Our fee structure
Our fees
Fees are calculated based on the 51 weeks of the year that Nordic Star is open. Monthly payments will include bank and public holidays as well as inset days, which are payable in full in spite of closure, as our monthly staffing costs remain the same.
The fees are per session. Children must attend a minimum of 5 sessions or three full days (one of which must be either a Monday or a Friday).
For fully funded places, please be aware that we have limited availability and high demand, please contact the management team for information regarding these places prior to registering. We accept all places for a full/half day booking with funding applied (as long as availability permits).
We offer wraparound care which is free of charge for children attending full-time (5 full days a week). For part-time attendance, wraparound care is available at £6.50 per session (either Early Bird or Late Owl).
Childcare Funding
All the following are included in the fees
- All meals cooked on site by our own chef from thoughtfully sourced, seasonal produce.
- Nursery bag.
- Parents’ mobile application and regular reporting.
- Extracurricular activities as advertised.
- Formula milk (Aptamil / Hipp / Cow & Gate).
- Outside weather clothing:
– Wellies
– Hats
– Scarfs and gloves
– Waterproof trousers - Nappies (Beaming Baby bio-degradable, organic, and hypoallergenic nappies beamingbaby.co.uk)
- Wet wipes (Water Wipes).
- Sun cream (Soltan 50+, Boots sun cream).
We ask for parents to provide indoor shoes, winter jacket and a nappy barrier cream clearly labelled with their child’s name.
Register your child
To register your child, please send an enquiry form via the ‘Enquire Now’ button on our website. Please complete the enquiry form. The Parents’ Relationship Team will get in touch with you to arrange an appointment, alternatively you can call the office directly on 020 4599 8920.
Fees Frequently Asked Questions
Once a place is available, we will write to you confirming what sessions we have to offer. When you are offered a place, you will have 3 days to accept the place. After this, the place will be offered to the next family on the waiting list.
If you decide to accept a place, you are asked to pay a £150 Registration Fee.
You will then be required to pay a £400 deposit. The deposit is refundable when your child leaves the nursery provided all fees due have been paid and the necessary notice has been given. Settling in session to get to know your key carer will then be arranged.
ADDITIONAL FEES SUMMARY
| Registration Fee | £150 | Non-refundable registration fee. Payable once your child’s place at the nursery has been confirmed. |
| Deposit | £400 | The deposit is payable once your child’s place at the nursery has been confirmed. This is refundable when your child leaves the nursery provided all fees due have been paid and the necessary notice has been given. |
Parental Bond | To be confirmed in acceptance letter | Payable once your place at the nursery has been confirmed |
| Late Collection Fee | £30 per half hour | Payable on Collection |
| Administration Fee for each failed direct debit payments | £20 each | Payable on presentation of Invoice |
| Interest payable on late payments from the date when the payment is due until the date when it is cleared in our account | Charged at 4% above the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC | Payable on presentation of the Invoice |
N.B: Children who are entitled to receive government funding will have this free entitlement deducted from there account directly. For more information on Funding please see the Government Funding Information.
Monthly Invoices will be emailed to you around the 20th of each month, showing the exact number of sessions you have arranged for your child to attend each month therefore the amount of your monthly invoice may change from month to month. Payment by cash is not accepted.
If your child starts at the nursery part of the way through a month, you will be sent an invoice which must be paid before the last ‘settling in’ session at the
nursery in readiness for your child’s first full session. Fees must be paid by BACS. We accept childcare vouchers and HMRC tax free childcare vouchers.
All BACS and Voucher payments must be made so that it clears in our bank account by the 1st of the month. Fees are paid in advance not in arrears. If payment is not cleared by the 1st, you will be contacted and if your payment is not cleared by the 7th of the month, you will be charged a £50 late fee. If any amount is still outstanding on the 14th of the month, we will write to you to confirm, and your child will be excluded from the Nursery until the account is settled.
Any parent paying fees with vouchers will be required to pay the first month’s fees in full without vouchers. If you are paying with one or more vouchers, a voucher agreement for each voucher must be completed in the form required by the nursery and handed into the Office.
If you fail to settle your accounts by the 1st on repeated occasions, then we may cancel the child’s place at the nursery and any deposit held by us will be used against any outstanding debts, any balance after monies have been deducted will be returned.
Nursery & Registration Fees:
Account Name: Nordic Star Nurseries, Islington, Barclays Bank
Sort Code: 20-61-82
Account Number: 93291618
Deposit:
Account Name: Nordic Star Nurseries, Deposits Barclays Bank
Sort Code: 20-61-82
Account Number: 73847918
Extra sessions must be paid for at the time of booking. To cancel any sessions which you have booked and obtain a refund you must give at least five working days’ written notice in advance of the cancellation and your account will be credited with a refund, against the next invoice. Please note that no refunds of money will be given.
Unfortunately, no refund will be given when the child is absent due to illness, holiday, or as required under the Nursery’s policies and procedures or if the child is excluded for non-payment of fees. As is customary in nurseries across the UK, our sites are open for 48 weeks a year for education and closed on bank holiday, public holidays between Christmas and New Year and during our inset week where staff receive annual training, and each site has a deep clean. All parents are billed for 52 weeks attendance as our staffing and running costs remain the same.