Top up fees for funded childcare - is this high?

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I'm looking at preschools for my daughter, and have found one I like but they charge a daily top up fees of thirty pounds, on top of the government funded childcare for 3 year olds. That's for a school day session. Is this standard? It seems high to me. Any insight gratefully received.

Also, OP - are they averaging your 30h a week across the whole year - the funding is also term time so it is about 22h a week if you average over terms and holidays.

2024-25 hourly rates in the south west for 3/4 year olds (NB £5.47 is the minimum amount payable in England) - I am not sure if this is before or after admin fees from the Local Authority.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2024-to-2025v

Bath and North East Somerset £5.68
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole £5.60
Bristol City of £5.97
Cornwall £5.47
Devon £5.47
Dorset £5.47
Gloucestershire £5.47
North Somerset £5.58
Plymouth £5.65
Somerset £5.47
South Gloucestershire £5.66
Swindon £5.66
Torbay £5.74
Wiltshire £5.47

They are not allowed to make additional hours as a condition of funding but obviously picking the short day means parents often need more hours.

This is before la adjustments and includes their fees....there is also a formula that follow that factors in pension for state setting, send, etc. I'm my area we all get different rates.