We are open five days a week during school term times from 8.45am – 3.15pm.

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We accept children from two years old until they reach statutory school age.

 

Fees per hour

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Children aged 2 years – £7.20

Children aged 3/4 years – £6.70

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Universal (15 hour) Offer

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The universal offer entitles all children to 15 hours of free childcare the term after their third birthday ie if your child’s third birthday falls between 1st September and 31st December, they are entitled to universal funding from 1st January.  Parents can use some or all of their funding, which can be split between 2 settings.  If parents would like to use more than their 15 hour entitlement, the additional hours will be charged at the normal hourly rate, unless claiming the working families (30 hours) entitlement.  The current hourly rate is £6.70 per hour.

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Disadvantaged Two Year Old Funding

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If your child qualifies for disadvantaged 2 year old funding, you will be entitled to 15 hours free childcare per week, which can be taken between 9.00am and 3pm.  If parents would like to use more than their free 15 hours, the additional time will be charged at the normal hourly rate.  

 

This is currently £7.20 an hour.  Applications can be made through East Sussex County Council and please give your 6 digit voucher code to the Manager when booking.

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Working Families (30 hour) Offer

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If eligible, parents will also be able to use some or all of their 30 hours government funded childcare at Barn Owls Pre-School. This is available to qualifying families the term after a child turns 3 yrs.  Children aged 9m - 3yrs are currently  able to access 15 hours funding but this will increase to the full 30 hours from September 2025.

 

Parents can apply for the 30 hours funded childcare if they meet the eligibility criteria:

 

Both parents must be working (or the lone parent is working in single parent families) and will need to be earning at least the equivalent of the National Minimum Wage or Living Wage for 16 hours a week.  Self-employed parents are also eligible if they meet this earning threshold, although if your business is less than 12 months old then the threshold is slightly lower. Each working parent must have an individual income below £100,000 per annum to be eligible.

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To check if you are eligible or to apply for 30 hours funding, please go to Gov.uk to open a childcare account and complete the application.  If eligible, you will be given a code which we will need to have in order to obtain your child’s funding.

 

The extended entitlement MUST be applied for in advance ie if you would like your entitlement to begin from 1st September, you would need to apply by the middle of August.  Applications made from 1st September  would have a start date of  the following January.