Nursery fees over christmas

Nicki

jacksons_mum wrote:

how will i earn more money when i cant work because i have no one to look after my son?

Perhaps because the nursery doesn't close until the 22 December and the peak time for people to be going out partying and eating in restaurants is in the weeks running up to Christmas? My experience, living in London, is that the restaurants are mobbed before Christmas, with office parties, friends nights out, etc, and turn over all the tables about 3 times a night, but are much quieter in the period between Christmas and New Year, where people tend to be at home with their families. Is that not a fair assessment?

mintymoneysaver

I am quite surprised that all these nurseries are closed over Christmas.Offices etc are open so why not private nurseries?
My daughter's nursery was always open except bank holidays.I didn't use it during the holidays as I'm a teacher but I did still have to pay. If it was actually closed though I would not have expected to pay for that week.

pollyanna24

Not that I have kids or anything, but I would have expected the nursery to be open during Christmas as well (just not bank holidays).

There are always going to be staff that are willing to work over Christmas as they would probably want to save their holidays for when they choose to use them.

If you're paying for a service and not getting any use out of it (through no fault of the OP), then why should she pay for that week?

I'm not saying the nursery staff shouldn't get paid, I'm sure some of them take time off during the other times of the year and the nursery isn't shut.

morganb

I have a term-time only place at a nursery as I am a teacher so I only pay for school term time; the nursery itself is closed for the school holidays so no charges are made. I presume it is soaked up in what everyone pays the rest of the year.

jacksons_mum

Nicki wrote:

Perhaps because the nursery doesn't close until the 22 December and the peak time for people to be going out partying and eating in restaurants is in the weeks running up to Christmas? My experience, living in London, is that the restaurants are mobbed before Christmas, with office parties, friends nights out, etc, and turn over all the tables about 3 times a night, but are much quieter in the period between Christmas and New Year, where people tend to be at home with their families. Is that not a fair assessment?

it is but i cant work any more hours than i already do and im a chef so dont get tips. so i have no way of earning any extra money

Dormouse

Edinburgh wrote:

My boy's nursery is shut on Chrismas Day and Boxing Day, then again on New Year's Day, and that's all. The fees are worked out over the space of a year which take these days off into account, I think. I'm quite happy with that arrangement, I must say.

That's exactly the way my DS's nursery works out their fees.

I've just accepted that every month I pay the same amount, irrespective of days when he doesn't actually attend, although I can't say it makes perfect sense to me, so I do sympathise with OP.

inkie

We paid £333 per month for FT nursery care (8am - 6pm 5 days per week). Within this, the nursery closed for 2 weeks over Christmas. We paid the same every month regardless of whether we were off, they were closed. I think that the fees were slightly hicked up to take account of this. We were happy with as we just took the time off ourselves over that period.

plumpmouse

Our nursery shuts for a week at Christmas and we don't pay. OH is a teacher so childcare isn't a problem.

We do pay for bank holidays though. Just not the week that they "choose" to close.

Have you anyone else who can help out with childcare?

jacksons_mum

my partner works long hours and unfortunately we dont have any family living nearby. we pay £32 per day which from what others have said they pay seems quite a lot

Lillibet_2

Hi Jacksons Mum

I wish £32 a day was a lot, in my area it's £54 per day....and I'm not even in London!

In fairness to the nursery, they still have to maintain the premesis & equipment & pay staff for holiday time, you are paying for continuity of care & service. One week out of a year isn't a lot and if you don't have any spare cash this month try to enjoy spending the time with your child doing free things : walks in the park, visiting freinds, trips to see christmas lights, etc.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas;)