A non-refundable registration fee of £60.00 is required when booking a place in the nursery.

  To help us to maintain our high standards and meet our overheads there will be an annual increment to the fees

  Information about fees

1. Lexden Lodge Kindergarten is open all year around apart from Christmas, Easter Holidays and the other recognised Bank Holidays. If your child attends on one of these days, an alternative day should be requested and taken , in the month of the bank holiday, and agreed as space is available. Any holiday not taken this way cannot be carried forward to another month.

2. Lexden Lodge Kindergarten will claim directly the grants for all the Government funded places from Essex County Council. Families are able to benefit from the Nursery Education Grant, which is available to coincide with school terms, for 38 weeks of the year, and is offered to all children over the age of 3 years. Should there be a change to the booking rate during any month, then that month will be billed on a monthly attendance basis.

3. There is a £60 none refundable registration fee once the booking is confirmed as well as a deposit of one month’s fee, which will be held on file and credited to the last month’s invoice once you have given one month written notice. Fees remain payable once booked.

4. There is a discount of 5% which is given to the older child, when a younger sibling attends as well. When multiple children attend the discount is given to one, nominated child.

5. One month written notice is required to advise us that your child will be leaving the nursery. We also require one month written notice to change the pattern of attendance.

6. All fees are payable monthly in advance, including the first month of attendance, and are due on the 1 ^st of the month. Once a place is confirmed, all fees remain payable in the event of non-attendance due to holidays or sickness.

7. A 10% surcharge will be added to all outstanding fees if full payment is not received by the 1 ^st of the month . Continual late or non-payment could result in the loss of your child’s place.

8. Any extra sessions of activities (e.g. Jo jingle or French Lesson, etc) will be represented separately on your invoice and once booked it remains payable, and a notice period of one month is needed to rescind the booking.

9. If you have problems in collecting your child as an emergency, please let us know immediately, or as soon as you can. However should this arise more than once a month, we will charge an extra fee of £20.00 per 15 minutes to your account.

10. Once the place is confirmed, fees remain payable regardless of any reason of extreme weather, loss of heating, or lighting, or other force majeure which causes unforeseen closure.