Forest Grove KindergARTEN FEES

The cost for one child per day is £70 unless you are claiming funding with us.

We require a minimum attendance of two full days per week.

Forest School hours are from 9.00am - 3.00pm, Monday-Friday.

15-hour funding

All parents are entitled to claim the 15-hours at Forest Grove as long as these are not being claimed elsewhere.  

The fees with funding are as follows:

2 days - £85 per child.
3 days - £125 per child
4 days - £190 per child

All funded sessions include an additional fee to enable your child to have access to the highest standard of Early Years Education and care, delivered through a Forest School approach.

Experiences not covered by Early Years Funding Entitlement include:

• Our unique natural setting

• High ratio of highly qualified adults to children

• Regular trips out into the community and involvement in local eco projects

• Weekly music sessions

• Resources, tools and apparatus to provide rich and memorable learning experiences

• Vegan snacks and seasonal fruit twice daily

• Seasonal campfire cooking

• Kindergarten social events

30-hour funding

Please note we do not offer the 30-hour funding. If you are eligible for 30-hours you may be able to split your hours with our setting and another setting providing the other setting is registered to receive the 30 hours and is also a private setting.

Childcare vouchers

We accept Childcare Vouchers. Please let us know the name of the provider.

HMRC Tax Free Childcare

Forest Grove Hackney is registered with HMRC Tax-Free Childcare. 

With Tax-Free Childcare, you set up an online childcare account with HMRC for your child.

More information on HMRC Tax Free Childcare:

For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your provider.

You can get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 15/30 hours funding, if you’re eligible for both.

Waiting list fee

The fee for securing a place on the Kindergarten waiting list is £50. No guarantee of a place at our nursery can be made.

We will ask you to indicate your preferred days, however, we cannot guarantee which days of the week will be available.

The fee is non-refundable. 

There is no fee to join the waiting list for the Nature Club (for 2 year olds). More info

Enrolment deposit

On finding your child a place, we request a £250 deposit. Once we have received payment of the deposit, your child's place is secured.

The deposit is refundable once your child leaves the nursery, subject to providing both:

• A minimum of 2 months notice in writing

• Full payment of fees

If for any reason you are unable to take up the place once the enrolment deposit has been paid, the £250 deposit is not refunded.

Please do take a look at our admissions criteria: Policies and procedures

Registration fee

We will receive a back-pack on your child’s first day which is included in our £65 registration fee.

This fee is non-refundable. 

Weather closure fees

Should Forest Grove need to close due to inclement weather, the fee will be reduced to £35.00 per day per child.

This is due to Insurance Providers not covering nurseries in the event of a further closure. If you are receiving the 15 hour funding, the funding covers this fee (in which case there will be no changes to your fee).  

To register your interest and find out more on what we offer, please click here:

Forest Grove Holiday Club fees

This Holiday Club provision is for children aged 5–8. 

Members of the Forest Grove Kindergarten have priority booking. 

The cost is £65 per day per child. 

Forest Grove Nature Club fees

This is an outdoor stay and play group for 2 year olds on Friday mornings from 9:30-11:30am.

The child must be accompanied by an adult. 

The cost is £10 per session per child, and £12 per session if accompanied by a younger sibling. 

We require a minimum attendance of 6-7 weeks (ie half a term). 

Forest Grove After School Club fees

This is an After School Club provision for children in Reception, Year 1 and 2.

The cost is £20 per session per child. For non collection £16 per session per child.

We require a minimum attendance of 6-7 weeks (ie half a term).

Admissions

Forest Grove's main intake is in September, with add hoc in-takes throughout the year.   

Families registered on our waiting list are offered places first, with priority given to those requesting a place for two days or more per week. In the interest of diversity and equality we always strive to maintain a gender balance in our cohort, as well as a representation of varying cultural backgrounds, and these factors will always be considered when looking at intake.

We understand that we offer something unique and have found demand very high. We do our best to accommodate everyone and allocate on a first-come first-served basis. However, priority will be given to:

• Social Service referrals

• Children already attending the setting and requiring additional hours

• Siblings of children already attending the setting

• Diversity and equality

• Children on our waiting list

• Children requesting more than two days

• Children of employees