Unfair Terms in Nursery Terms and Conditions

meer53

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Without knowing the exact terms and conditions of this particular contract, just because an agreement contains a specific condition, it does not mean that is automatically legally enforcable.

I agree 100%. But the OP will have been provided with a copy of a contract telling him what would happen if he chose to not send his child to nursery. So why the big deal now ?

vikingaero

I think the OP is on a lose/lose situation here.

He obviously didn't read the T&C's at the outset whether he considers them fair or not. I agree that nearly all private nurseries operate in this manner. You pay for bank holidays and on days that you choose not to attend whether you like it or not. What do you think will happen if the T&C's are ruled unfair? Simple: The daily nursery fee will increase and the OP will be on here moaning that the fees have increased by 10-15% per day to cover bank holidays, staff holidays and days on which the child is withdrawn.

I think the OP as a working parent should look at their own employment situation in business. The prices they charge in business for their services or products to consumers or other businesses includes money to pay for staff bank holidays, sickness, annual leave etc. Yet they want their business to have that money to pay for their holidays and they don't want the business that they use to provide their sons childcare to charge them. Smacks of wanting your cake and eating it.

flimsier

squeaky wrote: »

Hi all,

The topic at hand is Nursery T&C's, not teaching standards. If you want to discuss the further take to The Arms, or Discussion Time, or The Dog & Duck.

The OP has had an answer and replied that they have a way forward. Why would you seek to curtail the discussion that has now come out of it?

meer53

flimsier wrote: »

The OP has had an answer and replied that they have a way forward. Why would you seek to curtail the discussion that has now come out of it?

They're not wanting to curtail it, they're asking them to move it to the correct forum, it's on Consumer Rights, not the right forum to discuss teaching standards.

Daisy_doo_3

geordieracer wrote: »

only because it agrees with what you want. That doesnt mean it is right

I did NOT agree with the original post, all I did was explain how our fees work. You pay for your space.

My comment on it being dealt with better is on the basis of it doesn't sound a professional response i.e they could have just explained the reason why they couldn't change but obviously I don't know what happened in the original discussion.

Just because someone answers constructively (and there have been others on here) doesn't mean they are agreeing with anything!