Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

Has anybody used this? How does it work? I know it says for every £8 the government will pay £2 but do you just put money in the account you’ve set up on the website and the government will top it up?

Any other mom’s kids doing K-12? My son just started kindergarten!

Hi my little girl just turned 2 last week when do I apply for sure start an nursery? An when is the closing date for applications

Hi, could anyone recommend a childminder in Mansfield? I’m looking for some daycare for my 17 month old 😊

Hi girls My little one currently doesn’t go to nursery. They are 23 months old. Please can you share what a day looks like at home with no nursery? What do you get up to each day? How often do they see other children etc. Thanks

Am I better off on up to 85% UC or tax free childcare.

Hi all! We are urgently looking for a daycare in Viana do Castelo. We want something exceptional, with people that take care of kids with love and affection and that does cute activities with them. Please sent recommendations!

So I have a question : Does anyone any have an autistic child who is still in pull-ups that attends preschool? If so does the school charge an extra fee because they are in pull-ups and not potty trained? My son is 5 years old. I just had to remove my son from school because they were asking for an additional cop...

Does anyone any have an autistic child who is still in pull-ups that attends preschool? If so does the school charge an extra fee because they are in pull-ups and not potty trained? My son is 5 years old. I just had to remove my son from school because they were asking for an additional copayment of $50 a week bec...

I’ve just received my first UC statement. I pay for child care, however it’s not an element on my statement. Am I missing something? Does it come under children? I’m confused. Someone pls help.

So my boy only goes one day a week and it’s a full day but the nursery are only giving him 6 free hours rather than 10. Can someone explain why they’ve done this? Baring in mind we already had an invoice that said £0 then today she told me it was wrong and explained all of this to me. She did say it was for food but...

Anyone know anything about 30 hours for children turning 3 in feb?

Does anybody know where has any kendamil first infant? I need some tonight and nowhere has it 😕

How much is everyone paying for daycare if you don’t mind sharing, I’ve been looking in my area and it’s like $1,400 a month for full time. I wanted to go back to work but at that point it would be redundant. Just curious about prices elsewhere (I’m in Florida)

Are there any of you that work from home and don’t have childcare? Does to work? How do you do it? Tips? Thank you!

I'm looking into nurseries for my little one about to turn 3, has a speech delay, and is the spectrum. Very much looking for recommendations or perhaps ones to steer clear of. Happy to message you directly to chat privately if you comment, thank you.

I was wondering if there are any nursery workers on here or childminders who would be able to advise. I plan on starting a midwifery course September 2025 and I'm having a hard time understanding how it could work with putting my two into childcare. I know that when you do the uni blocks you're at uni for 2 days a w...

Hello, I wondered if someone could help me. I’m trying to work out when we will be eligible for the 15 hours funded childcare. My little girl will be 9 months on 19th April, and the Easter term starts 22nd April. Will we be eligible for the hours from Easter term - or does it go from 1st April (meaning we will have ...

This is really random but I am trying to find the biggest Smyths store in the UK with the biggest baby section. We are buying everything we still need in October and Smyths has a lot of the stuff so I want to go to the biggest and best 🤣

How's everyone getting on with nursery? We're finally settled and my little one seems to actually look forward to going now 😭