Question about nurserys

[malotkins]

Hi there,

We will be putting my son in a nursery when we (hopefully) move house. I'm hoping to negotiate working 4 days a week spread over the 5 i.e. 8.30am to 3.30pm but I'm not sure how this might work with nursery fees. Do you know if they are normally flexible about this sort of thing? Would they charge me 4 days or 5? Would it depend on the particular nursery?

Thanks.

 

[smelly07]

From what i know of private nurseries they offer different sessions i.e 8am-1pm 1pm-6pm or 8am-6pm ...........so if you put your LO into nursery and needed him to be there from 8.30-3.30 you would be charged a whole day everyday......... surestart nurseries may be different and be more flexible/do an hourly rate.. im not sure... but all others i know of and have worked in dont. x

 

[anna_xx]

in the nursery i work in you would have to pay for the full day as we have morning, afternoon and all day sessions.. i assume this is the same as most nurseries!

 

[gingajewel]

in the nursery i work in you would have to pay for the full day as we have morning, afternoon and all day sessions.. i assume this is the same as most nurseries!

This is the same at Megans nursery - i think the sessions are 8:00 - 1:00 or 1:00-6:00 but if you run over these sessions then its a full day you pay for

 

[k4th]

in the nursery i work in you would have to pay for the full day as we have morning, afternoon and all day sessions.. i assume this is the same as most nurseries!

This is the same at Megans nursery - i think the sessions are 8:00 - 1:00 or 1:00-6:00 but if you run over these sessions then its a full day you pay for

Dd's nursery is the same.

I work 3.5 days hours over three days so I only have to pay for 3 days in nursery.

 

[aimee-lou]

Some offer a 'school day' service. One Earl went to did an 8.30-3.30 day to cater for those families with school age children. The rate wasn't much cheaper than the full day rate but you didn't have to pay for 2 of the 3 meals they would normally provide.

 

[MrsT&Ben]

The nursery Ben goes to would charge you for a full day for the hours you wanted have you thought of a child minder? They tend to charge by the hour so may work out cheaper x

 

[Gingerspice]

A childminder may be more flexible than a nursery as they often do per hourly care. This would work out much cheaper than paying for full days but not there for the full day.
My first is at nursery at the moment, but when we have the next I'm planning on chnging to do 4 days spread across 5 days so I can collect first from chool and need no after school care (hopefuly work will let me do this) so I'll be putting the next one into childcare povided by a childminder instead to then mean we dont waste money on full nursery days too. Several childminders can still take the vouchers and a lot are in groups so they have back up for holidays and sickness so you don't suddenly get left in the lurch when they're not around.