Parents

Payments

There are several ways to make payments.

All payments must be made on or before the 1st of each month for that month’s fees.

Please visit our locations page to find out more about where each of our nurseries are situated. We have 30 nurseries across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.

Our Nurseries

Direct Debit

This is our preferred method of payment as detailed in our terms and conditions.

We ask all parents to set up a direct debit during your child’s settling-in sessions.

Vouchers

Ashbourne Day Nurseries accepts all voucher payments from all voucher companies.

All vouchers must be released one week before the 1st of the month, paying in advance; please use the reference provided by your nursery when allocating the vouchers.

If you are likely to book extra sessions, we will ask you to sign up to direct debit – your account will remain at £0.00 until payments are required for extra sessions.

If you are paying part of your fees by voucher, we ask you to set up a direct debit for the remaining amount.

Tax Free Childcare

Ashbourne Day Nurseries accepts payment via Tax Free Childcare providing this is released before the 1st of the month and paid in advance. Please use the reference provided by your nursery when allocating the payments.

Funding Options

We offer a number of funding options including 2 Year, Universal and Extended Entitlement Nursery Funding.

For further information on the funding options available, please speak to your nursery manager.

The following websites can be very helpful and informative:

www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

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Discounts

Get Started

We are pleased to offer two discounts here at Ashbourne Day Nurseries.

One discount is a 10% sibling discount and the other is a 10% discount for all families who are working within the NHS, Emergency Services and Armed Forces.

The Ashbourne Day Nurseries’ policy is that only one discount is able to be applied per family, either the sibling discount or the NHS, Emergency Services and Armed Forces discount.

Sibling Discount

Please speak to your nursery manager when registering your second child if you would like to use the sibling discount.

When you have two or more children that attend our nurseries our 10% sibling discount is applied to the eldest child only. This discount will only apply to the eldest child’s regular booking pattern.

The second child registering with us will also receive a 50% discount on their registration fee.

The sibling discount does not apply to any extra sessions, registration fees or other fees incurred.

Services

10% NHS, Emergency Services and Armed Forces discounts

Please mention to the nursery manager, that you work for the NHS, Emergency Services or Armed Forces when registering your child.

We offer a 10% discount on childcare fees for all families who are working within the NHS, Emergency Services or Armed Forces.

Proof of employment such as an ID badge, will be required prior to the discount being applied. To maintain the discount, proof of employment will be required every six months.

This discount is applicable for anyone employed by the:

  • NHS
  • Police
  • Fire service
  • Ambulance service
  • Armed Forces.

This discount will only apply to the child’s regular booking pattern.

This discount does not apply to any extra sessions, registration fees or other fees incurred.

Recommend a friend

Do you know someone who is looking for childcare?

Why not recommend a friend to us and as a thank you, we will give you up to 50% off one months fees. Please read below for full details.

How the Recommend a Friend scheme works:

  • The recommended family are entitled to a free registration.
  • If your recommended friend registers with us for 2 or 3 sessions a week, you will receive a one off 25% discount off one of your children’s monthly fees.
  • If your recommended friend registers with us for 4 or more sessions a week, you will receive a one off 50% discount off one of your children’s monthly fees.
  • Parents are able to make as many referrals as they wish but a maximum of 50% discount can be applied per month if you have multiple referrals, the discount will be applied to the consecutive months.
  • The discount will be applied to the referral family once the new child has attended for three months.
  • As the referral family, the discount will be applied on the fourth month’s invoice, in-line with the new child’s start date.
  • Parents are able to make as many referrals as they wish.
  • If the referring family has more than one child attending our nurseries, the discount will be applied to the child with the highest monthly fees.
  • Both the referring family and the new family must have a balanced account in order for the discount to be applied to the referring family.
  • The referral discount is only applicable for fee paying children.