Mill Hill Terms and Conditions
Opening times and term dates
Little Bicks Gan Orre is open every Monday to Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-12pm not including Bank Holidays (the terms will be in accordance to the Jewish holidays and may NOT necessarily coincide with other schools)
Term-time (38 weeks) your child can attend in accordance with the published term dates. You can request additional days during term time and extended weeks. These will be given according to available space and are not guaranteed.
Extended year (46 weeks) your child will have the same pattern of attendance throughout the extended year.
Holiday times and Bank Holidays are not charged for.
We reserve the right to alter the number of weeks that we are open for each year and will give a term’s notice if this is to change.
Fees and attendance
Fees are payable at all times throughout the year. This includes periods where the nursery is closed unexpectedly or if you choose not to send your child in, you will still be charged. For more specific situations, please refer to our policies. The same will apply to security, food and enhanced provision costs that are detailed in our funding and private rate offers.
A £50 administration charge will be applied to the account for late invoice payments.
Fees are reviewed annually. Any increase in fees may necessitate less than one term’s notice but in most cases will not be less than six weeks.
A full term’s written notice must be given if your child intends to leave our nursery or is reducing his/her sessions. This applies in all cases without exception and if less than a term’s notice is given, a term’s fees in lieu of notice will be payable. This includes children who have given a deposit and choose not to start with us. The term’s notice period include extended year weeks and starts from the beginning of a term in Autumn (September), Spring (January) and Summer (April/May).
Attendance/re-enrollment for the following academic year is automatic (until the end of Bumble Bees Rising 4’s group, unless we receive a term’s notice as above) and your child will continue from the next September in the age appropriate group.
A £275 deposit in advance is payable on accepting a nursery place. This will be deducted from your last payment, where appropriate, subject to the correct notice in writing having been according to our terms and conditions. If accepting a Nil Cost funded place, the deposit will be refunded after one full month of your child’s attendance.
When no final payment is due, or the final payment is less than the deposit, the difference will be paid by bank transfer. The deposit cannot be paid with childcare vouchers or Tax Free Childcare accounts.
All non-funded children are required to attend a minimum of two full days or four half days.
Children starting in our Bumble Bees (rising 4’s class) are expected to attend a minimum of at least four mornings a week.
Additional sessions are available, please enquire for availability. We operate this on a first come first served basis and once booked, the charge will remain on the additional sessions invoice even in the event of non-attendance. An admin fee for each booking will be added.
Funding
From September 2025, the term after your child turn 9 months they may be eligible for 30 funded hours if you qualify for Working Parents Funding. All children are eligible for 15 hours universal funding from the term after they turn three years old. There is a link to information about how we offer the funding under the Fees section of the nursery page.
Starting and daily information
Prior to starting at Little Bicks, we advise that all children have at least two settling in sessions lasting one hour each. The Key Person or Room Leader will come and introduce themselves to the parent and child and welcome into the room.
Parents are responsible for notifying the nursery of any changes of address, home or mobile numbers. It is vital that nursery staff can contact parents in the case of an emergency.
Please allow enough time for the collection of your child. In the case of late pick up when the nursery is still open, you will be charged £10 per 15 minutes or part thereof. In the case of late pick up when the nursery has closed you will be charged £25 per 20 minutes or part thereof. This is a deterrent and we would prefer your child to be collected on time. Any late fees charged need to be paid in cash and will go directly to the staff that stayed with your child.
The nursery must be notified in advance if someone other than yourself will be collecting your child from nursery. Identification and the child’s password will be required.
Uniform polo shirts and jumpers are available from the nursery and should be worn whilst attending nursery. Please ensure your child always has a spare set of clothes. All clothes must be clearly labelled with your child’s name. Sun hats and high protection sun cream should be provided in summer and wellington boots in winter. All items must be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Children that are not fully toilet trained must attend nursery with at least 4 nappies, wipes and a full change of clothes. Should we have to supply then we charge 50p per nappy.
Food
We are an Orthodox, Jewish Nursery and this is to be respected at all times. Please do not send children with any food other than their fresh fruit/vegetable snack as this will have to be discarded.
We only allow fresh water in drinking bottles, juice will be discarded and replaced with water.
