15 hours of nursery funding, how to use it?

MrsE_2

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

Why doesn't she ask the nursery which options they have? Does she not want him to attend a nursery attached to a school art that point?

No - she works full time, so he needs a nursery that provides a longer day.

onlyroz

Definitely ask the nursery what they do. My daughter's nursery spreads the price reduction over the whole year so that I pay exactly the same each month. I've no idea how they figure out the amount.

mummyroysof3

MrsE wrote: »

No - she works full time, so he needs a nursery that provides a longer day.

Oh I see yes that does make it difficult. I guess she will have the same problem when they start school to work around though. Might be worth considering though as then the child will make friends early with the children they will attend full time school with. Some children at my sons nursery go for school day and have a childminder outside the school hours. Nursery charge about £12 here to stay from 11.30-3.30.

Spendless

MrsE wrote: »

My DGS is only 1.5.

He will get 15 hours of nursery funding the term after he's 3.

My DD has heard she HAS to use that for 5 x 3 hour sessions.
A session a day.

I thought you cold use the 15 hours anyway you wanted?

She pays for 1 (long) day at a nursery while she works. I have him one day, I was planning on going back to work normal hours rather than compressed (as I'm doing now 9 hours x 4 days) when she gets the funding.
My thinking being those 15 hours will nearly cover 2 full days & just leave her a few hours to pay.

Who's right? Her or me?
Can she use her 15 hours anyway she likes?

Sorry my fault, I re-read what you put and realised I'd answered something differently. No, even when mine were little (youngest is 10) you couldn't join all the sessions together. You could have a maximum of 1 session in the morning and a maximum of 1 session in the afternoon. So a maximum of 2 sessions within one day. As mornings or afternoons were always longer times than the funded hours you paid for the difference -iyswim.

My 2 went to different private nurseries and one did the funding where you had funded and unfunded weeks so you'd pay more at certain times. The other nursery took all the funding as a monetary amount and divided it equally over the months, so you always paid the same amount. (I personally preferred method 2).

pigpen

At the nursery mine went to you use it for 5 sessions but you can use 2 sessions in one day so you could compress it to 2 full and 1 half day if you wanted.

For my nearly 3 y/o we asked for 1 full day and 3 morning sessions so she could have Fridays off for when we are going to visit OH's parents and set off early.

Loulou2010

It is explained here.. http://www.yor-ok.org.uk/Parents/Childcare/nef.html

Bear in mind that there will be extra charges for lunch etc. All nurseries vary in what they will allow. For example, if the child only does one day a week then they may well say that you can have two sessions (morning and afternoon) and you pay for the extra hrs and lunch. It generally works out how they can make most money from it... The money they get from the government isn't nothing compared to what you pay normally.

thegirlintheattic

Rules are:
The full 15 hours have to be taken over at least two days per week and a maximum of five days per week
A minimum of 2.5 hours can be taken in one day
A maximum of 10 hours can be taken in one day.

Some nurseries add additional rules, so you need to check with each nursery.