This page includes information about our fee schedules, the Childcare Voucher scheme and Early Years Education (EYE) funding. Babraham Nursery accepts both Early Years Education funding and Childcare Vouchers. EYE funding is payable to each child from the first school term following their third birthday.
Nursery fees are payable one month in arrears, upon invoice. (Invoices are issued by the Babraham Institute). There is a £50 waiting list fee per child (not payable if accessing Early Years Funded hours only). A deposit of the equivalent of four weeks’ chargeable fees is payable (for non Babraham Institute families) on being offered a place. We do not charge a deposit for funded hours.
The full rate is charged for weeks containing a Bank holiday and if you remove your child for holidays or they are ill. Fees are not charged for the period from 25 December to 31 December inclusive.
Contact us for details of fees by telephoning 01223 496200 or emailing babraham.nursery@babraham.ac.uk
We accept both Childcare Vouchers and Tax Free Childcare as a way of paying for nursery fees.
Early Years Funding (EYF) Scheme
All three and four year-olds are eligible for free childcare and early learning from the school term after their third birthday. Children can have up to 570 hours in each 12 month period from the term they become eligible until they reach compulsory school age – the term following their fifth birthday. Increased entitlement may be available to some families.
From September 2024 some children may be eligible for up to 570 hours of funding per year, beginning the term after they turn 9 months of age.
Places are offered at Babraham Nursery subject to availability.
For more information please see here. Details of fees can be found here.
When your child becomes eligible we will provide you with a form entitled ‘Nursery Education Funding: Parent/Carer Declaration Form’. You will need to complete this and return it to our reception together with proof of your child’s identity and date of birth (e.g. a birth certificate or passport). You must reply by the date given, as we will need to submit our claim for funding to the local authority.