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Our Fees - Colchester

Fee Structure 2026

 

 

Private Daily Rates

 

 

Daily fees

(08:00 – 18:00)

Half Day fees

(08:00 – 13:00 / 13:00 – 18:00)

Nursery Day fees

(09:00 – 16:00)

0 – 3 year olds£87.47£62.11£74.53
3 – 5 year olds£85.96£60.94£73.48
    
Meals£8.00£4.75 (am) / £3.25 (pm)£6.00
Consumables£1.50£0.75£1.50

*Extra-Curricular Costs: For all children attending a Wednesday morning, there will be extra-curricular sports sessions for £30.00 per term (applicable for children aged 2+).

  • All monthly charges are calculated over 51 weeks, by taking the weekly charge, multiplying it by 51 and then dividing it by 12 months. This allows for 12 equal payments throughout the year.
  • The maximum number of funded hours that can be attended in any one session are 10 hours.
  • For mixed private and funded attendance, the maximum hours that can be claimed over the year are 570 hrs and 1,140 hrs for the 15 hrs and 30 hrs entitlements respectively.
  • Funded only children may only attend from 08:00 – 18:00.
  • A non-refundable registration fee of £100.00 will be required for all children that access private hours (either on top of funding, or purely private fees).
  • For further information and bespoke fees, please contact the Nursery Manager at colchester@dragonflydn.com.

All fee structures below are based on full day, all year round places (51 weeks). For Half Day and Nursery Day options, please contact the Nursery Manager directly.

 

Fee Structure – 9+ month old funding

 Days AttendedAnnual Funded HoursAnnual Chargeable Private HoursHourly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Unfunded HoursMonthly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Additional ItemsMonthly Charge for Additional ItemsTotal Monthly Charge
30 hours eligibility15100£8.75£0.00£0.00£9.50£40.38£40.38
21,0200£8.75£0.00£0.00£19.00£80.75£80.75
31,140390£8.75£66.91£284.38£21.24£90.25£374.63
41,140900£8.75£154.41£656.25£21.24£90.25£746.50
51,1401,410£8.75£216.18£918.75£21.24£90.25£1,009.00

 

Fee Structure – 2+ year old funding

 Days AttendedAnnual Funded HoursAnnual Chargeable Private HoursHourly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Unfunded HoursMonthly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Additional ItemsMonthly Charge for Additional ItemsTotal Monthly Charge
30 hours eligibility15100£8.75£0.00£0.00£9.50£40.38£40.38
21,0200£8.75£0.00£0.00£19.00£80.75£80.75
31,140390£8.75£66.91£284.38£21.24£90.25£374.63
41,140900£8.75£154.41£656.25£21.24£90.25£746.50
51,1401,410£8.75£216.18£918.75£21.24£90.25£1,009.00

*FEEE2 funding options are available at Dragonfly for eligible families wishing to access 15 hours only for 2 year olds. For further information, please contact the Nursery Manager.

 

Fee Structure – 3+, 4+ year old funding (15 hours)

 

 Days AttendedAnnual Funded HoursAnnual Chargeable Private HoursHourly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Unfunded HoursMonthly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Additional ItemsMonthly Charge for Additional ItemsTotal Monthly Charge
15 hours eligibility15100£8.60£0.00£0.00£9.50£40.38£40.38
2570450£8.60£75.88£322.50£11.18£47.50£370.00
3570960£8.60£161.88£688.00£11.18£47.50£735.50
45701,470£8.60£247.88£1,053.50£11.18£47.50£1,101.00
55701,980£8.60£333.88£1,419.00£11.18£47.50£1,466.50

 

Fee Structure – 3+, 4+ year old funding (30 hours)

 

 Days AttendedAnnual Funded HoursAnnual Chargeable Private HoursHourly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Unfunded HoursMonthly Charge for Unfunded HoursWeekly Charge for Additional ItemsMonthly Charge for Additional ItemsTotal Monthly Charge
30 hours eligibility15100£8.60£0.00£0.00£9.50£40.38£40.38
21,0200£8.60£0.00£0.00£19.00£80.75£80.75
31,140390£8.60£65.76£279.50£21.24£90.25£369.75
41,140900£8.60£151.76£645.00£21.24£90.25£735.25
51,1401,410£8.60£212.47£903.00£21.24£90.25£993.25