Nursery fees

Monthly nursery fees from 1 September 2024

Children at our three day nurseries are cared for and educated by qualified, knowledgeable staff.

All meals, snacks, drinks, trips and activities are included in your fees – but we do ask parents and carers to provide nappies and wipes. Some optional activities incur an additional charge.

Booking pattern

Full price fees

Working parent entitlement

Universal funding

Working parent entitlement + Universal funding

Full time

£1377.00

£1,061.13

£1061.13

£745.25

4 days

£1,224.00

£908.13

£592.25

3 days

£918.00

£602.13

£286.25

2 days

£612.00

£296.13
(Not applicable for 3 and 4-year-olds)

£296.13

Not applicable

Working Parent Entitlement = Available to eligible parents the term after your child reaches 9 months old (15-hour offer)

Universal Funding = Available to parents of 3 and 4-year-olds (15-hour offer)

Working Parent Entitlement + Universal Funding = Available to eligible parents of 3 to 4-year-olds (30-hour offer)

Any casual days are charged at a rate of £72 per day.

Children must attend a minimum of 2 days.

Fees are annualised (with the exception of your first month’s payment) and billed monthly in advance. For more details, read our full terms and conditions.

All parents will receive a personalised fee summary sheet for the funding year, along with a parent declaration form.

University of Birmingham Staff

If either parent/carer works at University of Birmingham, please check the staff intranet.

Find out what free childcare you’re entitled to

The Government helps eligible parents with childcare costs up to £2,000 per year.

Working Parent Entitlement

Eligible working parents of children aged nine months old by 31 August can receive 15 hours’ free childcare from September 2024.

First, find out if you’re eligible, using the Government’s Childcare Choices website.

Next, apply for an eligibility code.

Working Parent Entitlement is subject to your child’s eligibility, nursery availability and funding terms. For more information, please speak to your nursery office.

Universal Funding

All three and four-year-olds are eligible for a funded early education place, for either:

15 hours a week for 38 weeks per term (term time only)

The equivalent 570 hours stretched over the whole year
This applies from the term after the child’s third birthday and is regardless of the immigration status of the child or their parents.

No eligibility code is needed.

Are you eligible for tax-free childcare?

Check to see if you’re also eligible for tax-free childcare here.

Please be aware that if you use any of your funding entitlement elsewhere then these fees may not apply at Birmingham Day Nurseries.

Registration fee

Registration costs £60.

You will also need to pay a £250 deposit to secure your child’s place; both payments are required to process the application. The deposit fee of £250 will be refunded to you as a deduction from your first month’s nursery invoice. Unfortunately, if you later choose not to take up the allocated place, then this fee is non-refundable.

How are payments made into the account?

Fees are annualised (with the exception of your first month’s payment) and billed monthly in advance. For more details, read our full Terms & Conditions .

Payments into the childcare account can be made by direct debit, standing order or bank transfer. Payments cannot be made by credit card. Money deposited in the childcare account, along with any Government top-up, should be visible straightaway but takes one working day before any amount paid in is available as cleared funds and show in the ‘available funds’ column on the childcare account balance screen.

How are payments made to childcare providers?

Once claimants have set up their childcare account and have available funds, including the Government top-up contribution, paid in by HMRC, they can pay their childcare provider using their childcare account.

Once you have been issued with your unique TFC reference number, please email us with the details so that we can share them with the finance team and support account matching. Email the TFC code to [email protected], and include your child’s nursery, full name and playroom.

Reconfirm your details every 3 months

You must confirm your details are up to date every 3 months by logging into your account.

Once you have your Working Families entitlement and 30 hours funding forms alongside a fee summary sheet, you’ll need to return your form to nursery along with a copy to your child’s birth certificate and proof of address.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to come and speak to us in the nursery office and we will do our best to help.

How to pay

Payments are monthly:

Online
Via Government tax-free childcare.

Enquiring about a nursery place for your child is simple

Submit an enquiry online today. It’s a quick, easy process and you’ll receive a response from us very soon.