Terms and Conditions

ADMISSION PROCEDURES

 

All children are welcome to attend in accordance with our Admissions Policy a copy of which may be viewed at our setting or is available upon request.  

  

On commencing at the setting, children are required to attend a minimum of four sessions per week.​

 

A confirmation of a place may be issued in writing, at the setting’s discretion, to parents/carers once a signed and completed Application Form is returned to us. At that point these terms and conditions are binding, and the child’s place is secured.

 

Parents/carers must complete and return the Application Form, together with a £30 registration fee (or a registration fee and the full term’s fees as indicated in the invoice sent to them).  Only upon receipt of the Application Form and the requested monies is a child’s place secured at the setting.  Thereafter if parents/carers have a change in circumstances, or a change of mind that prevents their child starting at the setting; they will still be liable for the full term’s fees.  

 

PAYMENT OF FEES

 

All fees are payable termly in advance and must be received on or before the date stated on the Invoice issued prior to the start of each term.  Late payment will result in an additional ‘late payment charge’ and/or a child not being allowed to access their sessions - it may also be deemed by the Manager that the place is no longer required and will be immediately offered to another child on the Waiting List.   

 

Payments may be transferred by bank transfer to Alba – Teeny Boppers Montessori School bank account indicated on the invoice.  

 

We are also pleased to accept Childcare vouchers, tax free childcare payments, and offer the current government early years funding scheme for up to 30 hours per week.  

 

If for some reason the funding code is flagged as not valid by the local authority, parents/carers will be liable for the full value of the invoice.

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If for any reason full payment of the term’s fees are not received within 14 days of the due date stated on the invoice, then the school reserves the right to withdraw a child’s place with immediate effect.  Where parents have been offered a payment plan to help spread the cost of their child’s fees, the school must receive the agreed payments by the due dates agreed in writing.  Failure to do so may result in the school withdrawing the child’s place with immediate effect until the payments are brought up to date.

 

FEE SCALE

 

Fees are set on a per session basis and are typically reviewed annually.  Any increase will take effect on the 1st day of the following term (or half term).  The school will endeavour to give a minimum of a half-term’s notice of any increase in fees.

 

ATTENDANCE/WITHDRAWAL/REDUCTION IN SESSIONS

 

One complete terms notice, or fees in lieu of notice, is required when a pupil leaves the school or wishes to reduce sessions.  Notice must be given in writing to the setting and must be received before the first day of term for your child to leave or to reduce sessions at the end of that term.  Parents are advised that they will be liable for the full term’s fees if they do not give correct notice.  

 

For fully funded children, one complete term’s notice, or fees in lieu of notice, is required when a pupil leaves the school or wishes to reduce sessions.  Notice must be given in writing to the setting and must be received before the first day of each term period for your child to leave or reduce sessions at the end of that term period.  Parents are advised that they will be liable for the full term’s fees if they do not give the correct notice.

 

It is the school's policy to always enforce the liability, so it is a fair system for everyone concerned.  

 

The Manager has absolute discretion to request the withdrawal of a child from the setting if the child and/or his/her family or carer either verbally or physically abuse anyone connected to the setting or put a staff member or another child at risk. A full investigation by the Manager will follow any such allegation/incident and a decision in writing made to the family as to the future attendance of the child.  No fees will be returnable where a child is withdrawn under these circumstances. 

 

The school budget is based on the number of children enrolled and the tuition fees received.  School overheads and expenses do not diminish if a child is absent, therefore no reductions can be made in fees for a child's absence due to illness, holidays in term time or any other reasons.

 

We must be informed if your child cannot attend school due to illness or for any other reason. Failure to do so may put your child’s funding at risk with the local authority.

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INSURANCE

 

The school has insurance cover, the details of which are available on our Notice board.  Parents remain at liberty to take out their own insurance.

 

HOW WE COLLECT AND USE YOUR INFORMATION

 

We will adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) when collecting and processing information about you and your child. We explain how your data is processed, collected, kept up to date in our Privacy Notice which is available on our website.

 

CLOSURE

 

If due to bad weather or any other unforeseen circumstance, it is prudent or necessary to close the school, this will wherever possible be posted on our online system Blossom prior to the start of the school day.  Please note that in these circumstances, as with Bank Holidays and Inset Days, no refunds or sessions in lieu will be offered.

 

VARIATION OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

Terms and Conditions are updated regularly, and it may be necessary from time to time to update or vary the terms and conditions without notice to parents, in which case the terms and conditions will remain binding. Please refer to the website for the most current version.

 

LATE COLLECTIONS

 

Parents are advised that the setting is understanding of the fact that a ‘one-off’ late collection of a child may occur, however, parents/carers must message the setting via the Blossom app to advise us that they will be late and to give an estimation of their arrival time so that we may reassure their child.  

 

If your child is not collected on time, our legal liability relating to the staff/child ratio will be infringed as two members of staff must remain at the nursery until the last child has been collected.  Any parent/carer who is late collecting their child will have to pay a charge which helps to cover the additional staffing costs incurred for this reason.  The charge is £10 for every 15 minutes (or part thereof). 

 

BLOSSOM 

 

The setting uses Blossom as a nursery management platform.  Parents/carers are provided with access to the Blossom app upon child’s enrolment.  

 

It is the responsibility of the parents/carers to make sure that their child’s profile and key details such as address, date of birth, etc., are correct and up to date. This includes any parental permissions indicated on Blossom.  It is the responsibility of the parent/carer to either update the information (for fields that they can edit on the app) or to inform the nursery through Blossom messenger of any required changes, in a prompt manner.