Early Education Entitlements that can be accessed at 197 Nurseries

9 Month Old Baby Funding - Working entitlement.

Eligible working parents or carers of children aged 9 months can access 30 hours of free early education entitlement from the term after they turn 9 months old. Parents will need to obtain a code from HMRC and send this to onenineseven@aol.com for 197 Early Years Nursery or oneninesevenparknursery@aol.com for One Nine Seven Park Nursery along with their child’s full name, date of birth and account holder’s National Insurance Number (NIN). This information is also required on our registration form. A parental authorisation form will be provided by the nursery for parents to sign. More information can be found at the Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life website and parents are responsible to renew their codes when required.

 

2 Year Old Funding – Families receiving additional support (FRAS) entitlement.

This is an eligibility based funding for up to 570 hours of free childcare per year effective from the term following the child’s 2^nd birthday. Applications are made by families to the local authority and places will only be allocated once eligibility has been confirmed. Eligibility is confirmed by the local authority that the provider is based within and then claimed and paid directly to the provider. We request to see children’s birth certificates at their first settle to confirm their date of birth.

 

2 Year Old Funding - Working entitlement.

Eligible working parents or carers of children aged 2 can access 30 hours of free early education entitlement from the term after they turn 2. Parents will need to obtain a code from HMRC and send this to onenineseven@aol.com for 197 Early Years Nursery or oneninesevenparknursery@aol.com for One Nine Seven Park Nursery, along with their child’s full name, date of birth and account holder’s national insurance number. This information is also required on our registration form. A parental authorisation form will be provided by the nursery for parents to sign. More information can be found at the Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life website and parents are responsible to renew their codes when required.

Please note that only one type of 2-year-old funding can be claimed at one time.

 

3 and 4 Year Old Funding – 15 hours Universal entitlement.

This is universal funding which provides up to 570 hours of free childcare a year, effective from the term following the child’s 3^rd birthday. This is usually for 15 hours over 38 weeks a year, term time. Funding is claimed for and paid directly to the provider from the local authority in which they are based.

 

3 and 4 Year Old Funding – Working entitlement.

Eligible working parents or carers of children aged 3 or 4 can access 30 hours of free early education entitlement from the term after they turn 3. Parents will need to obtain a code from HMRC and send this to onenineseven@aol.com for 197 Early Years Nursery or oneninesevenparknursery@aol.com for One Nine Seven Park Nursery, along with their child’s full name, date of birth and account holder’s national insurance number. This information is also required on our registration form. A parental authorisation form will be provided by the nursery for parents to sign. More information can be found at the Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life website, and parents are responsible to renew their codes when required.

 

If your child is attending 197 (One Nine Seven) nurseries and accessing Early Education Entitlements, your child will automatically move onto the older age range entitlement. 

When Early Education Entitlements (EEE) can be accessed

• Over 38 or 50 weeks of the year
• Monday to Friday
• Between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm (maximum 10 hours per day)

 

When EEE cannot be accessed

• During the nurseries’ 2-week Christmas closure
• Bank holidays
• Saturday and Sunday
• Outside the hours of 8 am and 6 pm

 

197 aims to enable families to use their funding to its full potential, therefore offers flexible sessions. We do not restrict funding hours to certain days or times.

How families can access a fully funded nursery place without purchasing any additional fee-paying hours

Parents are welcome to call 197 Early Years Nursery on 0208 549 9995 or email onenineseven@aol.com or One Nine Seven Park Nursery on 0203 538 6388 or email oneninesevenparknursery@aol.com. Alternatively, visit the nurseries in person to request a fully funded place for 38 weeks of the year.

 

How families can access additional fee-paying hours

Families can request additional hours by completing our registration form and indicating their choice.

 

If you are claiming additional fee-paying hours this would be accessed on our stretched offer fee schedules.

• If you are claiming the 9 month old baby funding - Working entitlement, please see our ‘Working Parents’ Entitlement Stretched Offer for Babies’ fee schedule. When you claim 30 free hours a week, we deduct the total number of funded hours you receive per year (1140 Free Hours) from the total number of hours across the 50 weeks. The cost for the additional hours attended is charged as a monthly set figure. Please see our stretched offer fee schedule for the charges.

