Term dates and fees

Opening Hours

Nutley Preschool operates five days a week, between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm.

Our core sessions run from 9:00am until 3:00pm, with the following sessions available:

• 9:00am – 12:00pm
• 9:00am – 1:00pm
• 12:00pm – 3:00pm

We ask that children are dropped off no later than 9:15am, so the day’s activities can begin. Children take packed lunches which they eat together at the end of the morning session. We recommend children attend at least two sessions per week, to help them settle in.

Starting from September 2026, we will also be offering early drop-offs and late pick-ups, subject to demand. These are available in half-hourly increments and may be booked as the following add-on sessions:

• 8:00am – 9:00am
• 8:30am – 9:00am
• 3:00pm – 3:30pm
• 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Please contact us to let us know if you would be interested in taking up these extended hours; we expect the 8:30am drop-off and 3:30pm pick-up to be particularly popular amongst parents of primary school children!

All of these sessions may be paid for with EYEE funded hours.

All preschoolers are welcome from the age of two until they start primary school.

Term dates

Our term dates from September 2025 for the academic year 25/26 are:

Our term dates from September 2026 for the academic year 26/27 are:

Funding

Nutley Preschool accepts 15-hour and 30-hour funded places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

You may be entitled to up to 15 or 30 hours of childcare free, for up to 38 weeks a year. The number of hours depends on the child’s age and your situation. You can check your eligibility using the Childcare Choices eligibility checker, here: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

If you will be using funded hours, please get in touch with us as soon as you can, so we can ensure everything is set up in time for your child starting with us.

We have also signed up as a provider to receive payments via the ‘Tax-Free Childcare’ scheme, that you may also be eligible for, please find more information at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

Fees

The charge per hour for unfunded hours is £7.50.

The remaining fees are all voluntary, and there are no other hidden fees.

• We have a fortnightly multi-skills Tiny Tekkers session on Wednesdays, which we ask for a voluntary payment of £5 per child, per session.
• We offer a healthy snack for children at a voluntary charge of £1 per day. If you would like to instead provide your own snack, please get in touch for our guidelines on suitable snacks.
• We ask for a voluntary contribution of £1 per day towards resources. This helps cover the cost of enrichment activities we provide which go beyond the requirements of the EYFS framework.

You will be invoiced once per half term. Fees are payable even if a child is absent, as it is the place that is being paid for and not the attendance. If an absence is likely to be prolonged the Manager or Committee should be consulted about fees. Invoices are subject to 14 day payment terms. Each child’s attendance is conditional upon the payment of fees. We are happy for you to change the hours your child is doing at preschool in the initial few weeks, after which we will need a term’s notice (approximately 6 weeks) if you are going to reduce hours. Failure to provide such notice will result in one half term worth of fees becoming payable.

As a charity, we greatly appreciate the contributions of parents and carers, whose support helps keep our preschool running smoothly and successfully. If you are unable to afford or prefer not to pay any of the voluntary fees, please get in touch so we can remove them from your invoice.

To register your interest please contact the preschool on 07535665013.

To hold a place for your child, we will require a £50 refundable holding deposit.