Showing Young Minds the Brightside in Every Day
Our Sessions & Fees
Sessions run during Term Time:
September 2025 to July 2026 Rates:
3 months up to 2 years
8.50am-11.50am Morning Session £25.50
11.50am to 2.50pm Afternoon session £25.50
8.50am to 2.50pm Full Day £51
2 years up to 5 years
8.50am-11.50am Morning Session £22.50
11.50am to 12.50pm Lunch Club £7.50
11.50am to 2.50pm Afternoon session £22.50
8.50am to 2.50pm Full Day £45
A discount is available for fee paying siblings, with 10% being taken off the youngest child's fees.
Parents provide a packed lunch when children attend lunch club, afternoon or full days.
Funding is available to support or pay for children to attend, further information is available below...
Term Dates 2025/26
Brightside Preschool is open during term time - 38 weeks of the year
Bank Holidays
Brightside Preschool will be closed on Bank Holidays. These mostly fall during the holidays except for the May Day Bank Holiday.
Inset Days
Two Inset days have been added throughout the year. This provides opportunities for essential staff training such as Paediatric First Aid, Makaton training and other topics to help the development of our staff.
Term Dates 2026/27
Here are our proposed Term Dates for the 2026/27 academic year. Any changes to dates will be communicated with plenty of notice.
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We are registered to receive Tax-free childcare payments giving parents a 20% reduction on fees!
We offer government funded spaces for all 3-4 year olds for 15 hours per week.
All funded places commence from the term after the child's birthday.
Parents working 16+ hours per week, earning under £100,000 per year, can claim 30 hours of funded childcare for their child from the term after they turn 9 months of age. (Terms start in January, April and September) Parents need to apply for this funding, provide preschool with the funding code and continue to reconfirm your funding entitlement every 3 months.
We are also able to provide funded places for some 2 year olds for 15 hours per week, where parents are receiving some additional forms of government support.
The government website Childcare Choices has full details of all of the funding criteria and entitlements, as well as information on tax free childcare, which can all be used at Brightside Preschool. We direct you to this website to ensure that you are given the correct information for your individual family circumstances. If you require further assistance just let us know and we can look at the information together.