Fees

When enrolling your child with Acorn Early Learning Centre, you will be required to pay a $200.00 bond to secure their position as well as an additional $30 enrollment fee to cover administration costs. If you are planning to withdraw your child from Acorn ELC, you must give one months written notification to the Manager. Your enrolment bond ($200) will be deducted off your final account if the correct notification procedure has been followed. If a position becomes available at Acorn ELC and you do not wish to accept it – your enrolment bond and enrollment fee is non-refundable.

Every year the fees for children will be reviewed in July, with any adjustments to take effect from the 1st September of that year. We will notify parents and caregivers of any changes in August.

Fees are due one month in advance to maintain your child’s place on the roll. Invoices are located in the foyer alphabet- pocket system under surnames, or on the signing out desk. Fees are also due if your child’s enrolment falls on a statutory holiday. Please contact Work and Income New Zealand if you are eligible for childcare subsidy. An end of year financial statement will be printed out for tax claiming purposes.

Parents will be eligible for a 10% discount on children’s fees if they have who have two or more children enrolled in our centre. This will apply to each enrolment within this family.

‘Free’ Early Childhood Education (ECE) can be claimed for children who are 3 and 4 years of age, until they turn 5. You are eligible for up to 20 hours a week ‘free’, up to 6 hours per day. To receive this entitlement, you must complete and sign an ‘Attestation Form’, available from the Centre Manager, to confirm your child is not attending another Centre during the same claimed hours. At this time you will be asked how you would like to allocate the ‘free’ ECE hours across your child’s days of attendance.

Your child may receive ‘free’ ECE at more than one ECE service. In this instance, you will need to decide how you will choose to spread the ‘free’ ECE hours between the two services, up to the maximum of 6 hours per day, 20 hours total per week.

For parents who have shared custody of their child/ren and have separate care arrangements, you must ensure that your attestation forms confirm that you are not enrolled for more than 6 hours per day and 20 hours per week between you and times do not overlap.

Parents will be charged a centre fee for hours outside the ‘free’ ECE hours. This will be the balance of the daily tuition fee, minus the money received for the Ministry funded ‘free’ ECE hours. This balance (a reduced rate payment) is required to cover costs of this service. Please note that Acorn Early Learning Centre require parents who wish to claim ‘free’ ECE hours, to enrol their child for a minimum of 3 days.

All figures are GST inclusive

Free ECE fees for children who are 3 and 4 years of age (minimum 3 days enrolment at Acorn Early Learning Centre for this fee structure).

All figures are GST inclusive

Fees effective from 7th September 2009. See our enrollment form for current fees.