| Childcare costs 15:50 - Aug 2 with 1734 views | Cotty |
So my youngest is in a nursery 4 days a week. He turned 3 in May, so is eligible for the 30 free hours a week from September. Pop quiz - how much are our fees going down (%age wise) from September, given that 3/4 of the days will be supposedly covered by government funding? |  | | |  |
| Childcare costs on 15:53 - Aug 2 with 1702 views | the_toff |
You would assume 75%, but I would wager its feck all. |  | | |
| Childcare costs on 15:55 - Aug 2 with 1672 views | Cotty |
| Childcare costs on 15:53 - Aug 2 by the_toff |
You would assume 75%, but I would wager its feck all. |
Not even close. | | | |
| Childcare costs on 15:58 - Aug 2 with 1658 views | Clutch |
It usually does barely anything, as the nursery will then start charging for meals individually etc, and often they are in AM/PM sessions, so you have to use hours for time when they aren't even there.
It should all be nationalised. |  | | |
| Childcare costs on 16:00 - Aug 2 with 1644 views | Cotty |
| Childcare costs on 15:58 - Aug 2 by Clutch |
It usually does barely anything, as the nursery will then start charging for meals individually etc, and often they are in AM/PM sessions, so you have to use hours for time when they aren't even there.
It should all be nationalised. |
Properly funding childcare for all would in my eyes be the biggest investment you could make into the economy. It's also coincidentally the right thing to do. Childcare is currently unobtainable for the vast majority. | | | |
| Childcare costs on 16:11 - Aug 2 with 1606 views | hype313 |
We made that mistake thinking it would be completely free, then we found out the hard way! |  |
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| Childcare costs on 16:11 - Aug 2 with 1606 views | Nutkins_Return |
The free hours cover about 70% from memory? (Which to be fair was still bloody great). But given you still have to pay 1 full day is it about 47.5%.
What I can't remember is if that factors in the fact that you still pay 100% during school holidays!!
I've no problem paying toward childcare (my choice to have kids) but it should all just be heavily subsidized because as you say it would have benefits for the economy as well and society more generally as kids are necessary!!! | | | |
| Childcare costs on 16:28 - Aug 2 with 1552 views | ITFCson |
I have 4 year old and a 1 year old. 1 year old goes to child minder 3 days a week and 4 year old 2 days a week.
Just got the bill for August and it’s £750!! And that’s after the funding | | | |
| Childcare costs on 16:34 - Aug 2 with 1524 views | itfcjoe |
Judging on what I paid, with wrap around care I'll go with a 56% drop.
Mine went from £62 to £27 a day
EDIT - This was when only doing 2 days a week in nursey so all of this was 'free' childcare, doing 4 days you'd go over limit so I'd guess equivalent of mine would be £62 to £40ish so a 33% saving [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 16:35]
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| Childcare costs on 16:34 - Aug 2 with 1524 views | hoppy |
| Childcare costs on 16:11 - Aug 2 by Nutkins_Return |
The free hours cover about 70% from memory? (Which to be fair was still bloody great). But given you still have to pay 1 full day is it about 47.5%.
What I can't remember is if that factors in the fact that you still pay 100% during school holidays!!
I've no problem paying toward childcare (my choice to have kids) but it should all just be heavily subsidized because as you say it would have benefits for the economy as well and society more generally as kids are necessary!!! |
I would hope Factors isn't involved, to be honest, otherwise he'll instil in the youngsters a dislike of cyclists, a love of local recycling centres and the Lavenham Guildhall, so it depends which of those are positives and which are otherwise.. |  |
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| Childcare costs on 17:48 - Aug 2 with 1412 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Childcare costs on 16:34 - Aug 2 by itfcjoe |
Judging on what I paid, with wrap around care I'll go with a 56% drop.
Mine went from £62 to £27 a day
EDIT - This was when only doing 2 days a week in nursey so all of this was 'free' childcare, doing 4 days you'd go over limit so I'd guess equivalent of mine would be £62 to £40ish so a 33% saving [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 16:35]
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I read this intently and then realised this thread is the definition of a forum having a slow transfer window....😂😂😂 [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 20:28]
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| Childcare costs on 18:07 - Aug 2 with 1372 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Childcare costs on 16:00 - Aug 2 by Cotty |
Properly funding childcare for all would in my eyes be the biggest investment you could make into the economy. It's also coincidentally the right thing to do. Childcare is currently unobtainable for the vast majority. |
The biggest investment in child development and socialisation you could make is to enable a parent to parent for the majority of work hours during the first 5 years. |  |
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| Childcare costs on 18:15 - Aug 2 with 1328 views | Cotty |
The answer is just under 25%. | | | |
| Childcare costs on 18:27 - Aug 2 with 1304 views | Yallop2 |
Just been through similar myself and have found pro rata accross the year three days a week all year round is a sweet spot. Seen my bill drop from £700 ish a month to about £180 | | | |
| Childcare costs on 19:52 - Aug 2 with 1197 views | EddyJ |
Very much depends on where your nursery is.
It might cover 30 hours in a council estate in Stockton on Tees. It does not cover anywhere near that amount in Cambridge.
Really should be renamed. | | | |
| Childcare costs on 20:11 - Aug 2 with 1166 views | Eiffel78 |
Have you played about with the figures? Because of mine and my wife's odd working patterns, our boy alternates beyween 3 amd 4 days a week. By spreading the government payments over the full year, we'll only pay for about one day a fortnight (possibly a bit more), and overall it will cost us less than taking the larger term-time only support. |  | | |
| Childcare costs on 20:30 - Aug 2 with 1132 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Childcare costs on 18:15 - Aug 2 by Cotty |
The answer is just under 25%. |
How does that work? Thought it was only food you pay for (and out of term time costs). [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 22:59]
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| Childcare costs on 20:49 - Aug 2 with 1108 views | Swansea_Blue |
Expensive stuff innit, but wait til the little sh*, er I mean darlings, become teenagers  |  |
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| Childcare costs on 06:10 - Aug 3 with 892 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Too much. There are much better things to spend taxpayer’s money on than children people don’t want to look after.
Do care is expensive too. But as yet taxpayers have not been asked to foot the bill for doggie day care | |
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| Childcare costs on 07:24 - Aug 3 with 811 views | Pippin1970 |
I get home from work in the summertime , blessed thinking both my daughters are in their 20s. Then the neighbours pulling there hair out as its summertime with theirs. Good luck to you all its nearly September lol. | | | |
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