Opening Hours & Fee Information

• Fees are usually reviewed annually and parents will receive 1 month’s notice of any changes.
• In the same way, Bumbles requires a 1 month’s notice period for any requests to a change of booking pattern during the year, i.e reducing days or plans to leave Bumbles. As of 13th February 2024, Bumbles can no longer facilitate 1 day booking patterns. Minimum attendance is now 2 days.
• Fees are still payable when a child is absent due to sickness or holidays etc.  Please note all Bumbles days of closure are charged for.
• Extra days over and above normal registered attendance may be requested as an ad hoc purchase via our Famly App.  Assuming there is availability in the relevant group, the request will be approved by a member of our management team.
• A discretionary sibling discount may be available where siblings attend on a full time basis. A 10% discount is applied to the eldest child’s booking pattern. Discount is automatically removed if attendance pattern is reduced.
• Bumbles’ Nursery Fees are payable 52 weeks of the year including all days of closure.
• Bumbles’ Wrap Around Nursery-School fees are payable (September – June including all days of closure) 44 weeks regardless of attendance during holiday periods. This includes full day care of your child’s regular attendance pattern when Nursery Schools are closed and during the settling in periods in September and October. There are no extra charges.
• Bumbles Primary School Wraparound (P1 to  P7) fees are payable late August/September to June term-time. Term-time bookings cannot be swapped.
• Unlike some other Day Cares, Bumbles do not charge retainer fees for Primary School wraparound.  
• If booking into Camp for your Primary School child, P1 – P7 Parents must request days to book into all relevant Camps (Autumn, Winter, Mid-Term, Spring and Summer plus ad hoc days of closure) via our Famly App in advance. Once Camp days are booked, we cannot accept requests for cancelations or refunds (regardless of attendance).
• Bumbles do not currently charge for late collections of your child. This is continually under review.

Invoices are issued via our Famly App on the 19^th of each month for the following month.  The Famly App will clearly show all transactions and invoices.   All fees must be paid in advance by the last working day of the preceding month:

• Bank Transfers must reach Bumbles Account before the last working day of each month, in advance of the next month
• Vouchers must be authorised to reach the Bumbles account by the last working day of each month, in advance of the next month. If paying partially by voucher, then the voucher amount should be deducted from the Monthly Amount due. The remainder must be transferred by Bacs.
• Cash payments are not accepted.
• We are seeing an increasing number of requests for periods of reduced care / reduced fees. This is strictly not possible.

• Our registration process begins with an enquiry via our Enquire Now tab on our homepage.
• Every enquiry is date stamped and dealt with in date order.  You should receive a response indicating whether or not there is availability in your desired setting / age group for the dates you require within 10 working days.
• If there is availability then a visit for a show around is arranged.
• After the visit you confirm if you wish to proceed with registration via email.  If so, you will receive an invitation to register via our Famly App.
• A completed registration on Famly together with a £100 Registration Fee secures a place in Bumbles Day Care.  The Registration Fee is non refundable.

There are various government and workplace schemes providing support towards childcare costs. At Bumbles, we accept the following:

• Tax Free Childcare
• Childcare Vouchers
• Bright Horizons workplace scheme
• Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme