FUNDED NURSERY EDUCATION FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS
The Early Years education within Harrow Council will fund
part-time Nursery education places for three and four year
olds. Eligibility for a funded place depends upon a child's
third or fourth birthday.
The table below will indicates when a child becomes eligible
for a funded place. Your child must be registered by the first
week of that term and therefore it is highly advisable to
put your child's name on any waiting list before the child
is three years old.
| A Child who is 3 or 4 years old and born
between: |
Will be eligible for a
funded place from |
| 1st April and 31st August 2003 |
Autumn Term 2006 (Sept -Dec) |
| 1st September and 31st December 2003 |
Spring Term 2007 (Jan -April) |
| 1st January and 31st March 2004 |
Summer Term 2007 (April - July) |
How much funding is given? The table below is an example
of funding given at the moment to the provider who is operating
at least 38 weeks per year.
| Sessions per week |
Amount of Grant per Term |
| 1 |
£102.60 |
| 2 |
£205.20 |
| 3 |
£307.80 |
| 4 |
£410.40 |
| 5 |
£513.00 |
* A fixed charge of £3 is levied to cover administration
costs and provide an additional service to offset against the
fee due.
Little Stars Pre School administers this scheme on your
behalf to claim the funding from Harrow Early Years once your
child has commenced before the headcount dates of the grant
application period which is generally at beginning of each
term. You will be requested to sign the application forms
for your child.
The process of initiating grants for your child, the collection,
payment and making sure that grants are processed as quickly
as possible when issued, involves an extra administration
burden for the Pre-school and cost as well. Therefore, as
and when grant awards are made by the LBH for your child,
Little Stars Pre-school will deal with this as soon as possible
to reimburse you and where practical provide an additional
service to offset such grants against the fee invoices issued
which are normally due in two instalments unlike other establishments.
This effectively means when grants are processed, the second
fee instalment due is offset in the fee invoice itself to
ease burden of payment on parents in our second instalment
period. In practice the grants processed by LBH are not actually
received when fee invoices are sent out but the benefit is
passed to you automatically.
Pre-School Term Dates for 2006/2007
Bank & Public Holidays 2006/2007
January 1st New Year
Good Friday Friday 6th April 2007
Easter Monday 9th April 2007
May Day Monday 7th May 2007
Spring May Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2007
Autumn Term 2006
| Term Commences |
Monday 4th September 2006 |
| Half Term |
Monday 23rd October - Friday 27th October
2006 |
| Children return |
Monday 30th October 2006 |
| Term Ends |
Friday 15th December 2006 |
| No of Weeks |
14 Weeks |
| |
|
| Billing Period1: |
7 weeks instalment |
| Billing Period2: |
7 weeks instalment with Funding offset as
applicable |
| No of Weeks: |
14 Weeks |
Spring Term 2007
| Term Commences |
Tuesday 2nd January 2007 |
| Half Term |
Monday 19th February 2007 -Friday 23rd Feb2007 |
| Children return |
Monday 26th February 2007 |
| Term Ends |
Thursday 5th April 2007 |
| |
|
| Billing Period1: |
7 weeks instalment |
| Billing Period2: |
6 weeks instalment with Funding offset as
applicable |
| No of Weeks: |
13 Weeks |
Summer Term 2006
| Term Commences |
Monday 16th April 2007 |
| Half Term |
Monday 28th May 2007 -Friday 1st June 2007 |
| Children return |
Monday 4th June 2007 |
| Term Ends |
Friday 20th July 2007 |
| |
|
| Billing Period1: |
6 weeks instalment |
| Billing Period2: |
7 weeks instalment with Funding offset as
applicable |
| No of Weeks: |
13 Weeks |
Total Number of weeks open: 40 Weeks
Note: Parents taking leave during Pre-School term time will
be charged Full fees. Any absence sickness or otherwise must
be informed in advance to the Group Leader or manager if your
child will miss term time days.
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