
Childcare Fee Overview
At Village End, we understand that paying for a full day’s childcare when you only need a few hours is frustrating. Our hourly booking system means that you only ever pay for the childcare you need, and you can even pay by the minute.
Our standard fee is just £6.90 per hour, with discounts available for children the term after they turn 3 and those with wraparound places of 15 or more hours per week. More details regarding our fees can be found on the ‘Village End’ app.
Fee Structure

For children who are aged 3* & 4, for every hour booked, you get the next half price, reducing our childcare fee to an average of just £5.18 per hour.
15 and 30 hour government funding can be used anytime between 8am – 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8am – 4pm Friday.
For wraparound bookings of at least 15 hours per week (both term-time and school holidays) we offer an additional 10% discount on childcarel 10% on childcare fees and meals.
If your child will be at Village End at least 15 hours per week on average over a complete half-term or school holiday period (not including government funded hours), our discount will reduce your childcare fees to an average of just £4.66 per hour.
*Our half price discount is only available for 3 year olds the term after they turn 3.
Mini Camp – 5 & 6 years (Ad Hoc & Permanent Bookings)
Pay by The Minute Details
We’re all about flexibility here at Village End, and 2020 saw the introduction of our pay by the minute option.
If you’re running a few minutes early or late, you will now be automatically charged solely for the extra minutes used either side of your pre-booked session which are manually recorded by our dedicated staff.
Extra minutes are charged at a rate of time and a half, i.e. standard hourly fee of £6.90, divided by 60 minutes x 1.5 = 17.2p per minute.
The children love to learn more about the food they eat, and they even help us choose the menu!
We of course also welcome packed lunches if your child prefers, but if you’re worried about fussy eaters, our knowledgable team will happily work with you to prepare an individual eating plan to help support your child in their eating development.
Breakfast (£1.15)
Morning Snack (57p)
Lunch (£1.72)
Afternoon Snack (57p)
Dinner (£2.87)

Bookings can be made either on an Ad Hoc basis, or on a Permanent basis (a repeated ongoing weekly booking which will receive discounted prices).
There will be no charge if an Ad Hoc place is cancelled 24 hours prior to the requested start time.
If you wish to cancel a permanent place, we require 14 working days.
Free Funding
We offer Universal, Extended, Stretched & Split funding.
Funding must be claimed in advance and needs to be validated online every 3 months at: http://www.gov.uk/sign-in-childcare-account
Government funding can be shared between 2 providers.
Available for all 3 & 4 year olds and some 2 year olds, regardless of whether you are in employment or not.
Available for parents who work at least 16 hours per week and earn under £100,000 per annum.

Available for parents who work at least 16 hours per week and earn less than £100,000 per annum.

We offer credit accounts so that you can pay at the end of each invoicing period.

Should you require a ‘Payment Extension’ please use the form on our app to make a request. If your request is declined, or we don’t receive payment within the agreed time, a late payment fee plus interest will automatically be added to your account.
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