Lakefield Church of England Primary and Nursery

Funding Entitlement

We accept the following Government Funding. At the start of Terms 1, 3 and 5, you will be given a Parent Declaration Form which must be completed by the parent/carer and returned to Lakefield before the deadline given. The information provided by parents is then input onto the County Council Funding Portal by the Mrs Maclean or Mrs Marquez.

 If your child attends more than one setting a separate Declaration Form must be completed with each provider. The forms must correspond for all settings. Parents sign up to a funding period for the funded entitlement and may be liable for any costs if there is a breach of the declaration.

Funding accepted

• 15 hours Universal Funding beginning the term after your child turns 3 years old.  This does not require an eligibility code.   (Please also see table below for guidance)

• Working Entitlement Funding 30 hours – Eligibility code required

• Early Learning for 2 Year old Funding 15 hours - Eligibility code required

To maintain access to the 30-hour funding, parents must log into their childcare account and reconfirm their code every three months. Without a valid code you will be unable to access the funding and will be charged for your sessions.

For information regarding funding available please use the following links:
Best Start in Life: Childcare and Early Years Education

Best Start in Life: 30 hours childcare

30 Funded Hours and Daily Schedule

For children attending full days using Government funding, our day will run from 8:45am – 2:45pm. This provides a 6-hour block that fits within the 30 hour funding entitlement, with no additional charges.

If you wish your child to stay until 3:15pm, in line with the school day, there will be a small additional charge of £3.50 per day.

You may choose to: -

• Collect your child at 2:45pm (no charge), OR
• Extend their day to 3:15pm for £3.50 per day

Fees and Payments

If your child is not yet eligible for any funding, you will be invoiced for all sessions. Or if there is a shortfall in funded hours then you will be charged and invoiced accordingly.

Additional sessions for Nursery will be charged at: £7.00 per hour. Therefore, a morning or afternoon session will be charged at £21.00.

An extended day (from 2:45pm – 3:15pm) will be charged at £3.50 per session

Payment of invoices can be made via:

• Via Arbor – Our school system which manages our data
• Childcare vouches issued by a workplace eg. Kiddivouchers
• Government Tax Free Childcare Choices

Where fees for additional private paid hours remain unpaid, the setting reserves the right to suspend or withdraw access to those additional hours. Any funded early education entitlement hours will continue to be available in accordance with the child's funded entitlement and the terms of the provider agreement. If you are having difficulty paying fees, please contact Mrs Maclean.

Lunch arrangements

You may order your child a cooked lunch from the school kitchen.  The cost of this is currently £2.95 per meal, which is payable online via ParentPay.  If you would like your child to have a hot lunch, please ask the school office for login details to enable payment of meals in advance.  Menus can be found in the Nursery.   If your child has a food allergy, please contact the school office for the relevant forms to complete, before you order cooked lunches for them. 

You can also provide your child with a packed lunch from home if you wish.  We encourage parents to provide a varied, healthy packed lunch for their child, however please do not send in nuts as we have a number of children with severe nut allergies, thank you.  Water is always available to drink.

Please see separate sheet for breakdown of our charges.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact the Nursery Manager

01452 740205, option 5.

Information regarding Funding and Charging

From 1 September 2026

Late Collection

Children must be collected on time when their session ends. If you know that you are going to be late then please phone and let us know, depending on how far away you are please arrange for one of your emergency contacts to collect your child. Please note that if you are late by up to 10 minutes, a charge of £10 will be applied on each occasion.  Regular lateness will be discussed individually to help address and offer support with any ongoing issues.