How much is your childcare?

Guinea_2

Hi everyone
I'm posting now because I return to work part time (three days a week) in February and am looking at how much child care is.

My Mum has said that she will take care of my son when I return to work which my husband and I are very grateful for. My parents are by no means hard up for money (both retired), although I would like to pay towards them looking after my son when I return to work as I know it's a VERY time consuming business. (She has never mentioned wanting to paid).

Because my husband works nights, he is able to look after our son on some of the days so during the first week Mum will only need to look after our son one day a week, the next will be two days, week three one day and week four two days and so on.

I would like to know how much people pay per day for childcare; whether at a nursery or friend/relative/child minder so that I can just find out for myself averages. Don't know if this is important but I live in the South!

Many thanks for any replies.

G xx:beer:

SkintGypsy

Near Leeds my nursery charges about £155 a week.

mirrorimage0

i used to pay around £120 for three mornimgs a week from 7 am till 1pm

mirrorimage0

your mum can always get a registered childminder certificate and you can pay her that way through tax credits, she can ask at her local council they usually run courses and walk you through the process

donnaessex

My nursery charges £38.33 per child per day - thats from 8am-6pm though I drop them there at 8.30am and collect at 5.15pm. I am in Essex, obviously.

Two toddlers in full time childcare = negative salary!

Suzanne_Louise

We're in Hull and our chilminder has just put her fees up to £3 per hour - we pay around £400 per month.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

My nursery charges me 105 a week for 16 hours so it works out at £35 a day (7:30am till 6pm) and im in Nottingham

gonzo127

in Kent when we looked it was roughly £200 a week for a 2 year old from 8-5.30

flutterby_lil

I pay £25 a day for a childminder and £38 a day for nursery - Lancashire

JC9297

mirrorimage0 wrote: »

your mum can always get a registered childminder certificate and you can pay her that way through tax credits, she can ask at her local council they usually run courses and walk you through the process

She would have to have at least one other child to look after (apart from grandchild) otherwise everyone would do it, the state does not pay grandparents to look after their grandchildren.

honeypop

In Herts, I pay £4 per hour for a childminder, the average round here is £3.50-£6.50 per hour. Nursery is approx £4.50-£5.00 per hour.