Nursery changing terms and conditions

Katgoddess

My son's nursery have changed their terms and conditions. Firstly they are now demanding money one month in advance, rather than in arrears. Secondly, they have now removed annual leave, where if we give them enough notice for when a child will be on holiday, they would only charge us half fee - for a max of 4 weeks. (Which doesn't make sense from a business point of view, as you'd want to encourage parents to tell you when the kids are off for staff planning, but never mind :wall:)

They've back tracked a little bit on the fees, because having to find an entire month's money for a full time child is ridiculous. They've compromised, and said all fees for the month, have to be paid by the end of that month. But the annual leave thing is really annoying, as I was planning on taking him out during the Christmas holidays, might as well keep him in now, and .

This is more of a grumble than asking for advice. I don't think there's much I can do, is there?

Teenie_D

Doubt there is much you can do. I'm surprised they had the original conditions in the first place, at my DD's nursery we have always had to pay a month in advance and she only gets 2 weeks holidays in the year, obviously we can take her out for as long as we like but we have to pay the full whack so I tend to just keep her in even when we are off!

wendyphant

we have no annual leave allowence in ours and that includes bank holidays - ds goes on a monday and we have to pay even on bank holidays!!! when it is closed

go_cat

We too have to pay wether our DS is there or not even if we gave them a years notice :rotfl:

You have to decide wether the nursery is good anough and your child is happy to accept the new T&Cs or move him to a different nursery

Rainmaker_uk

go_cat wrote: »

We too have to pay wether our DS is there or not even if we gave them a years notice :rotfl:

You have to decide wether your child is happy to accept the new T&Cs or move him to a different nursery

Wow that must be a good nursery! If your child is making the call over T&Cs :rotfl:

Savvy_Sue

Frankly I'm surprised any nursery still allows parents to pay in arrears rather than in advance: chasing non-payers must take a lot of time and effort! But I'm glad to hear they have allowed a compromise.

It's a difficult situation: I used to run out of school clubs, and the margins were SO tight, and I doubt things are any easier now.

cclarke12

I am surprised the nursery has not gone bust. I have never heard of paying childcare in arrears, even for my oldest that is using breakfast and after school clubs in a school. Paying for 50-52 weeks per year is the norm for private day nurseries. The alternative would be a childminder who tells you when they will be on holiday and you work around it or lump it.