Funding and Fees

As a registered charity, the pre-school must raise it's own funds. At present, the majority of our funding comes from the government grant which is available to all children in the term following their 3rd birthday. 

As children can start attending the pre-school on their 3rd birthday, parents may be  required to pay fees for the initial few weeks or months prior to their child becoming eligible for funding. These fees are due termly, in advance. The grant funding entitles children to receive 12.5 hours at a pre-school  per week over 38 weeks per year. Chudleigh Pre-school currently offers 
places over a minimum of 33 weeks so you may not be able to access your full funding entitlement with us. However, we try to ensure our term dates coincide as closely as possible with those of Chudleigh Primary School. 

Fees for those children who do not qualify for are £6 per session. Please note that as of 1 September 2008 these will increase to £6.50. For those children who use their funding elsewhere the rate is £8.50, the same rate as the pre-school receives for each child from the grant.

For more information on the EYEF grant from Devon County Council, click here.