The nursery is a nut free zone. Please do not send in any food containing nuts.
Policies
Nursery Policies are available on the website. Parents are encouraged to read these and familiarise themselves with them. By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions you agree to abide by the Nursery policies. These are reviewed annually and are subject to review and change if necessary. If necessary, changes will communicated.
All staff have a commitment to equality of opportunity and are able to recognise and respect differences in Race, Culture and Religion.
A qualified first aid trained staff member will be on site at all times.
Little Bicks Borehamwood has set limits for children. Use of physical punishment (smacking, slapping or deprivation of food and drink) is not allowed.
There is a strict no smoking policy in the nursery and garden.
We operate a waiting list and anyone is welcome to join it. See Admissions policy for more details.
Sickness and Illness
If children are ill parents are expected to keep them at home. If a child doesn’t attend nursery due to illness, parents should inform the nursery and give details of the illness in case we need to alert other parents.
Any child with infectious or contagious disease will be excluded from the nursery for a period of time depending on the severity of the disease and in accordance with (medical advice). 48 hour clearance is required for any fever, diarrhoea or vomiting.
If your child becomes unwell during the day you will be contacted and asked to collect them, please respect the nursery with this, we do not send children home unless we are sure that they are unwell.
If a child needs to take medicine during the course of the day it must clearly marked in the original packaging with the child’s name, date and dosage instructions. It must be given to their Key Person and together you will fill in a medication consent form. Only prescribed medicine which is in date with a pharmacy label will be administered. This is includes, but is not limited to, creams, eye drops and tablets.
Miscellaneous
Little Bicks does not accept liability for personal items damaged or lost at nursery, including items of clothing. Personal items apart from those specifically requested to be brought in are discouraged and especially no items of monetary or personal value. Clothing should be appropriate for any type of play or activity in a nursery setting and parents accept that clothing may get stained or marked through play and activities.
Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time. These will be communicated to you and must be accepted by you as a part of your nursery contract. If you have any concerns regarding the updates you should contact a member of the management team immediately.
E&OE
Kinloss Terms and Conditions
Opening times and term dates
Little Bicks Gan Nachum is open every Monday to Thursday 8am-6pm and Friday 8am-12pm not including Bank Holidays (the terms will be in accordance to the Jewish holidays and may NOT necessarily coincide with other schools)
Term-time (38 weeks) your child can attend in accordance with the published term dates. You can request additional days during term time and extended weeks. These will be given according to available space and are not guaranteed.
Extended year (46 weeks) your child will have the same pattern of attendance throughout the extended year.
Holiday times and Bank Holidays are not charged for.
We reserve the right to alter the number of weeks that we are open for each year and will give a term’s notice if this is to change.
Fees and attendance
Fees are payable at all times throughout the year. This includes periods where the nursery is closed unexpectedly or if you choose not to send your child in, you will still be charged. For more specific situations, please refer to our policies. The same will apply to security, food and enhanced provision costs that are detailed in our funding and private rate offers.
A £50 administration charge will be applied to the account for late invoice payments.
Fees are reviewed annually. Any increase in fees may necessitate less than one term’s notice but in most cases will not be less than six weeks.
A full term’s written notice must be given if your child intends to leave our nursery or is reducing his/her sessions. This applies in all cases without exception and if less than a term’s notice is given, a term’s fees in lieu of notice will be payable. This includes children who have given a deposit and choose not to start with us. The term’s notice period include extended year weeks and starts from the beginning of a term in Autumn (September), Spring (January) and Summer (April/May).
Attendance/re-enrollment for the following academic year is automatic (until the end of Bumble Bees Rising 4’s group, unless we receive a term’s notice as above) and your child will continue from the next September in the age appropriate group.
A £275 deposit in advance is payable on accepting a nursery place. This will be deducted from your last payment, where appropriate, subject to the correct notice in writing having been according to our terms and conditions. If accepting a Nil Cost funded place, the deposit will be refunded after one full month of your child’s attendance.
When no final payment is due, or the final payment is less than the deposit, the difference will be paid by bank transfer. The deposit cannot be paid with childcare vouchers or Tax Free Childcare accounts.
