Nursery Fees - is this normal?

Nadstar

The Government doles it out to the County Council termly, who in turn make termly payments to the childcare providers.

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shoe*diva79 wrote: »

3 year olds care is usually cheaper then 2 year olds because the 15 hours a week funding kicks in. However, the funding does not start until the term after their 3rd birthday so if your DD is about to turn 3 then the funding will start in January.

This is exactly what I was going to say

onlyroz

MrsSippi wrote: »

I had this exact thing - our daughter was born on Jan 1st so missed out by one day! I know that the cut off has to be somewhere but it was soooooo frustrating. I did think about doctoring her birth certificate at one point . I think we had to wait until 1st May for the 15 hours allowance to kick in.

My daughter was born on Dec 29th :beer::cool:

rpc

Difference for us for 2 vs 3 years old is £3.50 I think and this is down to the staff ratio. It is prescribed as 1:3 for younger ones and 1:8 for older ones I think, although our nursery uses better ratios than that.

This doesn't account for the preschool funding which is about £1500 over the year (our nursery just give it to us as a rebate rather than reducing the fee).