Fees and Funding

"This childminder is accredited and in receipt of funding to provide early education to children, aged 9 months and above including two, three and four year old children."

Fees

Normal hourly rate (Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm) £6.50 per hour.
Out of Hours Rate (Before 8.30am and after 5.30pm - subject to contract:) £7.50 per hour. This also includes hours that have not been previously arranged or early drop off or late collection fees.
Bank Holiday Rates: £7.50 per hour.
Funded hours are 8.30am - 5.30pm. All other hours are charged at the out of hours rates. Funding is not available for bank holidays as funding does not allow for this. If the council decide funding is not available for any particular day, normal fees will apply. Funding is offered stretched or unstretched.
Parents have the option to pay for meals and snacks, charged at £6 per day or to provide food for their child in a packed lunch. This must allow an adequate amount of food to cover all a child’s meals and snacks for the day. Failure to provide adequate food will result in an invoice charge of £6 per day. Parents must also provide formula and follow on milks if needed. Foods must not arrive unprepared or uncooked. Packed lunches must follow the settings guidance for healthy eating and a parent must consider the settings policies on major allergens and safeguarding when preparing a packed lunch due to health and safety requirements. Eg packing a lunch that is nut free, and chopping fruit etc to ensure it does not present a choking risk. Guidance and support with this will be provided if needed.
This setting provides outings and individual resources and services required by your child. The consumables listed are not funded by the government nor are these paid for in the governments underfunded rates. As providers we are permitted to ask for voluntary payments for these if they cannot be provided for free. The setting asks for a voluntary payment of £4 per week. This goes towards activities such as bird of prey handling, mud ventures etc.
Parents with babies will need to provide breast milk, baby formula, and follow on milks. When a child starts weaning these foods can be provided by a parent or provided by the setting at a cost of £3.50 per day up to the age of 1 years old.
All parents must provide nappies, wipes, creams etc.
Child Holiday (If taken when I am available to work:) Normal full fees apply.
Child/Parent Illness or Absence: Normal full fees apply.
Childminder Training Days: Normal full fees apply.
Childminder Illness: No fee. If the childminder illness is due to to a child led disease, then fees apply, e.g chicken pox leading to shingles.
Childminder Holidays (This is four weeks holiday per year:) FREE
Childminder Closure Days (Christmas eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day): FREE.
Term Time Only Contracts: Fees charged as above.
School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School Charges for drop off or collection: Minimum daily charge of £16.50 and £6.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.
Unexpected Closure of School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School: Minimum of £16.50 and £6.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.
Deposit: One month’s fees (subject to contracted hours.)
Retainers: 50% hourly rate. (Prices dependent on individual requirements or subject to contractual agreements.
For parents of children who attend the setting, free childcare is offered if a family member needs to attend a funeral of a close relative.

Funded Childcare in Devon: A Guide for Parents

Navigating childcare can feel like a maze. In Devon, we want to ensure every child gets the best start in life. This guide explains what funding you are entitled to, how the hours work, and how you can claim them.

What are you entitled to?
The amount of funded childcare you can receive depends on your child’s age and your working status.

The Universal Offer (Available to Everyone)

3 and 4-Year-Olds: All children in Devon are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week during term time (570 hours per year), regardless of parental income or work status.

The Working Parent Entitlement
As of September 2025, the government has expanded support for working families. If you meet the earnings criteria, you can claim:

9 Months to 2 Years: 30 hours per week (term time).
2-Year-Olds: 30 hours per week (term time).
3 and 4-Year-Olds: An additional 15 hours (bringing the total to 30 hours per week).

Support for Families Receiving Extra Support

2-Year-Olds: If you receive certain benefits (e.g., Universal Credit, Income Support) or if your child has an EHCP or receives DLA, you are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare.

How the Hours are Structured
While the "standard" offer is based on 38 weeks of the year (term time), you have options:

Term Time: Use your full 15 or 30 hours per week during the 38 weeks of the school year.
Stretched Funding: Many Devon providers allow you to "stretch" your hours. This means taking fewer hours per week but spread across 52 weeks of the year. Example: 15 hours term-time is roughly 11 hours per week if stretched across the whole year.

Example: 15 hours term-time is roughly 11 hours per week if stretched across the whole year.

Please Note: Funding covers the cost of care and education. Providers may charge for "consumables" such as meals, nappies, or special trips. Always ask your provider for a transparent breakdown of any additional costs.

