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Eligible working parents of 2-year-olds can access 15 funded hours per week for 38 weeks, totalling 570 hours per year.
Eligible working parents of children aged 9 months to 3 years can access 15 funded hours per week for 38 weeks, also totalling 570 hours per year.
Eligible working parents of children aged 9 months to 3 years can access 30 funded hours per week for 38 weeks, totalling 1,140 hours per year.
Some 3- and 4-year-olds may be entitled to an additional 15 hours per week, bringing their total funded childcare to 30 hours per week.
We offer funded hours on a stretched basis over 51 weeks, providing consistent monthly invoices. This equates to 11 hours per week for 15-hour funding and 22 hours per week for 30-hour funding.
We offer two funded packages at Nursery Rhymes.
You can receive up to £2,000 per child per year that’s up to £500 every three months. If you have a disabled child, you can receive up to £4,000 per child that’s up to £1,000 every three months.
For working families, including the self-employed, in the UK
Earning under £100k and at least £152 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage) each
Who aren’t receiving Tax Credits, Universal Credit or childcare vouchers
With children aged 0-11 (or 0-16 if disabled)
For every £8 you pay into an online account, the government will add an extra £2, up to £2,000 per child per year
All meals, including breakfast, fruit, hot lunch and tea, are freshly prepared by our in-house chef in our state-of-the-art kitchen, with all dietary needs and allergies carefully catered for.
Babies have their own nutritious menu, while bottle-fed infants require parents to provide feeds. Children are encouraged to try new foods and practise good table manners, with weekly menus displayed in the nursery.
For safety reasons, no food can be brought onto the premises due to strict allergy controls.
The Nursery has a responsibility to ensure that all children are developing in a safe and secure environment. Any concerns that a child is being harmed or injured will be reported to Children’s Social Care. This decision would not be taken lightly nor in the case of an isolated incident.
If any parent/carer has a complaint that cannot be satisfactorily resolved by the Manager, they may contact OFSTED Regional Office 0845 601 4772
Master your child’s profile, message the nursery, view invoicing history and more.
Employers can partner with nurseries, offering employees tax-free childcare, saving thousands while costing the business nothing.
This employer-supported benefit helps employees save on taxes and national insurance by using a nursery for child care. It applies from birth until age 5 (or school start). Your employer must partner with a nursery to offer this benefit, with costs deducted from your gross salary.
10% sibling discount.
No discounts available once a child is receiving funding.
A discount of 5% is offered for full time places. (T&Cs apply)
Nursery fees paid on 1st of the month via direct debit or TFC
Free day for recommending a friend.
Workplace Nursery Provision works by your employer contracting with a nursery for places for you to use.
As a leading childcare provider in Leicester, we like to keep parents informed.
Funding is now available to eligible working parents the term after their child is 9 months of age and over.
Breakfast, fruit, hot lunch and tea will be freshly prepared by our in house chef in our recently built state of the art commercial kitchen. Allergy controlled meals and children with dietary needs are all catered for.
You can receive up to £2,000 per child per year – that’s up to £500 every three months. If you have a disabled child, you can receive up to £4,000 per child – that’s up to £1,000 every three months.
Employers can partner with nurseries, offering employees tax-free childcare, saving thousands while costing the business nothing.
Master your child’s profile, message the nursery, view invoicing history and more.
“Famly” is a GDPR-compliant digital platform that offers nurseries an all-in-one solution for communicating, learning journals, and invoicing.
This article will go over some key features for parents in Famly from both a web view and a device view.
There are exciting changes in the early years childcare sector in both 2024 and 2025 that will be a great benefit to families and a positive step towards our children’s futures.
For Funded 15 hours or 30 hours
To submit your funding code for either 15 hours or 30 hours click below.
What We Offer
We offer two funded packages at Nursery Rhymes, these are our Gold Package which includes a “care package” weekly charge, this includes the many items that the children enjoy that the government funding does not cover. Our Silver Package is available for anyone not wanting to benefit from meals or any of the other additional services that the funding does not cover.
From April 2024, all eligible working parents of 2-year-olds can access 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, which is 570 hours per year.
From September 2024, all eligible working parents of children aged 9 months up to 3-years-old can access 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, which is 570 hours per year.
From September 2025, all eligible working parents of children aged 9 months up to 3-years-old can access 30 hours free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year, which is a further 570 hours, totalling 1140 hours per year.
Some 3-4 year olds will also be entitled to an additional 15 hours funding per week, making a total of 30 hours a week.
The government provide this based on term time only over 38 weeks of the year, so in total up to 1140 funded hours per annum.
We offer both the Funded 15 hours and Funded 30 hours on a “stretched basis” over 51 weeks, therefore giving families access to funded hours spread equally throughout the year and invoiced at the same amount each month.
On a “stretched basis” the Universal 15 hours will be given as 11 hours per week on our stretched funding over 51 weeks.
For children entitled to the Funded 30 hours this will be given as 22 hours per week on our stretched funding over 51 weeks.
For working families, including the self-employed, in the UK
Earning under £100k and at least £152 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage) each
Who aren’t receiving Tax Credits, Universal Credit or childcare vouchers
With children aged 0-11 (or 0-16 if disabled)
For every £8 you pay into an online account, the government will add an extra £2, up to £2,000 per child per year
To check your eligibility and obtain your funding code please visit Best Start in Life https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk/
Breakfast, fruit, hot lunch and tea will be freshly prepared by our in house chef in our recently built state of the art commercial kitchen.
Allergy controlled meals and children with dietary needs are all catered for.
For babies who are bottle fed parents/carers will need to provide their feeds for the day. Children will be encouraged to try everything on the menu and to be well-behaved and polite at the table. The weekly menu will be available on the nursery notice board.
The children have access to cereals for breakfast and we provide fruit and milk between breakfast and lunch. The babies have their own menu which contains lots of different nutritious items that our babies enjoy.
Due to our strict allergy control, we can not allow parents or children to bring their own food onto the premises.
Our head chef has worked at some of the best restaurants in the UK such as 3 Michelin star Fat Duck and Hambleton Hall.
Please ask to view our current weekly menus when visiting, an example menu can be seen below.
Behavior Policy
Staff will use re-direction, early intervention and positive reinforcement. Any persistent disruptive behavior will be reported to parents and carers. The management reserves the right to have any child removed from the nursery who is persistently disruptive and a danger to other children.
Child Protection Policy
The Nursery has a responsibility to ensure that all children are developing in a safe and secure environment. Any concerns that a child is being harmed or injured will be reported to Children’s Social Care. This decision would not be taken lightly nor in the case of an isolated incident.
Health and Safety
– Regular fire drills, fire equipment and smoke alarms are tested weekly.
– The nursery has full public Liability Insurance
– Children are supervised at all times
– Outdoor areas are fully enclosed
– Children are not allowed off the premises with anyone other than parent/carer unless otherwise instructed.
– Complete written policies are available on request
Complaints Procedures
If any parent/carer has a complaint that cannot be satisfactorily resolved by the Manager, they may contact OFSTED Regional Office 0845 601 4772
What is the Workplace
Nursery Benefit?
Sibling Discount
10% sibling discount.
No discounts available once a child is receiving funding.
Benefits for Parents
Workplace Nursery Provision works by your employer contracting with a nursery for places for you to use.
Save tax & NI on your monthly fees, saving the company and employees money.
Workplace nurseries are a great way to show employees that they are valued.
Workplace nurseries can also help minimise employee absence.
Workplace nurseries can also help minimise employee absence.
The award winning Nursery Rhymes provides quality day care for babies, toddlers and pre-school children from 3 months – 5 years of age in a safe & secure setting.
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