Opening Hours and Fees

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday

Full Day: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Morning Session: 9.00am - 1.00pm

Afternoon Session: 1.15pm - 5.00pm

Please make every effort to be on time to collect your child.  If you think you might be late please contact us, this is especially important if your child attends a morning session as an overlap between children in the morning and afternoon sessions can cause problems with our Insurance Cover.  If your child is to be collected by anyone other than a parent, please ensure that you inform us, as well as your child.

Costs

Fees are payable monthly on receipt of invoice. Cheques should be made payable to Shetland Islands Council. The College subsidises places at the Nursery for students. 3-5 years / Pre-school Commissioned Placements (CP).

Working Parents/Carers

£16.80 / £10.50 CP per session

£28.00 / £22.00 CP per day

£110.00 / £89.00 CP per week

Students

£9.00 / £6.30 CP per session

£14.00 / £11.00 CP per day

£56.00 / £39.00 CP per week 

Pre-school children receive 2.5 hours care per day for 36 weeks under the Government Commissioned Placing Scheme. 

Therefore for the remaining weeks that this nursery is open the full cost will be charged. If you decide to withdraw your child from the nursery we require four weeks written notice or alternatively four weeks fees will be required in lieu of notice.

The Government is planning to increase the hours pre-school children will receive under the Commissioned Placing Scheme from 2.5 to 3 hours per day. However, we have not yet been given the starting date for this increase but we will inform you as soon as we get conformation. 

Holidays

The Nursery will be open for 42 weeks of the year with a 6 week break in July/August and a 2 week break over October/Christmas/New Year/ Easter. If your child is on holiday outwith these dates you will be charged full fees.