Nursery Fees & Childcare Costs in Blacon
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Ash Tree Nursery Fees for 2026
Correct as of 1st January 2026.
Nursery Children (3 months – 2.5 years)
Week (Mon- Fri) – £334.00
Day Rate (8.00am – 6.00pm) – £70.00
Half Day (8am-1pm / 1pm-6pm) – £45.00
Nursery Children (2.5 years – 4 years)
Week (Mon- Fri) – £321.00
Day Rate (8.00am – 6.00pm) – £68.00
Half Day (8am-1pm / 1pm-6pm) – £44.00
A 10% sibling discount will be applied to the oldest sibling.
We offer a 7:30am start which needs booking in advance, the charge is £2.00 every 15 minutes. Second sibling is charged at £1.00 per 15 minutes.
After School Club
Collection before 4.15pm – £7.40
Collection before 5.15pm – £14.80
Collection after 5.15pm – £22.20
Holiday Club
Week (Mon-Fri) – £175.00
Day Rate – £38.00
Half Day (8am-1pm / 1pm-6pm) – £24.00
Dee Point after school activities pick up
From 4.15pm and collect before 5.15pm – £7.40
From 4.15pm and collect after 5.15pm – £14.80
Charges for Funded Hours
0-2.5 Years
Hourly charge over funding – £7.30
2.5-5 Years
Hourly charge over funding – £7.00
Meal Charges
Breakfast – £1.00 per day
Lunch – £3.00 per day
Tea – £2.00 per day
Morning Snack – 50p
Afternoon Snack – 50p
Consumable Charges
Over 5 hours a day – £4.00 per day
Under 5 hours a day – £2.00
per day 11/15 hour 3 hour session – £1.00 per day
Children who attend the setting using the 2-year Early Learning Funding or the universal 3-year 15 hours are charged for snack and consumables only.
Additional Funding Information
For every funded session, we ask parents to pay the above rates for the meals, snacks and consumables (if applicable) as appropriate to the session being attended.
Children eligible for funding schemes will be charged for additional hours taken over and above the scheme.
In order to remain eligible for 30-hours Working Family Funding, the responsibility is on parents to reconfirm their eligibility via HMRC every 3 months.
Your Funding Explained
You can access up to 30 hours of funding per week for 38 weeks of the year (term time only) or 22 hours per week (all year round). Alternatively, if you don’t meet the requirements for the extended funding and do for the 2-year Early Learning Funding, you can access 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year (term time only) or 11 hours (all year round). This also applies to
the 3-year universal funding.
Understanding how your funded session costs are calculated
Funded Session (8:00am – 6:00pm)
- 10 hours of funding used
- Food Charges – Breakfast, Lunch, Tea and Snacks
- Consumables charge of £4.00 for the day
Total cost of day: £11.00
Funded Session (8:00am – 1:00pm)
- 5 hours of funding used
- Food Charges – Breakfast, Morning Snack and Lunch
- Consumables charge of £2.00 for the day
Total cost of day: £6.50
Funded Session (9:00am – 12:00pm or 1:00pm – 4:00pm)
- 3 hours of funding used
- 50p Snack Charge
- £1 Consumables Charge
Total cost of day: £1.50
Partially Funded Session (8:00am – 6:00pm)
- 10 hours of funding used, 5 hours funded, 5 hours paid @ £7.90 per hour
- Food Charges – Breakfast, Lunch and Morning Snack (Morning session funded)
- Consumables charge of £2.00 for the day (Morning session funded)
Total cost of day: £43.00
Partially Funded Session (8:00am – 1:00pm)
- 2 hours of funding used, 3 hours paid @ £7.00 per hour
- Food Charges – Breakfast, Morning Snack
Total cost of day: £22.50
*Consumables charge waived for 2 or less funded hours per day.
A 10% sibling discount will be applied to the oldest sibling.
We offer a 7.30am start which needs booking in advance. The charge is £2.00 per child per 15 minutes. A sibling is charged £1.00 per child per 15 minutes.
If you would like to speak to us about fees, please call us on 01244 383200
