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Stone with Woodford Playgroup
A warm and caring environment where children feel safe, secure and have fun by learning through play which was rated GOOD by OFSTED in 2022.
Sessions, Fees and Funding
Sessions
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All sessions start at 9am and our doors will not be opened until that time due to safety reasons. Parents can choose from 3 sessions: Morning (3 hrs), Lunch (4 hrs) or Full (5.5 hrs).
Funding can be used for all or part of a session with any hours not covered invoiced at the current rate for the child's age.
The different sessions and hours are shown in the table below.
Note: Friday session are for Preschool children only due to visits to Stone with Woodford School during the year. ​​​​​​​​​​
Fees
Fees from January 2024: 2 years: £6.25 per hour
3 years plus: £5.25 per hour
​Session Fees are shown below:
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Funding
Government nursery funding is available for eligible parents to access and is dependent on the child's age. All children receive 15 hours funding the term after they reach 3 years old. Term refers to Autumn, Spring or Summer.
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The setting is registered to accept the following funding, that is for 38 weeks:
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2 year old funding from the term after the child turns 2 years for parents receiving some forms of government support
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Universal Nursery Education Funding (NEF) available to all children from the term after their 3rd birthday
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Working Parent funding - available from the term after the child turns 9 months
It is the responsibility of the parents to apply for the 2 year old and working parent funding codes and more information is available at: Childcare Choices. These codes need to be provided to the setting on the Nursery funding forms.
Please note: once funding codes have been received, the parent's MUST reconfirm them every term, failure to do this will result in us being unable to claim the funding so parents will then have to pay the setting fees themselves.
​Further information regarding eligibility and available funding can be found at:
​Early Years Childcare and GOV.UK - Find free early education and childcare
The setting also accepts Tax Free Childcare (Tax-Free Childcare) and a number of the other Nursery vouchers schemes.
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If you have any questions or need further information please ask a member of staff.
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