FEES FOR 2-5 YEAR OLDS ELIGIBLE FOR 15 HOURS FUNDING

(UNIVERSAL FUNDING OR WORKING PARENTS ENTITLEMENT)

FROM MAY 2024 TO APRIL 2025

Funded 2 to 5 year olds are required to attend a minimum of 18 hours per week; the funding covers 11.4 hours per week over 50 weeks per year or 15 hours per week for term time attendance, and is therefore accessed as part of a larger package.

Children may access the free hours on their own by attending 1 day from 1pm to 6pm and 2 days 3pm to 6pm or 5 days 3-6pm term time (subject to availability).

Combinations of sessions available, please ask for a quote. Fees below only apply to the first 15 hours.

The fees for funded children are stand-alone fees as they have grant funding deducted up to 11.4 hours (stretched 15 hours) for all year attendance or 15 hours for term time attendance. Please email or call if you require a mix of sessions.

In addition to the free hours covered by the government funding, the package includes the following extras: 

• Fresh fruit or alternative break-time snack for each child every day. This promotes healthy eating at an early age.
• All our Montessori Teachers/keyworkers are employed for additional time each week for planning activities for each individual child to meet their specific learning needs related to learning goals and based on recorded observations in class. Detailed learning journeys are available for parents to access at any time.
• My Montessori Child Progress Tracking system which is the leading Montessori system for tracking children’s progress in achieving the Montessori and EYFS goals.
• An extensive range of Montessori learning and play equipment designed to help children develop.
• Montessori trained and qualified staff.
• Full Montessori curriculum.
• Forest School activities with qualified Forest School Leader.
• Extra staff to enable a 1:6 staff to child ratio for 3-4 year-olds and 1:4 for 2 year olds. This enables more attention for each child at this important stage in their development, than the minimum ratio required by Early Years.
• Where a child attends more than the amount of the free hours per week we also charge for the additional time.
• Extra-curricular activities such as tennis, music lessons with Ian and multisport (please ask for the latest list of activities) provided by specialist coaches.

Please contact us to arrange the visit to view our facilities and to register your child to attend Lemon Tree Montessori.