Am I Eligible? (Working Parent Criteria)
To qualify for the 30-hour working entitlement, you (and your partner, if applicable) usually need to:

Each earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the National Minimum or Living Wage.
Each earn less than £100,000 adjusted net income per year.
Live in England.

How to Claim: A Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Check your dates
Funding starts the term after your child reaches the relevant age:

Born Jan 1 – March 31: Funding starts April 1 (Summer Term)
Born April 1 – Aug 31: Funding starts Sept 1 (Autumn Term)
Born Sept 1 – Dec 31: Funding starts Jan 1 (Spring Term)

Step 2: Apply for your Code
For the Working Parent Entitlement, you must apply via the Childcare Choices website. If eligible, you will receive an 11-digit code.

Note: For the 15 hours for 2-year-olds (on benefits), you apply directly through Devon County Council’s website.

Step 3: Find a Provider
Contact local nurseries, pre-schools, or childminders in Devon. Ask if they have space and if they accept the funding. You can find a list of registered providers at findchildcareindevon.co.uk.

Step 4: Confirm and Reconfirm
Once you have your code, give it to your chosen provider along with your National Insurance number.

Important: You must reconfirm your eligibility every 3 months via your government childcare account, or your funding may stop.

Need Help?
If you have questions or need assistance with your application, you can contact the Devon Family Information Service:

Phone: 0345 155 1013
Email: cis@devon.gov.uk

Childcare Vouchers

Childcare vouchers and other employer schemes.

The following schemes are closed to new applicants:

childcare vouchers
childcare your employer arranges with a provider (known as ‘directly contracted childcare’)

If you joined one of these schemes on or before 4 October 2018 you might be able to keep getting vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

If you joined a childcare voucher scheme or a directly contracted childcare scheme on or before 4 October 2018

You can keep getting vouchers or directly contracted childcare as long as:

your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
you stay with the same employer and they continue to run the scheme
you do not take an unpaid career break of longer than a year

You can take up to £55 a week of your wages, which you do not pay tax or National Insurance on. How much you can take depends on the amount you earn and when you joined the scheme. If the business you work for changes owner, your employee rights are usually protected. Check with your new employer if you can still get vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

If you get Tax-Free Childcare

You cannot continue to claim childcare vouchers or directly contracted childcare if you successfully apply for Tax-Free Childcare. Which scheme you’re better off with depends on your situation. You can use the childcare calculator to work out which type of support is best for you. You must tell your employer within 90 days if you get Tax-Free Childcare. They’ll then stop giving you new vouchers or directly contracted childcare.

You can continue to use any vouchers you already have, including making a joint payment for childcare with Tax-Free Childcare. There’s no deadline for using your vouchers or directly contracted childcare. Once you’ve told your employer that you’re getting Tax-Free Childcare, you cannot rejoin their voucher scheme or their directly contracted childcare scheme.

Tax and employer childcare schemes

You do not have to pay tax and National Insurance on:

childcare vouchers, if you joined a scheme and your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
directly contracted childcare, if you joined a scheme and your wages were adjusted on or before 4 October 2018
workplace nurseries

You must pay tax and National Insurance on:

cash your employer gives you to pay for childcare
childcare provider’s fees your employer pays
school fees your employer pays

Tax Credits

If you already claim tax credits, you can add an extra amount of Working Tax Credit to help cover the cost of childcare.

Both of the following must apply:

your child is in approved childcare
the childcare is provided in-person, not online

If you have a child and you’re already claiming Working Tax Credit, you can also claim Child Tax Credit. You can contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to update your tax credit claim - you do not need a claim form.

You must tell HMRC about changes to your circumstances, for example your childcare costs stop or change by an average of £10 or more a week. You must renew your claim every year. You’ll get a reminder.

Help for Students

Help with childcare while you study.

School or sixth form:

You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn if you’re under 20 at the start of a publicly-funded course, for example at school or sixth form.

Further education:

You can apply for Learner Support to pay for childcare if you’re 20 or over and in further education, for example studying for an NVQ, BTEC or PGCE.

You could also get weekly payments through Care to Learn.

Full-time higher education:

You can apply for a Childcare Grant if you’re in full-time higher education to pay for childcare costs for children:

under 15
under 17 if they have special needs

Fees and Funding

"This childminder is accredited and in receipt of funding to provide early education to children, aged 9 months and above including two, three and four year old children."

Fees

Normal hourly rate (Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm) £6.50 per hour.

Out of Hours Rate (Before 8.30am and after 5.30pm - subject to contract:) £7.50 per hour. This also includes hours that have not been previously arranged or early drop off or late collection fees.

