Fees & Funding

We understand that choosing childcare is an important decision for families, and we want our fees and funding information to be as clear as possible. Below you’ll find details about our session fees, government funding options and additional charges.

If you have any questions about fees, funded places or what your child may be eligible for, please don’t hesitate to get in touch — we are always happy to help.

Childcare funding Infomation

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Administration Fee

Securing your child’s place

When your child is offered a place at Stondon Stompers, we charge a one-off, non-refundable administration fee of £50.

This fee includes:

Securing your child’s place and selected sessions with us
Up to 6 hours of settling-in sessions before your child officially starts
All consumables used during these settling sessions
All related administration and enrolment processes

Voluntary Consumables Fee

Supporting enhanced experiences at Stompers

We ask families to contribute a voluntary consumables fee of 90p per funded hour, which is automatically added to invoices for funded hours. This is a voluntary contribution and can be removed from your invoice if you wish.

This contribution helps us to continue providing the additional experiences and resources that enrich children’s time at Stondon Stompers, including:

Nutritionally balanced snacks
Extra-curricular activities (Currently Super Sports And Jo Jingles)
Baking and food-based experiences
Messy and sensory play resources
Creative materials and enhanced learning opportunities
Baby wipes& Sun cream

We are incredibly grateful to families who choose to support us in this way, as these contributions help us provide many of the extra activities and experiences enjoyed by the children in our care.

Please note if you choose to opt out snacks, sun cream and wipes must be provided by yourself and your child may not be able to take part in the extra-curricular activities.

If you have any questions about the consumables fee, please speak to Shannon, our business manager.

Fees

1 year olds

Hourly rate: £12.00

Early Bird & Morning Session — 7:45am–11:45am — £48.00
Morning Session — 8:45am–11:45am — £36.00
Afternoon Session — 12:15pm–3:15pm — £36.00
Afternoon Session & Night Owls — 12:15pm–4:15pm — £48.00
Full Day & Early Bird — 7:45am–3:15pm — £87.00
Full Day — 8:45am–3:15pm — £75.00
Full Day & Night Owls — 8:45am–4:15pm — £87.00
Full Day including Early Bird & Night Owls — 7:45am–4:15pm — £99.00

All full-day sessions include a £3 Lunch Club fee.

2 year olds

Hourly rate: £7.75

Early Bird & Morning Session — 7:45am–11:45am — £31.00
Morning Session — 8:45am–11:45am — £23.25
Afternoon Session — 12:15pm–3:15pm — £23.25
Afternoon Session & Night Owls — 12:15pm–4:15pm — £31.00
Full Day & Early Bird — 7:45am–3:15pm — £57.25
Full Day — 8:45am–3:15pm — £49.50
Full Day & Night Owls — 8:45am–4:15pm — £57.25
Full Day including Early Bird & Night Owls — 7:45am–4:15pm — £65.00

All full-day sessions include a £3 Lunch Club fee.

3-4 year olds

Hourly rate: £6.50

Early Bird & Morning Session — 7:45am–11:45am — £26.00
Morning Session — 8:45am–11:45am — £19.50
Afternoon Session — 12:15pm–3:15pm — £19.50
Afternoon Session & Night Owls — 12:15pm–4:15pm — £26.00
Full Day & Early Bird — 7:45am–3:15pm — £48.50
Full Day — 8:45am–3:15pm — £42.00
Full Day & Night Owls — 8:45am–4:15pm — £48.50
Full Day including Early Bird & Night Owls — 7:45am–4:15pm — £55.00

All full-day sessions include a £3 Lunch Club fee.

Lunch Club

30-minute lunch session

We offer a 30-minute Lunch Club from Monday to Friday. Due to the sessional nature of our setting, Lunch Club is a payable session charged at £3.00, which covers staffing for this period.

Important information about Lunch Club

For fee-paying families, the Lunch Club charge is already included in the full-day session feeIt is not included in morning or afternoon session fees. For families using funded hours, the Lunch Club session remains payable. Funding cannot be used to cover Lunch Club sessions.
If you do not wish to book Lunch Club, an alternative option is to collect your child at 11:45am at the end of the morning session, and return them at 12:15pm for the afternoon session.

Lunch Club can be added to either a morning or afternoon session, subject to availability.

For further details, or to book additional Lunch Club sessions, please contact the setting manager Emma Daulman.

Funding

Government-funded childcare places

We offer funded places for eligible children in line with current government childcare funding schemes.

Available funding

We currently offer:

15 hours universal funding for all eligible 3 and 4-year-olds
30 hours extended funding for eligible working families
15 hours funded places for eligible 2-year-olds

Funding can be accessed from the term after your child becomes eligible.

Funding start dates

Children can usually access funding from the term after their birthday:

1 September – 31 December birthdays → funding starts 1 January
1 January – 31 March birthdays → funding starts 1 April
1 April – 31 August birthdays → funding starts 1 September

We also accept...

Tax Free childcare Payments
Edenred Childcare Vouchers

If you are unsure what funding your child may be entitled to please see the links above.

Testimonial

“We couldn’t be happier with our experience at Stondon Stompers. From the very beginning, the team made both us and our child feel so welcome and supported. The staff are caring, approachable and genuinely invested in every child’s development. Our little one has grown so much in confidence since starting, and we love seeing all the wonderful activities and updates shared through Tapestry.”