Sessions, Fees & Funding
Sessions & Opening Times
Open Monday - Friday
7.45 am - 6.00 pm
We are open 51 weeks a year (closing for 1 week at Christmas)
At Loversall we always try hard to keep our fee increases as low as possible and for this reason our fees remain extremely competitive when compared to other nurseries in the area. The last few years have only seen minimal increases in our prices and we have managed to keep these increases behind the national rate of inflation and the cost to the business of implementing the annual increases in the National Minimum Wage.
Morning sessions - From 7.45am until 1.00pm (includes breakfast, mid-morning snack and lunch)
Afternoon sessions - From 1.00pm until 6.00pm (includes mid-afternoon snack and tea)
Full day sessions - From 7.45am until 6.00pm (includes all meals)
Fees From April 2025
At Loversall we always try hard to keep our fee increases as low as possible and for this reason our fees remain competitive when compared to other nurseries in the area.
From the 1st April 2025 our nursery fees are charged as follows and children may attend for either morning, afternoon or full day sessions:
The above fees include all meals and drinks.
It is simple for parents to work out the amount of their monthly Standing Order payment for unfunded children by the following calculation: - (Cost of all sessions attended in 1 week x 52) ÷ 12 = monthly payment.
A 5% sibling discount is available if two or more children attend nursery. This discount applies to the child attending for the least sessions, or to the eldest child if both children attend for the same sessions.
A late collection charge of £7.50 per 15 minutes will be applied to a child’s account in the event that the child is not collected on time and no alternative arrangements have been made with the nursery owner or manager.
For more information please download our fee payment procedure below.
Funding Options
From September 1st, 2025, eligible working parents in England can receive up to 30 hours of government-funded childcare per week for children aged from 9 months up to school age.
Loversall Farm Day Nursery offers free government-funded places for children between the ages of 9 months and 4 years. All funded sessions are available on a stretched basis only, covering 51 weeks each year.
Children who are eligible for early years funding will receive care and education free of charge.
The Government funding covers the cost of care and education only and does not cover meals, snacks, and consumables, these being resources which are typically in addition to the resources that we already supply to meet the requirements of the EYFS, therefore additional charges will apply. These are not mandatory charges and parents can choose to opt out of these should they wish to do so. Opting out is not a barrier to your child accessing a nursery place. Parents who choose not to pay the additional fees must provide their child with all meals and snacks and supply resources to enable their child to be fully included in the planned activities. The management team will offer support around the types of food that you can provide, this will enable us to safeguard any children that have any food intolerances and/or allergies. We will also provide you with a complete list of resources required for the activities to guarantee full participation.
Current charges
AM session – Cost for meals and snacks - £4, including breakfast, mid-morning snack and lunch with dessert.
PM session – Cost for meals and snacks - £3, including afternoon snack and tea.
AM and PM session – Consumables - £2
Therefore, for fully funded sessions the cost for meals and consumables with effect from the 1st April 2025 will be:
The website beststartinlife.gov.uk is a wonderful service that offers an insight into the funding options that are available as well as signposting to help including:
Universal Credit
For families on lower incomes Universal Credit can help to pay toward 85% of eligible childcare costs.
Tax Free Childcare
The Government will pay £2 in to your Tax-Free Childcare account for every £8 that you put in to the account, up to a maximum of £2,000 per annum. Effectively this equates to a saving of 20% on the cost of eligible childcare up to a maximum of £10,000 per year.
The financial eligibility for this benefit is quite wide and each parent is able to earn up to £100,000 before the benefit is lost.
30 Hours Free Childcare
All children are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare each week from the term after their 3rd birthday, regardless of the families financial situation. This scheme operates for 38 weeks of the year but at Loversall we stretch the funding across all 51 weeks of the year that we are open.
In addition under the new incentive many children now become eligible for this funding from the term after their 2nd birthday. From September 2024 this will be rolled out further and will apply to all children from the term after they turn 9 months of age. Again, each parent in the household can earn up to £100,000 per annum before the benefit is lost. Both parents must be working and earning the equivalent to 16 hours per week on National Living Wage and there is no upper cap on savings.
Most children are now also eligible for 30 hours of funding from the term after their 3rd birthday. Again, this is subject to the same wide financial eligibility criteria and the vast majority of our children are eligible.
We would urge all parents that have not already looked at the beststartinlife.gov.uk to do so and see if they are eligible for help with their fees
