the government funding. This is charged at a rate of £1.51 per funded hour attended – however it is non-compulsory but includes the following items:
Food (Breakfast, lunch, tea, snacks) £1.33p/h
Non-food consumables (Creams, tissues, tissue paper, wipes etc…) £0.14p/h
Activities, trips (bus tickets, external activities) £0.04p/h
(Parents/carers will be required to deliver/provide for these items daily and will be given a full list should they choose not to pay for them.)
Example Fees *
Please make a selection
|
Funded weekly hours |
15 |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
Stretched hours per week |
11.4 |
Funded hours x 38 weeks ÷ 50 weeks |
|
Days attending per week |
3 |
10.25 hours per day |
|
Attended hours per week |
30.75 |
Total weekly attendance |
|
Non-funded hours per week |
19.35 |
Hours outside of funding |
|
*Enhanced provision hourly rate *Monthly charge |
£1.51 p/h £72 |
Enhanced provision hourly fee x stretched hours x 50 weeks ÷ 12 months (rounded) |
|
Standard monthly fees |
£963 |
Our non-funded rate |
|
Funded hours per month |
£357 |
Our standard hourly rate x stretched funded hours x 50 weeks ÷ 12 months (rounded) |
|
Your Monthly fees |
£678 |
Standard fees – Free hours + Enhanced provision fee |
Fees reviewed annually*.
For specific days and sessions please contact us.
*Examples based on April 2026 fee structure. Appletrees Day Nursery Ltd reserves the right to alter this fee structure at any time.