Term Dates
| Academic Year: | 2020/2021 |
| Autumn Term | |
| Staff Training: | Wednesday 3rd September Thursday 3rd September Friday 4th September |
| Autumn term part 1: | Monday 7th September - Friday 23rd October |
| Half Term: | Monday 26th October - Friday 30th October |
| Autumn term part 2: | Monday 2nd November - Friday 18th December |
| Christmas Holidays: | Monday 21st December - Friday 1st January |
| Spring Term | |
| Staff Training: | Monday 4th January |
| Spring term part 1: | Tuesday 5th January - Friday 12th February |
| Half Term: | Monday 15th February - Friday 19th February |
| Spring term part 2: | Monday 22nd February - Wednesday 31st March |
| Easter Holiday: | Thursday 1st April - Friday 16th April |
| Summer Term | |
| Staff Training: | Monday 19th April |
| Summer term part 1: | Tuesday 20th April - Friday 28th April |
| May Bank Holiday: | Monday 3rd May |
| Half Term: | Monday 31st May - Friday 4th June |
| Summer term part 2: | Monday 7th June - Friday 23rd July |
Funded Childcare
Currently, all parents of three- and four-year-old children are entitled to a universal offer of 15 hours’ funded childcare per week, an offer also extended to the most disadvantaged two-year-olds. As of September 2017, the government introduced a new scheme, known as 30 Hours Childcare, which will provide an additional 15 funded hours to working parents of three- and four-year-olds. Some parents could therefore be eligible for up to 30 hours of funded childcare per week.
To find out more, and to see whether you are eligible, visit the Childcare Choices website.
Fees
| Full Time Weekly rate (mon-fri 8.45am to 3.15) | £222.50 |
|---|---|
| Daily Rate (8.45am to 3.15pm | £44.50 |
| Morning Session (8.45am to 11.45am) | £21.00 |
| Afternoon Session (12.15pm to 3.15pm) | £21.00 |
| Early Drop Off (8.15am to 8.45am) | £2.00 |
Help With Childcare Costs
If you would find it difficult to pay the fees in full, there is a lot of help available to pay for childcare costs. You can get up to 80% of your childcare costs paid for via working tax credit. Use HMRC's calculator to find out what is available to you. The calculator is here.
As Dalgarno is a self funding body, it is necessary that fees are charged when a child is absent due to sickness, holiday or for any other reasons. We do rely on regular payments of fees. Failure to pay will jeopardise your child’s placement at the pre-school. Arrears must not exceed two weeks all payments must be keep up-to-date.
FEES POLICY
Fees are payable monthly in advance.
No refund will be given for periods where the place is unfulfilled due to illness, holidays or pre-planned pre-school events. We are closed on bank holidays and for five training days per year to support our continuing professional development for the benefit of children and families; no refund is given for these closures.
Late payments incur a late payment fee of £30. In addition, daily interest will be charged on all outstanding amounts at the rate of 3% above the Bank of England base rate.
DEPOSIT ARRANGEMENTS
We currently have no deposit arrangements.
EXTENDED SESSIONS
Penalty to late collection
Depending on circumstances, we reserve the right to charge parents for the additional hours worked. We give parents a grace period of five minutes of being late. However, if this lateness is a reoccurrence we charge parents £5 if you are more than 5 minutes late and £5 for every 15 minutes after that.