Fees

Fees for Garden Cottage Nursery from September 2026

• 2–4-year-olds: £8.50 per hour to include all activities and nappies
• 0–2-year-olds: £9.50 per hour to include all activities and nappies
• Lunches are charged separately at £3.75 per lunch
• Teas are £2.00

Government Funding

Parents who wish their children to receive the free entitlement grant funding, must complete a funding form without which funding will be refused. Your code must be updated with the HMRC every three months. Funding can be transferred to another setting after 4-weeks’ notice. Please read information below by copying the link and pasting it in the search bar.

• Discover free entitlement: https://www-admin.westsussex.gov.uk/media/1fkfehzs/eyfe_leaflet.pdf 
• Privacy Notice: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/media/9988/privacy_notice.pdf
• Local Authority 2-year-old funding Please enquire to: www.westsussex.gov.uk/fundedchildcare
• Check if you are eligible: https://www.gov.uk/free-childcare-if-working/check-youre-eligible

How we operate funding 

• We offer FE throughout the day between the hours of 8am-6pm Monday to Friday.
• The FE funding covers the cost of the provision of childcare and the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The funding does not include any of the other services that our nursery provides, such as breakfast, snack, nappies, wipes and the extra activities listed below. These are chargeable at the rate of £1.50 per hour for 3-4 year funding and 50p per hour for 9 month and 2-year-old funding. Parents accessing funded spaces can choose to opt out of these chargeable extras, but will need to supply their own breakfast, snacks, wipes and nappies. A suitable solution can also be agreed should you choose to opt out of the extra activities.

We offer a range of extra activities which the children benefit from, which include:

• Farm – walks, feeding and caring for animals including the donkeys, lambs and chickens
• Walled garden where we grow and harvest our crops
• 2 Forest Schools
• Cooking
• Drama and Theatre

To secure a place at the Nursery, a £100 deposit is required. An administration fee of £50 will come out of the deposit and the rest will be paid back when accounts are cleared and your child leaves.  For family’s accessing EYFE hours only, the £100 is fully refundable. Should you choose not to start with us then we will not be able to refund the £100 deposit.