FUNDING/FREE PLACES
At Sandy Pre-school we are able to receive Government Funding for 3+ year olds.
This means that children will receive government funding from the term after their third birthday. There are three 'cut off' points during the year. Children who are three years old before 31st March will qualify for the Summer term , 31st August will qualify for the Autumn term and 31st December will qualify for the Spring term. This means that parents/carers do not have to pay as the funding is paid directly to the setting they are attending and children are entitled to up to 5 sessions per week.
Provided we have enough spaces, we can offer 5 sessions to each funded child. If we do not have enough spaces we will offer as many as we have available. As your child is entitled to their 5 sessions per week at any setting, very often children who have started nursery for just two sessions have the remaining three with us, etc to make their sessions up. As long as your child does not attend more than five funded sessions, this is perfectly acceptable. Children can attend for more than five sessions but they will need to pay for anything over five.
There is a certain amount of necessary paperwork (as always) and this is completed at the start of the term your child starts to receive funding.