At Martlesham Preschool we work with you to provide the right childcare for you and your child.
Government Funded & Paying Places Available
We take children from 2 years to school age.
There are various ways you may be able to obtain funding or get a contribution to fee’s for your child’s time at preschool. Below you will find some useful links and details which we suggest you explore:
· Currently from the term after your child turns 9 months, working families are entitled to 15 hours free childcare. From September 2025 this is increasing to 30 hours free childcare. If eligible you will receive a funding code that you have to re-verify every 3 months.
To see if you qualify for working families funding visit:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/15-and-30-hours-childcare-support/working-families
· All children will be eligible for the universal offer of 15 hours fee childcare from the term after they turn three.
· Some families of 2 year olds may be entitled to 15 hours free childcare if they are in receipt of various benefits. See you eligibility at:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/15-and-30-hours-childcare-support/additional-support/eligibility
or
· Some 2 year olds may be eligible for 15 hours free childcare by being in receipt of a ‘Golden Ticket’ but this is not the only way you can be eligible so check the link above to see if you qualify.
· Tax free childcare is another option which you have and can be used in conjunction with any funding you are entitled to. See link below:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare
· Also, for anyone on Universal Credit you may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs. See link below for further detail:
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/universal-credit-childcare
We encourage you to use as much of your entitlement as you can, we can only claim funding for the hours your child attends, not just what they are entitled to. Funding can be used across all of our opening hours throughout the 38 weeks term time provision.
Please Note: You do need to ensure that your funding is validated by the end of the term before the term you are wanting to use the funding for. We will need your funding codes or ‘Golden Tickets’ to then process the funding, along with your child’s full name, date of birth and your national insurance number.
End of previous term dates are always 31st March/31st December and 31st August.
If you need any support with any of the funding please do get in touch and we will be more than happy to help.
Opening Hours
Term Time
Monday to Friday
8.00am - 4.00pm
Term Dates
2024/2025
Summer Term:
Monday 21st April 2025 – Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Half Term
Monday 26th May 2025 – Friday 30th May 2025
Monday 21st April - Bank Holiday
Monday 5th May – Bank Holiday
2025/2026
Autumn Term:
Monday 8th September 2025 - Friday 19th December 2025
Half Term
Monday 27th October 2025 – Friday 31st October 2025
Christmas Holidays: Monday 22nd December 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
Spring Term:
Monday 5th January 2026 – Friday 27th March 2026
Half Term
Monday 16th February 2026 – Friday 20th February 2026
Easter Holidays: Monday 30th March 2026 to Friday 10th April 2026
Summer Term:
Monday 13th April 2026 – Monday 20th July 2026
Half Term
Monday 25th May 2026 – Friday 29th May 2026
Monday 4th May – Bank Holiday
Session Fees/Times
Fee’s effective from 1st May 2025
MORNING SESSION - 09:00-12:00 - £21.00
AFTERNOON SESSION - 12:00-15:00 - £21.00
FULL DAY SESSION - 09:00-15:00 - £42
LUNCH CLUB - 12:00-13:00 - £7.00
EARLY TAG ON - 08:30-09:00 - £3.50
LATE TAG ON - 15:00-15:30 - £3.50
Breakfast Club - 08:00-09:00 - £7.00
Late Club - 15:00-16:00 - £7.00