Attendance and fees

Harrow Early Years provide Nursery Education Funding (NEF) for all children aged 3 – 4 years old as part of the delivery of the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS) curriculum. They allow for the payment of 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. There is an hourly rate calculated each year by Harrow Early years. Funding for 2 year olds is available for children in certain circumstances.

Fees are charged for both additional hours and activities that are provided at Stanmore Montessori and which do not form part of the (EYFS). These activities include:

• Specialist sessions such as Stretch and Grow, Music and Movement and cooking classes as well as farm visits.
• Enhanced staff ratios to enable a 1:5 staff to child ratio for 3-4 year-olds. This enables more attention for each child at this important stage in their development, than the 1:8 ratio required by Early Years.
• An extensive range of Montessori didactic equipment designed to help children develop through specialist teaching methods.

Each term’s fees must be paid before the start of each term. A full term’s notice will need to be given in writing before removing your child otherwise a term’s fees must be paid in lieu of Notice. The deposit of £500 will be deducted from the final term’s fees.

For all children attending Monday – Friday 8.45am – 12.15pm the fees for each of the three terms of an academic year are exactly the same regardless of the length of the term. There is no reduction in fees should a child be away on holiday or unwell during the term. For those children attending only afternoon sessions the fees will be worked out on a per session basis. Stanmore Montessori accepts Childcare Vouchers.