At Over The Rainbow Day Nursery we are able to accept all funding depending on our availability.

The government guidelines are that a child may be entitled to 30 hours of funding from either the term after they turn 9 months old, the term after they turn 2 years old, or the term after they turn 3 years old.

As we are not a term time only setting, we stretch our funding over 52 weeks of the year.

If you are eligible, you will be provided with an 11 digit code that you should share with us, we will then be able to apply the funding to your account. This code will need to be re-confirmed by you every 3 months and you should receive email reminders of this from the government. Failure to reconfirm your code could result in the funding being withdrawn.

All eligible children are entitled to 1140 hours of free Early Years provision per year. With the stretched offer, the 1140 hours will be taken over 12 months. Parents will be offered up to 21.92 hours a week funding.

 

Child turns 9 months, 2 years or 3 years between 1^st January and 31^st March - Funding can be accessed from the Summer Term, which is April (Code MUST be applied for and issued BEFORE 31^st March)

Child turns 9 months, 2 years or 3 years between 1^st April and 31^st August - Funding can be accessed from the Autumn Term, which is September (Code MUST be applied for and issued BEFORE 31^st August)

Child turns 9 months, 2 years or 3 years between 1^st September and 31^st December - Funding can be accessed from the Spring Term, which is January (Code MUST be applied for and issued BEFORE 31^st December)

 

Some 2 years olds "may" be entitled to funding from the Local Authority. If a 2 year old is eligible, parents will be provided with a 6 digit code. For this, a child is entitled to 15 hours over 38 weeks - please contact us for information on this.

Similarly, if a child is not eligible for the 30 hours funding. ALL children are eligible for 15 hours funding from the term after their 3rd birthday. Again, if your child falls into this category, please contact us for more information.

Our funded hours include small additional charges for essential items that are not covered by government funding. These include all meals freshly prepared by our in-house chefs in our 5 star food hygiene rated kitchen, consumables such as wipes, creams etc and all extra curricular activities that make our curriculum unique and varied.

Government funding does not cover the cost of these items, nor is it intended to. Our inclusive approach ensures every child enjoys the same experiences, opportunities, and high-quality teaching. The additional charges will only be applied to fully funded sessions.

 

You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

Other government schemes you may be able to apply for:

Further information: