Fees - from 1st September 2016 to 31st August 2017

This information is now out-of-date and these fees have been superseded.

Updated April 2017




Fees for agreed attendance patterns

Description   Price

Pre-school fees are charged all year round
while Small World is open.  (approx. 49 weeks of the year)

Children under three years old
are charged an additional 6% *1

Food & nappies
are provided free of charge to all

*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply
*2 - See also School Pickup costs

Whole day, single (8am - 6pm) £ 55.00
Half day, single morning (8am - 1pm) £ 36.50
Half day, single afternoon (1pm - 6pm) £ 29.50
School day (8am - 4pm) *1 £ 50.50
Late start day (10am - 6pm) *1 £ 50.50
After School hours (3pm – 6pm & collection) *1 *2 £ 16.50
Breakfast club (5+ year olds 8am & Drop off to local schools) *1 *2   £ 5.00
School holiday day (5 – 11 year olds during holidays) *1 £ 38.60
Half day, school holiday (8am – 1pm – 6pm) *1 £ 21.00

Children under three years old are charged an additional 6% *1
Food & nappies are provided free of charge to all
*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply
*2 - See also School Pickup costs

Plus discounts

Description Discount amount or percentage

*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply

*2 - Only one discount applies to each child

Full time (50 hours a week) £ 15.05 weekly discount *1
40 hours a week   £ 3.05 weekly discount *1
30 hours a week   £ 1.05 weekly discount *1
Sibling   3% discount*1 *2

Government grants and vouchers will reduce these costs to you

Scheme Max annually
Free sessions Normally applicable to children between 3 years old and 5.  Depends on sessions taken.  Administered and automatically credited by Small World on your behalf.  (up to 15 hours per week over 38 weeks)  You must complete a parental declaration each term, that we will send you.  No other discount is applicable with free sessions.  Depends on your fees
Voucher A saving of tax and national insurance on the first £ 56 spent on childcare each week (£ 243 per month) Your employer will arrange for this to be deducted from your salary.  Both parents can claim.  Small World must receive remittance advice notes to be able to credit you.  £ 2,916 (dependant on tax rates etc.)
Busy Bees We no NOT accept vouchers from Busy Bees

Possible charges

Description Price
Penalty hour - late pickup without arrangement £ 25.00
Fee for session swap (per session, with prior arrangement) *1   £ 6.50
Minimum charge for any extended session (with prior arrangement)   £ 7.90
Late payment fee, levied for monthly payment after 5th £ 25.00
Monthly fee for monthly payment other than by agreed standing order £ 15.00
*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply

Some example attendance patterns and their costs, excluding free sessions, are

Cost by Age (years) Weekly cost Estimated Monthly cost*1 *2
Three & over Under three Three & over Under three
Full time, all day, all week   £ 259.95   £ 275.55   £ 1062   £ 1126
Four days   £ 216.95   £ 229.97     £ 886     £ 940
Three days, including Monday or Friday   £ 163.95   £ 173.79     £ 670     £ 710
All day, Tuesday through Thursday   £ 190.95   £ 202.41     £ 780     £ 827
School days (8-4), all week   £ 249.45   £ 264.42   £ 1019   £ 1080
All week, mornings only   £ 182.50   £ 193.45     £ 746     £ 790
Other attendance patterns, not shown in the above examples, can be calculated or will be provided on application.

*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply
*2 - Exact and personal standing order calculations are made and provided to all parents

School Pickup Costs

Collection (or drop off) for some school children is available *1

The following are some of the schools possibly covered.

School Price *2
St Swithun's *3     £ 4.00
Long Furlong     £ 7.90
North Hinksey   £ 11.00
Radley     £ 7.90
St Edmunds     £ 7.90
Thomas Reade     £ 7.90
Others, not listed Possibly, on application
*1 - Some conditions or restrictions apply.  This is a very limited service. 
*2 - Price is per child per trip.  Children of the same family collected at the same time from the same school are charged for only one collection plus a nominal £ 2.00 for each extra child.
*3 - There is no drop off or collection charge for St Swithun's for Breakfast Club or After School Club.

Mid-week surcharge

Description Conditions Rate
Mid-week surcharge Daily attendance charge where attendance pattern excludes any attendance on a Monday or Friday.  Rate is additional to any other charges.  Not applicable to After School or Holiday Club attendance.  (£ 27.00 per week) £ 9.00

Review

Fees are reviewed at least annually, typically notified during July and changing on 1st September.  Standing order calculations are provided to allow monthly fixed payments, these are reviewed regularly. 

Fees charged prior to 1st September 2016 are published here.

Conditions or Restrictions

Below are some of the applicable conditions and restrictions to the fees above.

  • Pre-school fees are charged all year round while Small World is open.  (on average approximately 49 weeks of the year)
  • All discounts are not applicable when free sessions start.
  • Sibling discount would only be applied to one of the sibling (older) and not if there was another more beneficial discount. 
  • Vouchers can only be accepted as part remittances if they conform to the rules, including receipt of reliably remittance advice. 
  • Sessions swaps must be agreed in advance.  More conditions & details here. 
  • Any charges that are term time use St Swithun's School term dates.  More details here. 
  • The 6% extra for under three years old children ceases from the month after they turn three.

Deposit

A deposit is payable to secure & retain a place at Small World. Full details will be provided on application.  Some brief details are available here.

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