Bank Holiday Rates: £7.50 per hour.

Parents with babies will need to provide breast milk, baby formula, and follow on milks. When a child starts weaning these foods can be provided by a parent or provided by the setting at a cost of £3.50 per day up to the age of 1 years old.

All parents must provide nappies, wipes, creams etc.

Child Holiday (If taken when I am available to work:) Normal full fees apply.

Child/Parent Illness or Absence: Normal full fees apply.

Childminder Training Days: Normal full fees apply.

Childminder Illness: No fee. If the childminder illness is due to to a child led disease, then fees apply, e.g chicken pox leading to shingles.

Childminder Holidays (This is four weeks holiday per year:) FREE

Childminder Closure Days (Christmas eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day): FREE.

Term Time Only Contracts: Fees charged as above.

School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School Charges for drop off or collection: Minimum daily charge of £16.50 and £6.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.

Unexpected Closure of School, Childcare Facility or Pre-School: Minimum of £16.50 and £6.50 per hour until 5.30pm. Then out of hours rates apply.

Deposit: One month’s fees (subject to contracted hours.)

Retainers: 50% hourly rate. (Prices dependent on individual requirements or subject to contractual agreements.

For parents of children who attend the setting, free childcare is offered if a family member needs to attend a funeral of a close relative.

Funded Childcare in Devon: A Guide for Parents

​3 and 4-Year-Olds: All children in Devon are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week during term time (570 hours per year), regardless of parental income or work status.

​ The Working Parent Entitlement ​As of September 2025, the government has expanded support for working families. If you meet the earnings criteria, you can claim:

9 Months to 2 Years: 30 hours per week (term time).

​2-Year-Olds: 30 hours per week (term time).

​3 and 4-Year-Olds: An additional 15 hours (bringing the total to 30 hours per week).

​​ Support for Families Receiving Extra Support

2-Year-Olds: If you receive certain benefits (e.g., Universal Credit, Income Support) or if your child has an EHCP or receives DLA, you are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare.

How the Hours are Structured ​While the "standard" offer is based on 38 weeks of the year (term time), you have options:

Term Time: Use your full 15 or 30 hours per week during the 38 weeks of the school year.

Stretched Funding: Many Devon providers allow you to "stretch" your hours. This means taking fewer hours per week but spread across 52 weeks of the year. ​Example: 15 hours term-time is roughly 11 hours per week if stretched across the whole year.

Each earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the National Minimum or Living Wage.

Each earn less than £100,000 adjusted net income per year.

​Live in England. ​

How to Claim: A Step-by-Step Guide ​Step 1: Check your dates ​Funding starts the term after your child reaches the relevant age:

​Born Jan 1 – March 31: Funding starts April 1 (Summer Term)

Born April 1 – Aug 31: Funding starts Sept 1 (Autumn Term)

​Born Sept 1 – Dec 31: Funding starts Jan 1 (Spring Term)

​ Step 2: Apply for your Code ​For the Working Parent Entitlement, you must apply via the Childcare Choices website. If eligible, you will receive an 11-digit code.

​Note: For the 15 hours for 2-year-olds (on benefits), you apply directly through Devon County Council’s website.

Phone: 0345 155 1013

Email: cis@devon.gov.uk

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3 and 4-Year-Olds: All children in Devon are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week during term time (570 hours per year), regardless of parental income or work status.

The Working Parent Entitlement
As of September 2025, the government has expanded support for working families. If you meet the earnings criteria, you can claim:

2-Year-Olds: 30 hours per week (term time).

3 and 4-Year-Olds: An additional 15 hours (bringing the total to 30 hours per week).

Support for Families Receiving Extra Support

How the Hours are Structured
While the "standard" offer is based on 38 weeks of the year (term time), you have options:

Stretched Funding: Many Devon providers allow you to "stretch" your hours. This means taking fewer hours per week but spread across 52 weeks of the year. Example: 15 hours term-time is roughly 11 hours per week if stretched across the whole year.

Live in England.

How to Claim: A Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Check your dates
Funding starts the term after your child reaches the relevant age:

Born Jan 1 – March 31: Funding starts April 1 (Summer Term)

Born Sept 1 – Dec 31: Funding starts Jan 1 (Spring Term)

Step 2: Apply for your Code
For the Working Parent Entitlement, you must apply via the Childcare Choices website. If eligible, you will receive an 11-digit code.

Note: For the 15 hours for 2-year-olds (on benefits), you apply directly through Devon County Council’s website.