Sessions, fees and funding

We are open 7.30am - 18.00pm for 38 weeks per year (except for bank holidays). Our term times approximately align to Oakley C of E Combined School term dates. To secure your child’s Pre-school place, contact Kirsten Ebeling, Pre-School Manager on preschool@oakley.bucks.sch.uk or call 07791 226473.

Session details (available for children joining Pre-school from September 2023):

Note: these show Government Funded hours + Meals & Consumable Charge per day. Prices in brackets show the full “Parent Pay” cost per day if no government funding is used. See Admissions & Fee policy for details of bursary places.

Nursery Day

All Day: 7.30am – 18.00pm: 10 hours funding + £16.00 ( (full cost: £69.00)

Morning: 7.30am - 13.00pm: 5 hours funding + £12.00 (full cost: £37.75)

Afternoon: 13.00pm - 18.00pm: 5 hours funding + £5.00 (full cost: £32.75)

Pre-school Day

Pre-school Day: 9am - 15.00pm: 6 hours funding + £7.00 (full cost £39.50)

School Day: 8.30am - 15.30pm: 7 hours funding + £7.00 (full cost £42.50)

Extended Pre-school Day: 7.30am - 15.00pm: 7 hours funding + £14.00 (full cost £49.50)

Extended Pre-school Day (with Late): 7.30am - 15.30pm: 7.5 hours funding + £14.00 (full cost £52.25)

Pre-school Morning: 9am - 13.00pm: 4 hours funding + £5.00 (full cost £26.25)

The booking form can be found here.

Sessions should be booked in advance for each term and fees are due monthly in advance. You will receive an invoice (though the BabysDays system) within the first ten days of each month. All booked sessions must be paid for, even when your child does not attend (e.g. for sickness or holiday).

If you wish to change the number or timing of your child's sessions for the next term, please give as much notice as possible. If you wish to make changes mid-term, this may be possible if there is capacity and with the agreement of the manager.

Meals

Oakley Pre-school provides all meals and snacks for our sessions. This includes 3 meals: breakfast (served 7.30am - 8.45am), a hot lunch (~12.00pm) and a buffet tea (~4.30pm). 2 snacks (mid morning and mid afternoon) are also provided. All meals and snacks are included in session fee.

For Government Funded sessions only, if you wish to provide your own food (all meals & snacks), a credit will be issued at £2 per meal (breakfast, lunch and/or tea) and 50p per snack.

Admissions and Fees Policy

Full details of all session details, terms and bursaries are available in the Admissions and Fee policy, available here.

Last updated: March 2024