Sessions Registration & Fees

Little Forest School on the Green

Attendance

We are open term time only, 9.00 am to 3.00 pm 38 weeks of the year. Children can only join us in the forest once they have turned 2 years of age. We ask for a minimum commitment of two half days per week to ensure your child gains the utmost benefit from their Forest School experience. Each day is filled with adventure starting with us from 9.00am

Lunches

We ask you to supply a healthy packed lunch, in line with our lunch box policy. We will supply healthy snacks every morning and afternoon.

Registration

To secure your child’s place, a deposit of £50 is required. This amount is a non-refundable fee (when applicable).

Fees Invoicing

Full day-6 hours (2 sessions) / Half day-3 hours (1 session)

COST (all inclusive)

£59.60 full day / £29.80 half day

TIME

9.00am – 3.00pm / 9.00am -12pm / 12pm – 3pm

FOOD

Morning & Afternoon snacks

FEES

We will invoice half termly consisting of 5-7 weeks actuals invoicing. Your invoice may include government funding if applicable (see below). Normal fees will apply on Bank Holidays that fall in a School Week when we are open and all sickness and holidays taken in term time.

Government Early Years Funding

Universal Entitlement 15 Hours per week

The first term after your child is 3 years old, your child will be able to claim 570 hours a year. We offer a maximum of 6 hours EYEF in a full day (3 hours per session). This will be shown on your invoice @ £0. We are not able to offer more than 15 hours per week or 30 hours with Working Parents Funding ( if eligible) .

Working Parent entitlement 15 hours (30 hours Sept 25) per week

Working parents of children aged 9 months up until your child starts school can access 570 (1140 hours Sept 25) of entitlement hours funded by the Government, subject to eligibility criteria. An eligibility code will be required, please see the Childcare Choices Website. We are registered with the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme and they will have our details. Please give them our setting name and address and we will receive your payments automatically. Please remember invoices are due at the beginning of the month.

Policy & Provision

Little Forest Schools is registered with the Surrey County Council Family Information Service (FIS), which can be accessed via the SCC website. We offer up to 6 hours of government-funded childcare per full day. Any hours beyond this funded allocation are charged at our standard rate.

Government funding does not fully cover the costs involved in delivering high-quality care and education—such as meals, snacks, consumables, outings and staff with enhanced qualifications. To bridge this gap, we apply an ‘Enhanced Provision Fee’ to help cover these additional expenses.

What is an Enhanced Provision Fee (EPF)?

Due to the distinctive nature of the Little Forest Schools experience, we apply an Enhanced Provision Fee (EPF) to help cover a range of essential costs not funded by the government. Activities such as Playball, Linguatots, Tiny Tunes and Sports Play. Our daily forest school outings, specialised outdoor equipment such as toilets, tents, and tools, tailored staff training including Forest School qualifications, nutritious and child-friendly healthy snacks, and fresh local fruit as well as everyday consumables like open fire cooking, wipes, and sun cream.

From 1st April 2025, the EPF will be £13.80 per Funded Session

We also offer a limited number of fully subsidised places, where we cover all costs not funded by the government. Your child’s day will utilise only the available funded hours. These places are intended for families in need, to ensure that no child is excluded from accessing our outstanding care. Availability is limited, so please contact us at littleforestschools@outlook.com. for further information.

Registration Procedure

If you would like a place for your child, our Managers, Mrs. Voss and Mrs. Maynard are on hand for any queries relating to our current admissions. We look forward to meeting you!

To find out more and to register a place for your child please see the link below,