Funding

At Green Lane Nursery, we do accept children on Government funded places. Please see the list below to see what is available as of September 2025.

Currently available for eligible, working parents:

30 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year from 9 months (you may choose to stretch the hours over 50 weeks of the year and use 22.5 hours per week).

Additional funding available:

15 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year for children aged 2 to 3 years old whose parents meet the criteria regarding claiming certain benefits. Please visit the Government website to check eligibility.
Universal 15 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year for ALL children aged 3 to 4 years old (you may choose to stretch these hours over 50 weeks of the year and use 11.5 hours per week).

What happens if I become ineligible for the extended entitlement?

If a parent suddenly becomes ineligible, you will not lose your childcare place immediately, you will receive a “national grace period” – this enables parents to retain their childcare place for a short period (around 3 months).

Once the grace period has lapsed you may be entitled to the universal 15 hours entitlement

This system works the same across the country allowing local authorities and providers to use an online eligibility checker to establish how long the child can continue to receive their funded hours.

Please check which funding you are eligible for on Best Start For Life website here

When can I use my funded hours?

In the Butterfly Room (2-3 years) and the Tree House (3-4 years), all funded hours may be used between the hours of 9:00am and 4:30pm.

In the Flower Garden room (0-2 years), you may use your funded hours between 9:00am and 6:00pm.

You can book additional hours which will be charged at our full hourly rate.

Please note that funding does not include any meals.

More about your funding

To claim childcare funding, please visit the following links to check your eligibility and apply for funding:

Access www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator or www.beststartinlife.gov.uk
During this process you will be able to set up a Government Gateway account if you don’t already have one. HMRC sometimes require additional information from parents so please allow sufficient time to apply for your code.
Once you have successfully applied, the Government will issue you an eligibility code. This code needs to be added to your FE1 funding form (which we will email to you).
Green Lane Nursery will need to see a copy of your child’s birth certificate.
You will need to re-confirm your eligibility code every three months. The Government Gateway will remind you to do this.
If you are not eligible for the extended entitlement and are only claiming 15 hours, please complete the FE1 funding form and show us your child’s birth certificate.

When will my child’s funding start?

Children who are eligible, will receive their funding in the term after they turn 9 months old.

Please see the table below to show when your child’s funding will be added to their regular booking plan.

Quality Premium Charge

The quality premium charge applies to children who receive funding and was first introduced in September 2017 in line with the government incentive of 30 hours childcare. This charge allows a nursery setting to request a donation to help cover costs such as artwork resources and trips (as well as additional staff for trips) due to
the government underfunding the early years hourly rates.

As we are starting to offer more funding throughout the nursery this charge is becoming more paramount to maintain the high-quality experiences that we provide children such as trips and diverse activities and crafts each day. Although this charge is not compulsory, we are grateful to all the parents over the last few years who have supported the nursery by contributing this fee. As a setting we would love to continue offering a range of experiences to children.

The rates for the quality premium charge are £15 per week for those claiming 15 hours and £30 per week for those claiming 30 hours funded childcare.
We would like to take this opportunity to further reiterate our gratitude to the families who continue to support our nursery and help us to provide the best quality teaching and care.

For more information regarding the challenges the early years sector are facing please visit Champagne Nurseries on Lemonade Funding or alternatively follow this link for a slide show representative on the importance of nurseries receiving the quality premium charge from parents.

We have not included in our pricing, any contribution to cover costs associated with employing a team of qualified staff including mandatory staff training, workplace pensions, sick pay etc.

Funding

At Green Lane Nursery, we do accept children on Government funded places. Please see the list below to see what is available as of September 2025.

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Currently available for eligible, working parents:

30 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year from 9 months (you may choose to stretch the hours over 50 weeks of the year and use 22.5 hours per week).

Additional funding available:

15 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year for children aged 2 to 3 years old whose parents meet the criteria regarding claiming certain benefits. Please visit the Government website to check eligibility.

Universal 15 funded hours over 38 weeks of the year for ALL children aged 3 to 4 years old (you may choose to stretch these hours over 50 weeks of the year and use 11.5 hours per week).

What happens if I become ineligible for the extended entitlement?

If a parent suddenly becomes ineligible, you will not lose your childcare place immediately, you will receive a “national grace period” – this enables parents to retain their childcare place for a short period (around 3 months).

Once the grace period has lapsed you may be entitled to the universal 15 hours entitlement

This system works the same across the country allowing local authorities and providers to use an online eligibility checker to establish how long the child can continue to receive their funded hours.

Please check which funding you are eligible for on Best Start For Life website here

When can I use my funded hours?

In the Butterfly Room (2-3 years) and the Tree House (3-4 years), all funded hours may be used between the hours of 9:00am and 4:30pm.

In the Flower Garden room (0-2 years), you may use your funded hours between 9:00am and 6:00pm.

You can book additional hours which will be charged at our full hourly rate.

Please note that funding does not include any meals.

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More about your funding

To claim childcare funding, please visit the following links to check your eligibility and apply for funding:

Access www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator or www.beststartinlife.gov.uk

During this process you will be able to set up a Government Gateway account if you don’t already have one. HMRC sometimes require additional information from parents so please allow sufficient time to apply for your code.

Once you have successfully applied, the Government will issue you an eligibility code. This code needs to be added to your FE1 funding form (which we will email to you).

Green Lane Nursery will need to see a copy of your child’s birth certificate.

You will need to re-confirm your eligibility code every three months. The Government Gateway will remind you to do this.

If you are not eligible for the extended entitlement and are only claiming 15 hours, please complete the FE1 funding form and show us your child’s birth certificate.

When will my child’s funding start?

Children who are eligible, will receive their funding in the term after they turn 9 months old.

Please see the table below to show when your child’s funding will be added to their regular booking plan.

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Quality Premium Charge