Funding
Families can access the 30 hour or 15-hour government funding places plus a variety of alternative combinations such as wraparound care.
Funding: two, three and four year old funding is accepted up to a maximum of 30 hours (2YO £5.89 / 3/4YO £4.35 per hour)
A voluntary contribution of 50p per hour is requested for all 3 and 4 year old funded hours attended*
Any hours attended above this will be charged at our hourly rates based on age
*If you are in receipt of 3 or 4 year old funding, the current rate paid to us excludes food supplied or any of the extra activities/events we offer. In order to continue to provide the high quality setting we strive to maintain for your child, we ask that a voluntary payment of £0.50 per funded hour is paid by you e.g. an additional £7.50 per week if you are in receipt of the full 15 hours funding for Cygnets, plus the fees at our normal rate of 2YO £6.50 / 3/4YO £5.60 per hour for any additional hours over and above the 15 or 30 hours you have with us. The amount owed will be emailed to you on a monthly invoice at the beginning of each month. We fully support the introduction of the additional funding and have seen, over the last year, many families that have benefited hugely from greatly reduced childcare fees. Whilst we want to continue to provide this service for you, we are not charging the difference between the two rates, but if we do not receive these voluntary payments, we will have to reassess whether it is financially viable for Cygnets to continue to offer funded places. 100% of our income is put into making a safe, nurturing, fun and educational environment for your child.
Please see the link below to check eligibility:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Early years pupil premium is additional funding paid to the preschool for eligible children
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/business/information-providers/childrens-services-providers/support-early-years-providers/business-and-funding-childcare-providers/early-education-fund/early-years-pupil-premium
EYPP Eligibility
Your childcare provider may be entitled to up to £340 per year of funding to support your 3 and 4 year old child's development, learning and care. The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) provides extra funding for 3 and 4 year old children whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits or children who have been in care or adopted from care.
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/children-education-and-families/information-parents/find-childcare/help-paying-childcare/extra-funding-providers
3 and 4-year-olds in funded early education will be eligible for EYPP funding if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
Family gets one of the following:
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided they’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit (provided they have an annual net earned income equivalent to and not exceeding £7,400, assessed on up to three of the parent’s most recent Universal Credit assessment periods.)
They have been in local-authority care for one day or more in England or Wales
They’ve left care under a special guardianship order; child arrangements order or adoption order