Chiswick Toddlers World Nursery (CTW) is a private family-run nursery and pre-school; therefore, fees apply to all placements. You can request our fees document here.

Free childcare support: the Government provides funding to subsidise the weekly cost of childcare over 38 weeks of the year for families in the following ways:

• up to 15 free hours for 3&4 year olds for all families

• up to 30 free hours for 3&4 year olds for eligible working families

• up to 15 free hours for 9 month olds for eligible working families

Whilst the government's offer of free hours is free to you as families, the historic funding the government provides for nurseries falls short of the actual costs to fully deliver those free hours. The Early Years Alliance has created an interactive explainer where the problem of 'free childcare' is highlighted in simple terms to give you a greater context:

https://www.eyalliance.org.uk/problem-free-childcare-interactive-explainer-parents-and-carers

Tax-free childcare: Eligible families can also can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

Government funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of free, high quality childcare across 38 weeks per year. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables, additional hours or additional activities. Parents can, therefore, expect to pay for any meals and other consumables offered by the provider alongside their free entitlement.

Where parents choose to purchase additional hours of provision, consumables or additional activities, this is a private matter between the provider and the parents.

The amount of free childcare you can get depends on:

• your child’s age and circumstances

• whether you’re working (employed, self-employed, or a director)

• your income (and your partner’s income, if you have one)

• your immigration status

Working parents must individually expect to earn more than £8,670 but less than £100,000 adjusted net income per year. For couples, the rules apply to both parents, so both must earn at least £8,670 and neither can earn more than £100,000.