Fees and conditions

Fees

All fees are inclusive of full day care, food between 7.45am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, and all disposables (nappies, materials etc).

 

 

 

3 months -2½ years

Over 2½ years

Weekly

£183.85*

£167.65*

Daily Rate

£40.10*

£36.75*

Half Day Session

£22.15*

£20.10*

 

 

Strawberry Hill Nursery offers parents the opportunity to send their child for any combination of sessions (a session being a morning (7.45am – 12.45am) or afternoon (1.15pm – 6.00pm). The over 2½ rate applies from the 1st of the month following month the child turns 2½. A minimum of 3 sessions per week must be booked.

 

Fees are payable on the 1st of the month in advance on an annualised basis by standing order only. This means that the bill each month is the same regardless of whether there are four or five weeks in any given month. The fees take into account the days we are closed i.e. three bank holidays around New Year. Monthly fee = Weekly fee (from the above table) X 52/12. Any extra hours will be billed monthly in arrears. These are from 1.00pm for a child attending a morning session where an extra hour is required but not a full afternoon session. Unbooked hours, hours after 6.00pm or part thereof, are charged at £20.00 per hour. This is to cover compulsory overtime for the required minimum of 2 staff that the lateness would have necessitated. Fees for child pick-up, trips, ballet, swimming, hairdressing and other occasional expenses are additional and will also be billed in arrears.

A registration fee of £30 is payable with all registrations.

A £100 deposit for a full time and £50 for a part time place is payable on acceptance of an offered position. This is refunded when your child leaves.

Children may not be left after 7.00pm as this contravenes registration and insurance. In the event that it occurs, an additional flat fee of £30 will be incurred on top of the hourly rate.

Late payment charges of £25 per month will be levied on any accounts paid consistently late unless agreed by prior arrangement.

 

Discounts

If a sibling of an existing child joins the nursery, a discount of 10% is given of the older child’s fees. The discount only relates to hours where both children are in attendance.

Regrettably there is no discount for sickness or holidays

 

Grant Funding from Local Authority

Strawberry Hill Nursery is a partnership provider with Edinburgh City Council for children aged 3 and above.  As a partnership nursery, we are able to provide assisted places to children aged 3 to 5 years. Further advice is available on this from the nursery manager.

As soon as the grant monies are received from the local authority, the nursery forwards these monies to the first named parent on the Nursery Registration Form.

 

 

 

*Subject to increase on an annual basis in the month of September. Notice will be given prior to any changes in fees.