Funding

Here at Sunnydale Nursery, we offer the Government funded hours. We offer this in a range of ways to
meet the individual needs of your family.

The 15 hours Government funding for families in receipt of benefits can be accessed during term time
only, during either morning or afternoon sessions (dependent on availability)

This can be incorporated into attending more days by the following and is also how we offer the
Government funding for working families:
• We do offer Term time and all year round spaces for babies, 2,3 and 4 year olds- these are
dependent on availability. Please speak to the Nursery Manager or admin regarding our
availability.
• Government Funding can be taken over any of our sessions and covers a maximum of 15/30 hours
per week for 38 weeks per year or a maximum of 570/1140 hours per financial year. The funding
can be stretched across the whole year, and this equates to 11.18 hours over 51 weeks if eligible
for 15 hours funding or 22.35 hours per week if eligible for 30 hours.
• Funded hours are available up to a maximum of 7 hours per full day session. The core funded
hours are 8am-3pm. Any hours outside of this are chargeable at our standard hourly rate. To fully
benefit from accessing the full 30 hours of funded childcare, a minimum attendance of 3.5 days
per week would be required.

There are optional charges when accessing funded hours- these can be found on our fees section.

*Government funding covers education ONLY. All additional services and charges are optional*

Notice Periods 

We require four weeks’ written notice to terminate your child’s place at Sunnydale Nursery and to make any changes to attendance patterns. This is compulsory to allow us to ensure any deposit refund can be applied to your final invoice (see refund policy). If your child accesses Government funded hours (2, 3 or 4 years of age) we require half a term’s notice to terminate their funded hours.