Registration & Fees
Little Forest School on the Green
Attendance
We are open 46 weeks of the year, 8.00am to 4.30pm with an option of term time only (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 full days per week or two half days to ensure your child gains the utmost benefit from their Forest School experience. Each day is filled with adventure starting with a welcome breakfast hour from 8.00am
Lunches
Due to the physical nature of our school, children use an immense amount of energy to keep warm and physical. Hot meals are provided for breakfast and lunch along with healthy morning and afternoon snacks. Hot meals are essential to re fuel and reset. Alternatives can be arranged through our admin team
Registration
To secure your child’s place, a deposit of £150 is required, please note £50 of this amount is a non-refundable administration fee (when applicable). Once your child starts at forest school and completes their journey, the deposit of £100 will be refunded provided there are no outstanding fees. This refund will be included in your final invoice when your child leaves the school.
Fees Invoicing
Full day-8.5 hours (8.00am to 4.30pm) / Half Day-5 hours (8.00am to 1:00pm)
COST (all inclusive)
£84.50 full day / £49.70 half day
FEES
We will invoice term time only families, every half term consisting of 5-7 weeks and all year-round children every month. 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.
NON FUNDED– Full Days (8am – 4.30pm) | |
DAYS/WEEK | COST/WEEK |
1 | £84.50 |
2 | £169.00 |
3 | £253.50 |
4 | £338.00 |
5 | £422.50 |
NON FUNDED – Half Days (8am-1pm) | |
DAYS/WEEK | COST/WEEK |
1 | £49.70 |
2 | £99.40 |
3 | £149.10 |
4 | £198.80 |
5 | £248.50 |
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 EYEF per session. This will be shown on your invoice @ £0. We cannot offer more than 15 hours per week or 30 hours with Working Parents Funding ( if eligible) .
Working Parent entitlement 30Hours
Working parents of children aged 9 months up until your child starts school can access up to 1140 of entitlement hours funded by the Government, subject to eligibility criteria. An eligibility code will be required, please see the best start in life 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 maximum 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 hot meals, and fresh local fruit as well as everyday consumables like open fire cooking, wipes, and sun cream.
The EPF will be £25.30 for a full day and £18.70 for a half day. Meals and snacks @ £9.30 are included in this fee.
TERM TIME – 15 HOURS FUNDING | ||||
Funded FULL DAYS (8am-4.30pm) -Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £50.60 | 2 | £19.88 | £70.48 |
3 | £50.60 | 10.5 | £104.37 | £154.97 |
4 | £50.60 | 19 | £188.86 | £239.46 |
5 | £50.60 | 27.5 | £273.35 | £323.95 |
Funded HALF DAYS (8am-1pm) – Claiming a maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £37.40 | 0 | £0.00 | £37.40 |
3 | £56.10 | 0 | £0.00 | £56.10 |
4 | £56.10 | 5 | £49.70 | £105.80 |
5 | £56.10 | 10 | £99.40 | £155.50 |
TERM TIME – 30 HOURS FUNDING | ||||
Funded FULL DAYS (8am-4.30pm) -Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | 50.6 | 0 | 0 | £50.60 |
3 | £75.90 | 0 | £0.00 | £75.90 |
4 | £101.20 | 4 | £39.76 | £140.96 |
5 | £126.50 | 12.5 | £124.25 | £250.75 |
Funded HALF DAYS (8am-1pm) – Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
3 | £56.10 | 0 | £0.00 | £56.10 |
4 | £74.80 | 0 | £0.00 | £74.80 |
5 | £93.50 | 0 | £0.00 | £93.50 |
STRETCHED OFFER OVER 46 WEEKS- 12.39 HOURS PER WEEK | ||||
Funded FULL DAYS (8am-4.30pm) – Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £50.60 | 4.61 | £45.82 | £96.42 |
3 | £50.60 | 13.11 | £130.31 | £180.91 |
4 | £50.60 | 21.61 | £214.80 | £265.40 |
5 | £50.60 | 30.11 | £299.29 | £349.89 |
Funded HALF DAYS (8am-1pm) – Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £37.40 | 0 | £0.00 | £37.40 |
3 | £56.10 | 2.61 | £25.94 | £82.04 |
4 | £56.10 | 7.61 | £75.64 | £131.74 |
5 | £56.10 | 12.61 | £125.34 | £181.44 |
STRETCHED OFFER OVER 46 WEEKS- 24.78 HOURS PER WEEK | ||||
Funded FULL DAYS (8am-4.30pm) – maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £50.60 | 0 | £0.00 | £50.60 |
3 | £75.90 | 0.72 | £7.16 | £83.06 |
4 | £75.90 | 9.22 | £91.65 | £167.55 |
5 | £75.90 | 17.72 | £176.14 | £252.04 |
Funded HALF DAYS (8am-4.30pm) – Claiming maximum funding | ||||
DAYS/WEEK | EPF/WEEK | ADD HOURS/WEEK | COST OF ADD HOURS/WEEK | TOTAL TO PAY/WEEK |
2 | £37.40 | 0 | £0.00 | £37.40 |
3 | £56.10 | 0 | £0.00 | £56.10 |
4 | £74.80 | 0 | £0.00 | £74.80 |
5 | £93.50 | 0.22 | £2.19 | £95.69 |
Fully Funded Places
Fully funded places with no additional charges are available on certain days subject to availability. These sessions run Monday to Friday afternoons 1.30pm to 4.30pm utilising 3 hours funding per day (15 hours funding per week maximum). Please contact us for further information. Should you wish to increase your child’s hours, additional fees would apply as per our standard funding policy. An invoice will be provided every month showing the number of funded hours used at Forest School. Availability is limited, so please contact us at littleforestschools@outlook.com for further information.
*Hi Viz jackets are available to be borrowed daily, please speak to the admin team.
Please see our Funding Policy regarding Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP), Disability Access Fund (DAF) and Free Early Education for Two Year Olds (FEET)
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,