Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Meon Vale offers an on-site Breakfast and After School Club for its families to support with childcare beyond the normal school day. Please find details about this wrap-around childcare below, as well as information on how to book any sessions you may need.

Opening times and prices

Breakfast Clubs

Age Range: 3 to 11 years

Opening Hours: 7:30am to 8:30am

Staffing Ratio: 1:8 for under 5s as a minimum (All staff are suitably qualified and experienced)

Cost: £5.50 per session

Early Birds runs 7:30 am and has a dedicated space in which it runs until the start of the school day at 8.30am. Children can arrive any time from 7:30am. Our Breakfast Club Leader ensures that the children are provided with a healthy breakfast and engages them in a variety of fun activities until it is time for school. Children can help themselves to a selection of breakfast options, including cereals, toast and fruit. Our youngest children will receive the support they need to ensure that they eat a healthy nutritious breakfast. Once breakfast has finished children join in a range of fun activities. The activities are appropriate to the age of the children.

Nursery Early Birds runs as an additional wrap-a-round care provision for our youngest pupils. This runs from 8:30am to 9:00am and is chargeable at £3.00 per day in addition to the Early Birds wrap-a-round care above.

After-School Club

Age Range: 3 to 11 years

Opening Hours: 3:15pm to 5:30pm

Staffing Ratio: 1:8 for under 5s as a minimum (All staff are suitably qualified and experienced)

Cost: £11.75 per session

The wrap-a-round team will provide all children with the opportunity to play and socialise with friends in a comfortable, happy and secure environment. There will be a range of activities on offer appropriate to the age of the children, such as competitions, arts and craft, cooking, board games, organised outdoor activities, nature trails, homework clubs etc. Children will be provided with a healthy light snack to see them through until home time.

Bookings and payments

We use an external provider to manage our bookings – Childcare Bookings for Schools. They provide an online booking system for our wraparound care and manage all of the associated admin. You can access our online booking system by clicking here:

https://meon-vale.cbfs.uk/

Please note: Before making your first booking, you will firstly need to register an account. This process should take no longer than 5 minutes and requires that you provide details for:

• The account holder (you) and your child(ren)
• Two different emergency contacts
• A payment card (no payment will be taken, but a card will be required to make bookings)

Once you have registered an account, you will be able to start making bookings. To do so, simply click here to log in to your online booking account and use the ‘Bookings’ dropdown menu at the top of the webpage to begin requesting your sessions.

The payment methods available are Card, Tax-Free Childcare or Childcare Vouchers.

If you have any issues, or require support with booking, please contact CBfS directly via:

• Via phone: 01444 523335
• Via email: meon-vale@cbfs.uk

Childcare Bookings for Schools (CBfS) – Frequently Asked Questions

What types of booking are available?

Permanent bookings – the same sessions each week, on a rolling basis. Please note: Permanent bookings guarantee the ongoing availability of your booked sessions, but any cancelled sessions are non-refundable.

Ad hoc bookings – individual dates with no ongoing commitment, subject to availability at the time of booking.

When will payment be due for any bookings made?

For permanent bookings – Monthly bills, for the exact amount of that month’s childcare, are processed in advance on the 1st working day of each month. For example, a permanent booking made now will not incur any charge until 1st September. At this point, you do not need to do anything – payment will be taken automatically for all booked sessions falling in September.

For ad hoc bookings – Payment is due at the time of booking, in order to checkout and complete the process.

What payment methods are available?

We can accept payments via Card, Childcare Vouchers or the Tax-Free Childcare scheme. Payments cannot be made via BACS, cash or cheque (either at club or direct to our office).

How do I pay via Childcare Vouchers or using the Tax-Free Childcare scheme?

Once you have registered an account on our online booking system, simply send us a Childcare Voucher or Tax-Free Childcare payment. Once the payment reaches our bank account, these funds will be credited to your Online Account Balance. Your Online Account Balance can then be used as a payment method when making bookings.

Please allow four days for any Childcare Voucher or Tax-Free Childcare payments to reach us. To avoid any further delay, please provide us with your child’s unique Tax-Free Childcare reference in advance; or use your child’s full name as the reference for any Childcare Voucher payments.

Can I send Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare payments without making a booking?

Yes – you can make Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare payments at any point.

Indeed, many CBfS customers build and maintain a surplus in their Online Account Balance to prepare for their monthly bill or avoid waiting for individual payments to clear when making ad-hoc bookings. This credit can be returned to you at any point.

Who should I send any Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare payments to?

Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare payments should be made to the school’s existing registration.

Therefore, if you are already paying via Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare at the moment, please simply continue to make your payments in exactly the same way.

Pre-school

Age Range: 3 to 4 years

Opening Hours: Morning session 9:00am to 12:00pm and afternoon session 12:15pm to 3:15 pm

Staffing Ratio: 1:8 as a minimum (All staff are suitably qualified and experienced)

Cost: £18.00 per session

Our Pre-School offers learning and development opportunities which are focussed on the needs and interests of individual children whilst taking into account the length of the learning day and the prior experiences of morning nursery. Our team of staff will plan and deliver an exciting range of activities interspersed with opportunities to rest and recuperate from all the fun. To ensure that the children benefit fully from all of our wonderful resources and facilities that every opportunity is taken to support their development.

After the children have finished morning nursery, they will eat their lunch supervised by Nursery staff. Children may order a hot lunch or bring their own packed lunch. Hot lunches are charged at £2.60 per day.