Nursery fees with funded hours
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That's absurd. Mine hasn't started yet but the fees they gave us just had different daily or weekly rates and it was definitely lower not more with funding
My little one does Mon, tues & Wednesday 8-1 all funded then I pay and put him in thur 8-1 and I pay £111 a month
Oh wow. That's ridiculous. I'd there any childminders around your area as they are much cheaper. My little girl will be going to one when I go back to work and she is £36 a day and £4.60 per hour. X
My nursery charges £6.82 an hour outside of funded hours, plus £12 a day for consumables (meals & activities).
It can change depending on age as well. I know ours the hourly rate goes up over 2 I think. My nursery also only uses the free hours between 9-12 or 12-3. My girl is in 3 full days and sometimes my bill is £600 a month!! That’s with 15 hours free 🫣 If you’re eligible maybe look at the 20% tax childcare thing.
That seems a bit bonkers. Granted we still pay through the bloody nose with funded hours but it's definitely cheaper than if we didn't have them and we are private too with consumables and extra curricular stuff they do there! Ours is between 450 and 500 a month for 2 full days 8-6 a week. Without it though it's about 700. It is different because he's older though. Our new baby will be able to do more hours because she won't have the extra curricular stuff on top!
I’ve actually never heard of nurseries doing an hourly rate, it’s usually a half day or full day rate (not much saving on half day as it’s not half the cost!) I would ask them to provide the daily cost with and without funding… our nursery sent out a table for 1-5 days, with and without funding. Using the funding definitely makes it cheaper even with the consumables fee x
That’s a lot …. I’m doing 30 hours and have to pay 6 pounds a day extra for “lunch care” which I find ridiculous but more manageable …. Our bill is about 130 a month or something like that instead of probably 800 or more
Thanks all
Mine is over £400 a month with funded hours. Its more money now then it was before as i have to pay for all meals and snacks etc!
@Emma how many days is that and what makes it higher than before?
This is after I asked why we were getting charged £10 a funded half day for consumables and if we could opt out of this. They took off the £10 and said they would charge £15 an hour instead.