Child Care Centres in Thomson
Compare Full Day Child Care Fees in Thomson
| Preschools | Monthly School Fee |
| Little Olive Tree (Thomson) | 1,500 |
| Maplebear Playworks | 1,780 |
| KiddiWinkie Schoolhouse @ Novena | 2,000 |
| MapleBear Novena | 2,096 |
| THE SCHOOLHOUSE GENTLE ROAD | 2,250 |
| MINDCHAMPS PRESCHOOL @ ZHONGSHAN PARK | 2,570 |
| MINDCHAMPS CHINESE PRESCHOOL@THOMSON | 2,570 |
| THE SCHOOLHOUSE BUCKLEY | 2,600 |
| LITTLE FOOTPRINTS PRESCHOOL @ BALESTIER | 650 |
| LEARNING VISION TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL | 650 |
| Kinderland Preschool | 650 |
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1(a). What is the Anchor Operator (AOP) scheme?
Answer: It is a scheme by government to provide funding to selected preschool operators to increase access to good quality and affordable early childhood care and education. The selected child care operators will receive funding from government to keep a monthly fee cap of $610 & $1,235 for full-day child care & full-day infant care respectively.
Currently, there as 5 anchor operators which are PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL, MY FIRST SKOOL, MY WORLD PRESCHOOL, SKOOL4KIDZ and E-BRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL.
1(b). What is the Partner Operator (POP) scheme?
Answer: This scheme supports selected preschool operators to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of child care and infant care. Under this scheme, selected preschools are to keep a monthly school fee cap of $650 and $1,290 for full day child care and infant care respectively.
Currently, there are 380 preschools under this scheme.
2. Basic Subsidy For Child Care
| Service Type |
Monthly subsidy for working mother or single fathers |
Subsidy for Non-working mother/single father |
| Full-day child care |
$300 |
$150 |
Table: Child Care Subsidy
3. Additional Subsidy for Child Care and Infant Care
This is available to applicants for Singapore Citizen children who are working and whose monthly household income is less than $12,000. Please check Child care and infant care subsidy for more details.
4. Start-Up Grant
This is for low-income families with difficult family circumstances. Applicants can use Start-Up Grant to pay for the initial costs of
enrolling their child into an infant or child care centre.
5. Review of Child Care Centre
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6. Child Care Centre Open House
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7. What is the regulatory requirements governing staff-child ratios?
Answer: With effect from 1 Jan 2012, the following staff-child ratio will apply:
| Age of Children (Class Level) | Staff to Children Ratio (without para-educators/educarers) | Staff to Children Ratio
(with para-educators/educarers) |
| 18 – 30 mths (Playgroup) | 1 : 8 | 1 + 1 : 12 |
| 30 – 36 mths (Nursery 1) | 1 : 12 | 1 + 1 : 18 |
| 36 – 48 mths (Nursery 2) | 1 : 15 | 1 + 1 : 20 |
| 48 – 60 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 20 | 1 + 1 : 30 |
| 60 – 72 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 25 | 1 + 1 : 30 |
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