Our Opening Hours, Fees & Funding
Bouncing Beans is open 50 weeks of the year, from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
We are closed on all Bank Holidays, one week at the end of August/beginning of September, and one week over the Christmas to New Year period.
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We are also closed on the last Friday in August for our Cygnet room children’s Graduation party, and to enable staff to prepare for the new academic year
Our Sessions & Fees
Unfunded fee rates as of 1st April 2026​
All Rooms​​
Morning Session: 8.00am to 1.00pm - £40.00
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Afternoon Session: 1.00pm to 5.00pm - £32.00
Full Day: 8.00am to 5.00pm - £72.00
Late Session: 5.00pm to 5.30pm - £6.00 (includes a light tea)
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​Hourly Rate​ - £8.00
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Optional extras - Cooked lunch £2.50 (age 1yr+) £3.00 (Goslings & Cygnet rooms)
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All unfunded fees are inclusive of morning and afternoon snacks, drinks - milk and formula milk; events, enrichment activities and services; non-food consumables.
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Fees are reviewed annually in April - Families will be given a minimum of 6 weeks’ notice in writing to inform them of any changes and given the opportunity to discuss their options with the nursery Manager.
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Please note: children must attend a minimum of two sessions per week.
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Government Funded Early Education & Childcare
The Early Years Funding can be complicated, and we hope that the following information will help you.
We are always available for any queries.
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Bouncing Beans Nursery is open all year round for 50 weeks of the year (closing for one week at the end of August and one week between Christmas and the New Year). This means you can stretch your funded hours across these 50 weeks. For children in receipt of the Universal Hours totalling 570 per year, this equates to 11.4 hours per week. Those receiving the additional 15 hours for working parents (Extended Funding) have a total of 1140 hours per year and this equates to 22.8 hours per week.
Using the Funded Hours:
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Funded hours can be taken as follows:
Morning 8.00am to 1.00pm (5 hours)
Afternoon 1.00pm to 5.00pm (4 hours)
Full day 8.00am to 5.00pm (9 hours)
Late session 5.00pm to 5.30pm including tea (unfunded – £6.00 per session)
Hourly rate – chargeable when a session is only part funded, or the maximum entitlement is reached - £8.00 per hour
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Help With The Cost of Childcare
Tax Free Childcare
Tax free childcare is a government programme to help your family with the cost of childcare. You may be entitled to support of up to £2000 per child, per year (that’s up to £500 every three months) to help with the cost of childcare. This goes up to £1000 every three months if your child is disabled (up to £4000 each year).
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If you get Tax-Free Childcare, you’ll set up an online childcare account for your child. For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your provider.
You can get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as the Early Education and Childcare Funding Entitlement if you’re eligible for both.
You cannot get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as claiming Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Universal Credit or Childcare Vouchers.
Do I Qualify?
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You can apply for Tax-Free Childcare if:
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You and your partner (or the sole parent in a lone parent family) are in work with each parent earning, on average, a weekly minimum equivalent to 16 hours at National Minimum wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW) and not more than £100,000 each per year.
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Your child is aged 11 or under (or 16 years old if they are disabled)
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The child you are applying for usually lives with you
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You work in the UK
If you are self-employed and started your business less than 12 months ago, you can earn less and still be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare.
The scheme will be available to parents on paid sick leave and paid and unpaid statutory maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
If you’re not currently working - You may still be eligible if your partner is working and you get any of the following: Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer’s Allowance or (in Scotland only) Carer Support Payment, contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance
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To check your eligibility, visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Which scheme you’re better off with depends on your situation. Use the childcare calculator on the website to work out which type of support is best for you.
The Early Education and Childcare Funding Entitlement
Chargeable extras for families accessing a funding entitlement
​The Government funding is a great help towards nursery fees; however, it is intended to cover the cost to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of free, high quality, flexible childcare only. It is not intended to cover the cost of meals, consumables, additional hours, or additional services.
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At Bouncing Beans, we believe that every child deserves the best start in life, and we pride ourselves on providing a service that goes above and beyond what is expected from the standard Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to ensure that the children in our care are cherished and cared for to the highest standard.
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We hold accreditations with organisations such as Healthy Smiles (community Dental Health) and The Nursery Kitchen that ensure the quality of our provision is above the standard expectations for childcare settings.
We have a high ratio of staff to children that is above the requirements of the EYFS enabling every child in our care to receive better individual care and support.
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The Government funding does not pay for all the essentials and extras that make Bouncing Beans Nursery such an incredible place for children. We charge a fee for every funded hour of Early Years Education entitlement that is claimed for your child to cover the cost of the services and activities, consumables and non-consumables that are not expected to be provided as part of the EYFS.
Chargeable extras for families accessing a funding entitlement
Providers offering early Education and Childcare can charge for the following when families are accessing a funded place:
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Optional services and activities
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Non-food consumables
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Food consumables
Total per funded hour for all 3 chargeable extras:
3-4 year-old funding - £1.70; 2-year-old & 9-month-old funding - £1.30.
These fees, together with the funded hours and non-funded hours will be agreed initially as part of our registration process and will be included in your contract with us.
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Our support for families with special circumstances:
Two-year-old children with a Norfolk Education Online (NEO) eligibility code, and parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old, in receipt of qualifying benefits and are eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) are exempt from our chargeable extras fee.
Fully funded afternoon sessions - 1.00pm to 5.00pm are available to parents who would experience financial difficulties meeting the cost of the chargeable extras payment. Parents must only be accessing their 'free hours' and not require any additional hours for their child.
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For further details please see our Charging Policy.​​
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Our Charging Policy