Rainbow Nursery Gallery
Where we areRainbow Nursery, 44B Portway Frome, Somerset BA11 1QR
Rainbow Nursery, 44B Portway Frome, Somerset
BA11 1QRGet in touchTel:
01373 462553
Rainbow Nursery Sessions and Fees
Session Times and Daily Fees
8am-3pm £56.00
8am-4pm £64.00
8am-5pm £72.00
8am-6pm £80.00
9am-3pm £48.00
9am-4pm £56.00
9am-5pm £64.00
9am-6pm £72.00
Government Funding and Additional Services Fees
We offer the 15 and 30 hours a week Government Funded Sessions, these are offered within our session times above. Please see our FAQ for more information on how we administer funding.
Funding is paid during school term times (38 weeks per year)
There are 3 terms per academic year (Sep to Aug):
Autumn Term: 1st September – 31st December,
Spring Term: 1st January – 31st March,
Summer Term: 1st April – 31st August.
The maximum allowance of hours for the academic year is 570 (15 hours x 38 weeks per year) for the 15 hour offer and 1140 (30 hours x 38 weeks per year) for the 30 hour offer. We invoice based on the actual number of sessions your child attends in each month. We stretch the funded hours across the 12 months that we are open so the number of funded hours you receive will vary based on how many sessions your child attends in each month.
Most Children start school in the September after their 4th Birthday so depending on when they turn 3, they will receive 3, 4 or 5 terms of funding before starting school. If your child starts with us mid-term, we will calculate your remaining funding individually.
Government Funding is intended to cover the cost of 15 or 30 hours a week (term time only) of high quality childcare, it is not intended to cover the costs of meals, consumables, additional hours or services, therefore we apply a voluntary additional services fee for each funded session as below. Additional services fees cover a 2 course high tea, snacks, trips and extra activities, emergency supplies of sun cream, wipes and medication, they are only applied to funded sessions so these fees are not in addition to the above fees and will be pro-rata if the session is partly funded. Parents who are unable or unwilling to pay additional services fees, please ask us about your options. All hours taken above funded hours include everything we provide within our standard fees.
We apply a voluntary additional services fee per session for the provision of these items. Additional Services fees are only applicable to funded sessions and will be capped according to how many funded hours are taken each month. Our standard policy is to include this charge.
We are open 8-6, Monday to Friday 51 weeks per year. We close on Bank Holidays and for 1 week at Christmas, we do not charge fees when we are closed. You monthly fee will be based on the actual number of sessions your child attends each month. The number of Government Funded hours delivered each month at £0 will be shown on your invoice with agreed additional services fees and extra hours charged at our standard rate.
Additional services policy
This policy outlines our approach to supplying additional services within our childcare setting. It ensures transparency, choice, and shared responsibility between the setting and families.
At Rainbow we want to ensure that all children are given access to the highest possible care and education, over and above the expectation of the EYFS basic provision. In order to provide this level of care we add an additional services charge to funded sessions to cover the extra costs involved.
Breakdown of our Additional Services
At Rainbow, this may include but is not limited to: a daily charge of £1.00 for snacks, 20p for our care package, a £1.00 IT package and 80p Activities package (includes cooking, gardening, events, celebration gifts) total of £3 per session.
Tea will be charged at £2.00 per day for those children who are booked in after 4pm.
IG Sports sessions will be charged at 50p per week (only applicable to Preschool children attending on Friday mornings)
Opt-Out Option
Parents who choose to opt-out must contact the office for opt out options these include waiving the charge, reducing the charge to a more affordable amount. Please contact rainbowfrome@aol.com for more details.