Our Fees

What’s included for everyone?

All meals, snacks and cows milk. Nappies, wipes, Metanium, Sudocrem. Waterproof bib and brace, suncream, sunhats, 2 weeks of settling in sessions.

Nursery education funding changes

In March 2023, the Government announced plans to increase access to funded childcare hours to include younger children. You may be eligible for 570 hours/yr funding for your child if you are working and earning at least the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the national living or minimum wage, but less than £100,000 a year.

If you are a couple then this applies to each of you – if one of you doesn’t work, or one of you earns over £100,000 you won’t be eligible.

To find out more about the new funding, please sign up on the government Childcare Choices website.

To learn more about Early Years Funding, have a look at our guide.

Childcare Funding

Most families will be eligible for childcare funding Apply for free childcare if you're working - GOV.UK
From September 2025 the funding for children under 3 yrs will double
If eligible you will also get 20% or up to £2000 from the government towards your childcare costs
These fees are the parental contribution and take into account funding

Funding at Beach Babies

We spread the funding across the year, giving you 12 equal monthly invoices.
We have a small number of funded spaces with no consumables/sustainability fees.
The remainder of spaces can utilise funding but incur a charge for both funded and unfunded hours.
We have a minimum attendance of 3 days a week, which must include a Monday or a Friday.
We accept Tax-Free Childcare.
We accept Childcare vouchers.

Registration

To register your baby complete and return a registration form, most parents register their child before birth, don’t worry we will update the form as you give us more information.

To secure your place you pay a registration fee of £150 and a deposit of the first months’ fees based on the current years prices. The fees are then set against your child’s first invoice when they start.

Both deposit and registration fee are non-refundable.

Fee Table

From September 2025

Standard pricing with funding
3 Days - £853.30
4 Days - £1,306.77
5 Days - £1,587.23
Standard pricing without funding
3 Days - £1,536.44
4 Days - £2,048.59
5 Days - £2,304.66
Standard pricing with funding
3 Days - £853.30
4 Days - £1,306.77
5 Days - £1,587.23
Standard pricing with universal funding
3 Days - £1,106.86
4 Days - £1,560.34
5 Days - £1,813.93

Early Years Funding - Key Information

From September 2025, new early years funding schemes for eligible children will begin. Funding eligibility for children aged 9 months to 3 years is means-tested. All children receive some funding from the term after they turn 3.

The 30 hours of government funding is calculated over a school year, which spans the 38 weeks of term time. We are open for 51 weeks a year, so the funded hours are spread across the year, meaning they average 22.25 hours each week.
Your invoice reflects the early years funding that the nursery claims from the local authority, but not the savings available to you using a Tax-Free Childcare account (further details on this below).
Children become eligible for age-specific funding in the term following their relevant birthday (or month, in the case of 9-month-olds).
To claim for the first time, you must return to work within the first month of each term.
Term start dates are 1st January, 1st April and 1st September of each year.
Even if you aren’t currently eligible now, everyone gets Universal funding from the term after your child turns 3. This is 570 hours a year, equivalent to just over 11 per week.
To find out if you’re eligible, head to: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
A limited number of fully and partially funded spaces are available through our bursary scheme. See our ‘Early Years Funding’ document in our resources tab for more information.
Tax-free childcare is a method of paying childcare costs, including your nursery invoice, which provides a significant saving each month (up to £2000 from the government each year). It can be used alongside the 30 hours of funding. The eligibility criteria are similar to that of 30 hours funding.
It is your own savings account, held with the government, that you pay into and then transfer funds out of to pay invoices for most childcare organisations, including wrap-around clubs.

To find out more, have a look at our Early Years Funding guide.

Age Range

We cater for children between the ages of 10 months to 5 years old.

Hours

Typical day: 8am - 6pm, Mon-Fri
Early Drop-off: 7:30am for prebooked early drop-offs.
Open 51 weeks per year, excluding bank holidays.
The nursery closes for one week between Christmas and New Year.

Early mornings

You can start the day at 7:30am. The Early Bird Club costs £7.50/morning and needs to be booked in advance.

Ad hoc days

Subject to availability, extra days in any given week are possible if we have space to accomodate.

A strong foundation for life

Beach Babies gives children a nurturing base from which they can challenge themselves to be the best they can be. We are there to support them as they strengthen their independence, their resilience and their creative curiosity.

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