Admissions
We would love to welcome you into our PreSchool community. Prospective families are always invited to visit during our opening hours—come and see our setting in action, meet our team, and discover what makes us so special. To arrange a visit or learn more, please contact Paige or Kerry on 01435 872523 or by selecting the email icon at the bottom of this page. We are open from Monday to Friday, term time only, from 8:45 to 3pm.Â
If you have decided that you would like your child to join us then we ask that you complete the following three steps:
- Complete the Registration Form found on this page and return it to us.Â
- Please pay a deposit of £70 to secure your child’s place. This is a one off charge that is fully refundable. Our Bank details can be found in the table below.Â
- We also ask for a voluntary fee of £30 to provide two settling in sessions for your child and to pay for a puddlesuit, enabling your child to engage in outdoor learning all year round. If you would prefer to opt out of paying the additional £30 fee, settling in fees will be added to your first invoice at the current hourly rate and you will be required to provide a labelled puddlesuit for your child. We will be in contact with you to arrange settling in sessions.Â
| BANK DETAILS: | Mayfield Preschool | 60 10 30 | 73181706 |
| When making a payment, please quote your child’s name for easy identification. | |||
Registration Form
Fees and Funding
As a Charity Committee led Pre-school, we feel it is important to serve our local area well and fairly. Parents are therefore able to use the Early Years Education Entitlement "EYEE" funding (15 and 30 hours for children aged 2 and upwards) to fund any of our daily sessions, as follows:Â
| 08:45 - 13:45 (5 funded hours) | 08:45 - 15:00 (funded hours plus 1.25 hours paid privately) |
| 08:45 - 11:45 (3 funded hours) | 08:45 - 12:30 (funded hours plus 0.75 hours paid privately) |
| 12:30 - 14:30 (2 funded hours)Â | 12:30 - 15:00 (funded hours plus 0.5 hours paid privately) |
The majority of our families like their children to stay with us all day or to stay over lunch time. This is when we ask for an additional private fee at our hourly rate of £9.40. Any hours over and above your funding eligibility will be charged at our current hourly rate.
If you would like your child to attend the restricted funded hours only, please collect promptly. Late collection of 10 minutes or more will incur a £20 charge. In addition you will be asked to pay a voluntary sessional welfare charge of £2 per session (£1 to cover the cost of a fresh healthy mid-session snack and £1 for non EYFS activities including visits, trips, baking etc).  If you opt to not pay this, you will be expected to supply one nut free, healthy snack per session in a labelled, sealed package. This is to safeguard children in our care who have severe allergies.
Funded ChildrenÂ
| No of sessions | Session Times | Total hours | Funded hours claimed | Non-Funded hours (to be paid) | Cost to families per day | Welfare package cost |
| 1 | 08.45 to 11.45 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0 | £0 | £2.00 |
| 1 | 08.45 to 12.30 | 3.75 | 3.00 | 0.75 | £7.05 | £2.00 |
| 2 | 08.45 to 13.45 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0 | £0 | £4.00 |
| 2 | 08.45 to 15.00 | 6.25 | 5.00 | 1.25 | £11.75 | £4.00 |
| 1 | 12.30 to 14.30 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0 | £0 | £2.00 |
| 1 | 12.30 to 15.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 0.50 | £4.70 | £2.00 |
Non-Funded - 2 year olds​
|
Session Times |
Non-Funded hours (per day) |
Cost to families per day |
|
08.45 to 11.45 |
3.00 |
£28.20 |
|
08.45 to 12.30 |
3.75 |
£35.25 |
|
08.45 to 15.00 |
6.25 |
£58.75 |
|
12.30 to 15.00 |
2.50 |
£23.50 |
The 30 Hour 'Extended' Offer for Working Parents (2, 3 & 4 year olds)
To check eligibility please refer to the Government website by clicking here
If eligible, you will be issued with a code by HMRC which you will need to revalidate every 3 months.
The 15 Hour 'Universal' Offer
If you are not eligible for the 30 hour offer, we also accept the ‘Universal’ 15 hours of funded childcare to all children aged 3 or 4, and you can use these hours within our funded times (see above). ​If you don’t work, you may still be eligible for 15 hours funding for your 2 year old under certain circumstances.
We also accept Tax free childcare and most Childcare Vouchers.