FEES & FUNDING

Rainbow Angels Nurseries Fees are reviewed annually and we reserve the right to increase our Fees.   Parents will receive one month’s notice prior to any Fee increase becoming effective.

Registration Fee & Deposit

A non-refundable Registration Fee of £75 and Deposit (one month's Nursery Fee) is payable on registration for a place at the nursery where parents are accessing private sessions including elements of funded hours. The Registration Fee and Deposit are not applicable where parents are accessing funded sessions only. This Deposit may be refunded upon your child leaving the nursery, however any outstanding payments owing to the nursery will be deducted from the Deposit.

Fees

Rainbow Angels Nurseries are private day nurseries and Nursery Fees, Breakfast Club Fees and Afterschool Club Fees are payable throughout the year by Standing Order or direct payment/bank transfer into the nursery’s bank account.  Standing Orders should be paid, monthly in advance by the 15th of each month. Fees are subject to the following conditions:

• •     where parents are using funded hours this will be applied in its entirety before private fees are payable

• •     a Standing Order should be set up by you for your monthly Fees

• •     a daily administration charge of £30 will be made for payments refused by your bank or not received by the due date 

• •     should you fail to pay your Fees, the nursery will withdraw its provision of services to your child

• •     Fee rates for 3 year olds changes the month following the child's 3rd birthday 

• •     Rainbow Angels Nurseries offer a 10% discount to eldest sibling of children already attending the nursery for sessions of 3 full days or more

• •     Holiday Club Fees are to be paid in advance, at the time of booking and Fees are inclusive of a hot meal and healthy snacks. 

Meals 

We employ a nursery cook/kitchen staff to prepare fresh, nutritious meals and snacks for your child each day they are with us. Our robust menus take account of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition Guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-nutrition. We have to charge you for this service because, otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to pay the cook/kitchen staff’s wages or buy the food they prepare.  All private fees are inclusive of meals, snacks and formula milk (for children under 1 year old).  There is a voluntary nominal charge for these items for children accessing  funded sessions at the nursery. Breakfast £4, snack £1, lunch £5 and tea £5.  Meals invoices are adjusted as per parents request for the meals they  prefer for their child.

Consumables

All parents provide their own nappies and wipes.

Government Funded Entitlement Sessions & Hours

Rainbow Angels Nurseries deliver the Early Education Funding up to 30 funded hours for the working family entitlement for 9 months to 4 years olds, the 15 hours for disadvantaged 2 year olds and the 15 funded hours free entitlement which is a universal offer for 3 & 4 year olds starting from the term after the 3rd birthday. We also deliver local offers specific to the relevant local authority, such as CEO funding for 3 & 4 year olds for Camden residents for eligible children.

Parents can access Government Funded places only at Rainbow Angels Nurseries. Eligible children may be entitled to 15 hours (570 hours per annum) or 30 hours (1,140 hours per annum) of free early years’ education that can be used as a stretched offer across 51 weeks of the year or 38 weeks subject to availability.  Parents may choose where they wish to use this entitlement, whether with a single registered provider or a maximum of 2 providers in the same day.  Should a parent decide to use more than one registered provider the weekly-entitled hours shall be pro-rata between the providers.

Attendance for a Government Funded place for your child is set out in the nursery’s offer to you and fits in with the nursery’s planned sessions and times, Mondays to Fridays 8am-6pm, 8am-1pm and or 1-6pm.  

Where the hours for stretched sessions exceed the funded entitlement hours all funded hours are used before private fees are payable at the applicable daily rate for your nursery.  Examples where funded hours are used as a stretched offer all year: (i) 3+ half-day sessions with 15 funded hours would see the balance of 50 funded hours being taken off the hours for the 3^rd half-day session before private fees are calculated; all 570 hours used. (ii) 3+ full-day sessions with 30 funded hours would see the balance of 100 funded hours being taken off the hours for the 3^rd full-day session before private fees are calculated; all 1,140 hours used.

Rainbow Angels Nursery will submit the claim form for the funded hours and parents must provide all information required by the nursery for completion of the claim form.

Should you accept a place at the nursery that is part Government funded, the Government funded hours will be deducted from your monthly sessions hours and the balance of the private hours for the remaining sessions will be payable in keeping with the applicable Nursery Fees at your chosen location.  Your nursery will confirm private session fees based on your requirements after the funded hours entitlement is fully used. 

Refund Policy

Your Rainbow Angels Nursery will not refund Fees due to:

• •       non-attendance by your child regardless of illness, holidays, or other reasons

• •       severe weather conditions, or any emergency situation

Suspension Or Termination Of Services

Rainbow Angels Nurseries reserve the right to withdraw or to terminate our services to your child for non-payment of Fees or where the nursery considers it appropriate to do so.

Change in Sessions & Termination Notice

Children’s regular sessions are fixed. There is no entitlement to exchange sessions if a child misses their regular sessions for any reason, including absences, sickness, or holidays. Fees are still payable and not refundable for missed sessions.

Parents are required to provide the nursery with one month’s notice for a change, including reduction, in the services provided for their child.  Changes to session days and times or increase in sessions are subject to availability as confirmed by RANLC.  

Parents are required to provide the nursery with a term’s (3 months) written notice for the termination of their contract with the nursery. Notice can be given by sending an email informing us of the termination.  The nursery will confirm receipt of the termination or amendment notice in writing to the parent within 5 calendar days of receipt.

The deposit is refundable if the required term notice is given, and there are no outstanding fees or costs.  Outstanding fees or costs will be taken from the deposit. Where a parent fails to provide the requisite term’s notice the deposit will be forfeited in lieu of notice.