All non-funded children are required to attend a minimum three half days (or one and a half full days). Children starting in our Bumble Bees (rising 4’s class) are expected to attend a minimum of at least four mornings a week.
Additional sessions are available, please enquire for availability. We operate this on a first come first served basis and once booked, the charge will remain on the additional sessions invoice even in the event of non-attendance. An admin fee for each booking will be added.
Funding
From September 2025, the term after your child turn 9 months they may be eligible for 30 funded hours if you qualify for Working Parents Funding. All children are eligible for 15 hours universal funding from the term after they turn three years old. There is a link to information about how we offer the funding under the Fees section of the nursery page.
Starting and daily information
Prior to starting at Little Bicks, we advise that all children have at least two settling in sessions lasting one hour each. The Key Person or Room Leader will come and introduce themselves to the parent and child and welcome into the room.
Parents are responsible for notifying the nursery of any changes of address, home or mobile numbers. It is vital that nursery staff can contact parents in the case of an emergency.
Please allow enough time for the collection of your child. In the case of late pick up when the nursery is still open, you will be charged £10 per 15 minutes or part thereof. In the case of late pick up when the nursery has closed you will be charged £25 per 20 minutes or part thereof. This is a deterrent and we would prefer your child to be collected on time. Any late fees charged need to be paid in cash and will go directly to the staff that stayed with your child.
The nursery must be notified in advance if someone other than yourself will be collecting your child from nursery. Identification and the child’s password will be required.
Uniform polo shirts and jumpers are available from the nursery and should be worn whilst attending nursery. Please ensure your child always has a spare set of clothes. All clothes must be clearly labelled with your child’s name. Sun hats and high protection sun cream should be provided in summer and wellington boots in winter. All items must be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Children that are not fully toilet trained must attend nursery with at least 4 nappies, wipes and a full change of clothes. Should we have to supply then we charge 50p per nappy.
Food
We are an Orthodox, Jewish Nursery and this is to be respected at all times. Please do not send children with any food other than their fresh fruit/vegetable snack as this will have to be discarded.
We only allow fresh water in drinking bottles, juice will be discarded and replaced with water.
The nursery is a nut free zone. Please do not send in any food containing nuts.
Policies
Nursery Policies are available on the website. Parents are encouraged to read these and familiarise themselves with them. By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions you agree to abide by the Nursery policies. These are reviewed annually and are subject to review and change if necessary. We will communicate any necessary changes.
All staff have a commitment to equality of opportunity and are able to recognise and respect differences in Race, Culture and Religion.
A qualified first aid trained staff member will be on site at all times.
Little Bicks Borehamwood has set limits for children. Use of physical punishment (smacking, slapping or deprivation of food and drink) is not allowed.
There is a strict no smoking policy in the nursery and garden.
We operate a waiting list and anyone is welcome to join it. See Admissions policy for more details.
Sickness and Illness
If children are ill parents are expected to keep them at home. If a child doesn’t attend nursery due to illness, parents should inform the nursery and give details of the illness in case we need to alert other parents.
Any child with infectious or contagious disease will be excluded from the nursery for a period of time depending on the severity of the disease and in accordance with (medical advice). 48 hour clearance is required for any fever, diarrhoea or vomiting.
If your child becomes unwell during the day you will be contacted and asked to collect them, please respect the nursery with this, we do not send children home unless we are sure that they are unwell.
If a child needs to take medicine during the course of the day it must clearly marked in the original packaging with the child’s name, date and dosage instructions. It must be given to their Key Person and together you will fill in a medication consent form. Only prescribed medicine which is in date with a pharmacy label will be administered. This is includes, but is not limited to, creams, eye drops and tablets.
Miscellaneous
Little Bicks does not accept liability for personal items damaged or lost at nursery, including items of clothing. Personal items apart from those specifically requested to be brought in are discouraged and especially no items of monetary or personal value. Clothing should be appropriate for any type of play or activity in a nursery setting and parents accept that clothing may get stained or marked through play and activities.
Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time. These will be communicated to you and must be accepted by you as a part of your nursery contract. If you have any concerns regarding the updates you should contact a member of the management team immediately.
E&OE
