Funding & Pricing 2026-2027
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Select the term, your child’s attendance pattern and the funded entitlement to estimate the monthly amount payable at Butterflies Childcare.
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Plan your nursery sessions
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Weekly session pattern
Choose up to five attended days in total.
What the session charge includes
Meals, snacks and consumables are already contained within the published session charge. They are reconciled inside the parent total and are not added again.
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Funded hours
Eligible funded hours are free. A funded place is not conditional on buying private childcare or optional services.
Charged session fees
The exact Merton funding value is applied to Butterflies’ published weekly session price. Any remaining childcare balance is shown separately.
Inclusive breakdown
Meals, snacks and consumables are identified within the calculated parent total. They are not added a second time.
Our Fee Schedule
Should you wish to you enrol your child at Butterflies following your visit, we will ask you to pay a non-refundable enrolment fee of £185.00 to secure your place. This fee includes 12 hours of settling in time as well as enrolment administration charges. For all other enquiries, please use our contact form.
Effective from 1st April 2026:
Under 3 Years Old
| Weekly Cost | Monthly Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½ day | Full day | ½ day | Full day | |
| 5 Days | £325.00 | £585.00 | £1408.33 | £2458.95* |
| 4 Days | £260.00 | £468.00 | £1126.67 | £2028.00 |
| 3 Days | £195.00 | £351.00 | £845.00 | £1521.00 |
| 2 Days | £234.00 | |||
| 1 Day | £65.00 | £117.00 | ||
Over 3 Years Old
| Weekly Cost | Monthly Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½ day | Full day | ½ day | Full day | |
| 5 Days | £300.00 | £560.00 | £1300.00 | £2353.66* |
| 4 Days | £240.00 | £448.00 | £1040.00 | £1941.33 |
| 3 Days | £180.00 | £33600 | £780.00 | £1456.00 |
| 2 Days | £224.00 | |||
| 1 Day | £60.00 | £112.00 | ||
- Extra full day sessions will cost £117/day regardless of age group (11 hours).
- Extra half day sessions will cost £65/day regardless of age group (5 hours).
- All fees are calculated based on 52 weeks of the year.
- Extended hours & wrap-around – available on request.
- *3% discount offered on children attending nursery for 5 full days (full time only)
- Minimum 2 full days or 3 half day sessions
- All fees are paid one month in advance and on the 25th day of each month.
- Charges are calculated on a weekly basis and multiplied by 52 weeks and divided by 12 to arrive at a pro-rata monthly fee.
- We do offer a discretionary sibling discount of 10% on the eldest child’s fees, however the children must both attend nursery for more than 3 full days.
- The nursery is closed for bank holidays, the Christmas period and on 3 INSET days throughout the year and these days are included in the fees.
- Unfortunately, the nursery does not offer discounts or refunds for family holidays booked throughout the year.
- The fees above are effective from 1st April 2026.