Nursery Funding Fee Calculator
Estimate the childcare fee after 15 or 30 funded hours have been applied. Enter your nursery day, normal fee and funding pattern to compare 1 to 5 full days, private hours and optional extras in seconds.
Use the calculator below to compare 1 to 5 full days after 15 or 30 funded hours have been applied.
Upgrade when you need package prices, half days, custom sessions, optional extras and better funded-hours planning.
Use the full calculator toolkit when you want the funding numbers to connect with nursery income, capacity and sustainability.
Work out the estimated fee after funding
This quick version assumes the same full-day hours and a standard fee. You can compare each attendance option from 1 to 5 days.
Enter the nursery fees and hours
Use the normal childcare charge before funded hours are applied.
Your 1 to 5-day comparison will appear here
Complete the three short sections and select calculate to see the funded hours used, private hours and estimated parent fee.
Estimated weekly fees after funding
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Build a fee structure that matches your nursery
The free calculator is designed for a quick standard full-day estimate. The premium calculators are for nursery owners who need to test real fees, funding patterns, income, capacity and delivery costs before making decisions.
Premium calculators are also included at no extra cost in Open a Nursery UK courses and selected premium products.
One premium tool
Premium Funding Fee Calculator
£9.99- Edit separate 1 to 5-day package prices
- Combine full days, half days and custom sessions
- Add optional extras separately
- Compare term-time and stretched funding
Two premium tools
Nursery Fees & Earnings Bundle
£14.99- Premium Funding Fee Calculator
- Premium Nursery Earnings Calculator
- Plan parent fees and nursery earnings together
- One purchase with ongoing access
Useful if you are setting fees and checking profit
All four premium tools
Complete Nursery Calculator Toolkit
£29.99- Premium funding fee calculator
- Premium earnings calculator
- Premium space and capacity calculator
- Premium cost of delivery calculator
Best route if you want to plan the full nursery model
A straightforward funded-hours estimate
The calculator converts the normal fee into an estimated private hourly charge, applies the funded hours that can be used in that attendance pattern and shows the remaining parent fee.
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Work out attendance hours The opening and closing times give the length of one full day.
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Apply available funded hours Funding is limited by attendance and the 10-hour daily maximum.
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Calculate the private charge The remaining private hours are charged at the estimated standard rate.
What the estimate allows for
In England, 15 hours normally represents 570 hours per year and 30 hours represents 1,140 hours per year. These can be delivered over 38 weeks or stretched across more weeks.
- No more than 10 funded hours are applied in one day.
- Unused hours do not become a cash discount.
- Stretched funding gives fewer funded hours each week.
- Private hours and optional extras are shown separately.
Continue planning your nursery
Funding affects parent fees, but the wider nursery model also depends on earnings, staffing, building space and delivery cost.
Nursery Earnings Calculator
Estimate nursery income, costs and possible profitability.
Use the earnings calculator → 02Nursery Ratio Calculator
Estimate minimum staffing numbers for different age groups.
Use the ratio calculator → 03Space Requirements Calculator
Estimate the minimum usable indoor space required for children.
Use the space calculator → 04Cost of Delivery Calculator
Estimate what it may cost to deliver childcare per child per hour.
Use the cost calculator →Want all four premium calculators?
The Complete Nursery Calculator Toolkit brings together funding fees, earnings, space/capacity and cost of delivery for £29.99.
Nursery funding fee calculator FAQs
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Can a nursery charge a top-up fee for funded hours?
Why might the actual nursery invoice be different?
What does the £9.99 premium calculator add?
This calculator is a planning guide for England and does not replace your local authority provider agreement, nursery contract, itemised invoice or professional advice.