 

• If you are claiming the 2 year old funding - Working entitlement, please see our ‘Working Parents’ Entitlement Stretched Offer for 2-year-olds’ fee schedule. When you claim 30 free hours a week, we deduct the total number of funded hours you receive per year (1140 Free Hours) from the total number of hours across the 50 weeks. The cost for the additional hours attended is charged as a monthly set figure. Please see our stretched offer fee schedule for the charges.

 

• If you are claiming the 3 and 4 year old funding – Working entitlement, please see our ‘Working Parent’s Entitlement Stretched Offer for 3 to 4-years-olds’ fee schedule. When you claim 30 free hours a week, we deduct the total number of funded hours you receive per year (1140 Free Hours) from the total number of hours across the 50 weeks. The cost for the additional hours attended is charged as a monthly set figure. Please see our stretched offer fee schedule for the charges.

 

• If you are claiming the 3 and 4 year old funding – 15 hours Universal entitlement please see our ‘Universal Hours (15 hours) Stretched Offer for 3 to 4 years olds fee schedule. When you claim 15 free hours a week, we deduct the total number of funded hours you receive per year (570 free hours) from the total number of hours across the 50 weeks. The cost for the additional hours attended is charged as a monthly set figure. Please see our stretched offer fee schedule for the charges.If you claim 15 free hours a week, 197 will deduct the total number of funded hours you receive per year (570 free hours) from the total number of hours your child attends across the 50 weeks. For 15 hours a week, we deduct the 570 free hours from the total hours in the year (780-570 = 210 hours).

 

If your child is attending additional paid hours and you wish to change to access a fully funded free place, a request must be made in writing providing 4 weeks’ notice.



Invoicing

Please note we do not invoice parents on a monthly basis. We have different fee schedules that show what monthly payments are needed for all scenarios.

When your child joins the nursery, you will be pointed to the fee schedule that is applicable to you and when there is an annual fee increase, parents will be emailed the updated fee schedules.

Parents are required to set up standing orders for the first of every month for the fees due for their child. It is the parent’s responsibility that the correct amount is paid and when the child leaves 197 they are also responsible to cancel the standing order set up with their bank. Any overpayments will incur an admin charge of £25.00 if a refund is required.

Any overpayments made through the tax-free system will only be refunded back to where it was made from and not to the parent’s personal accounts.

If parents require an invoice for any claims they need to make, the management team will be happy to help.

Food contributions

If your child is accessing one of our stretched offer fee schedules, this covers the cost for meals.

If your child is accessing a fully funded free place for 38 weeks of the year, we ask for a voluntary contribution towards meals. If parents are unable to make the voluntary contribution, they will be required to provide a packed lunch or meals for their child’s nursery day.

This does not apply to children accessing the Families Receiving Additional Support (FRAS) funding.

Between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm, we provide 3 main meals and 2 snacks. Below are the following charges.

Breakfast 8.30 am to 9 am - £2

Morning snack 10.30 am – No charge

Lunch 11.30/12 pm - £2

Afternoon snack 2.30 pm – No charge

Tea 4 pm - £2

 

If you are making a voluntary contribution towards meals and would like to opt out and bring a packed lunch for your child, we would require 1 week's written notice. This also applies if you would like to opt in to making a voluntary contribution towards meals.

The nursery will invoice parents on a termly basis for meals. Payment can be made by cash or bank transfer. If parents have difficulty paying, then they are welcome to speak to the management team. 

If you are providing a packed lunch for your child, we would require this to be healthy (no fizzy drinks/chocolate/crisps etc), nutritious and nut-free. If possible, we would ask for this to be able to be served as provided to the nursery.

Non-food consumables

197 (One Nine Seven) Nurseries do not provide nappies, wipes or children’s creams, for example, sun cream. Parents are required to bring in labelled items as required.

Occasionally, children may visit the local theatre or cinema, but a charge is applied to all families who wish for their child to participate.

We do not charge for our drama company who currently visits the children on Thursdays each week during term time. All children can access this at no cost.

Registration fee and deposit

If you are accessing a fully funded free place for 15 or 30 hours per week over 38 weeks of the year, there is no registration fee or deposit to pay.

If you require additional paid hours on top of your free entitlement, the nursery will charge a £30 registration fee (non-refundable) and £250 deposit (refundable)