Registration & Fees

Nonsuch Park Forest School Nursery Lodge

Attendance

We are open all year-round full days, 8.00 to 4.30pm 51 weeks of the year. We ask for a minimum commitment of two days per week to ensure your child gains the utmost benefit from their Forest School experience. Children can only join us in the forest once they have turned 2 years of age. Each day is filled with adventure starting with breakfast around the fire pit from 8 am.  

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 £250 is required. Please note that £50 of this amount is a non-refundable administration fee (when applicable). Once your child starts at Nonsuch Park Forest School and completes their journey, the deposit of £200 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

COST

£87.60 per day 

TIME

8.00 – 4.30pm

FOOD

Breakfast, lunch, morning & afternoon snacks

FEES

51 weeks – Full days will consist of 12 equal monthly invoices payable in advance before the 1st of every month. Your invoice may include government funding if applicable (see below). Your invoice will not reflect the exact number of days or weeks in that month. 

We close for 1 week during the Christmas period and all Bank Holidays. Normal fees will apply on Bank Holidays that fall in a school week when we are open, sickness and holidays.

MONTHLY FEES 

Government Early Years Funding 

Universal Entitlement 15 Hours Term Time

The first term after your child is 3 years old, your child will be able to claim 570 hours stretched over 51 weeks. We offer a maximum of 6 hours EYEF in a full day. This will be shown on your invoice @ £0. We are not able to offer more than 11.17 hours per week or 22.34 hours with Working Parents Funding ( if eligible) .

Working Parent entitlement 30 hours Term Time 

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, stretched over 51 weeks 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.

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, 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 Little Kickers. 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. 

This will be itemised on your invoice as Meals/Snacks @ £9.30 & Forest School/Ex Activities @ £16.00 per funded day. We do require the purchase of a Hi Viz jacket @ £5.00* which we will supply, this will be added to your first invoice.

Fully Funded Places

Fully funded places with no additional charges are available on certain days. These sessions run from 11am-16.30pm and utilise 5.5 hours funding per day (11 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.

Monthly Funded Fees

🔹 Understanding Government Funding and Charges

• Universal Entitlement (15 hours week): Free for all 3–4-year-olds, spread over 51 weeks (“stretched” offer) 11.17 hours week.
• Extended Entitlement (30 hours/week): Available to eligible families, spread over 51 weeks (“stretched” offer) 22.34 hours week.

🔸 Full Days (8 AM – 4.30 PM) – 15-Hour Entitlement

Stretched across 51 weeks (11.17 hours/week funded)

🔸 Full Days (8am – 4.30pm) – 30-Hour Entitlement

Stretched across 51 weeks (22.34 funded hrs/week)

🔹 Summary of Monthly Fees 

Tax Free Childcare

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.

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 Admissions Manager, is on hand for any queries relating to our current and future admissions. Please look out for our open day dates when we’ll gladly take the time to explain everything you need to know. We look forward to meeting you!

To find out more including our fees and to register an expression of interest for your child please see the link below.