Taking my Daughters nursery to court?

frenchconnection200

I've used 2 different nurseries over the years and it is just a fact of life you pay for the days you've booked whether your child is there or not. Nurseries usually calculate your fees over the year and divide them by 12, they are a business and as Sagaris pointed out their own staff have to be paid etc. Would you expect a tax rebate if your child did not attend school for 2 weeks??

alwaysskint96

I think the bank holidays thing is a cheek as well- our nursery doesnt charge for them as they dont open. And if you have to work the BH yourself you then have to pay someone else to look after the child

Its perfectly fair to expect to pay for your holidays and if the child is ill- after all the nursery are still keeping the place open for your child- whethger or not you are using it at the time

Dont see the point of having to give 6 weeks notice of holidays if you are going to pay ful whack anyway- we took a last minute break and told the bnursery on the Fri that my child wouldnt be in the following week- they werent bothered as they still got paid

Lozzle23

Personally, although I find it mildly irritating when I have to pay for DS nursery on bank holidays etc, I try to look on the bright side. I'm still getting paid so it's not like I'm losing any money. I wouldn't bother with the hassle of taking them to court if I were you, they have every right to charge as they still have all the same overheads as mentioned by a few earlier posters.

bestpud

I think it's ok to voice your concerns about having to provide so much notice but that is the only valid complaint you have imo.

Personally, I would leave it but not give the required notice in future - they don't have a leg to stand on if they are taking the full fee anyway.

I guess they could use the 6 week period to cut costs or they could accept another child (a part-time one for example) for more hours that week). DDs nursery used to do this if they knew someone was off but still took the full fees from both children! I didn't mind too much as I was more often than not the parent who was requesting a one-off session and I knew that sometimes they had a spare place but could not offer it to my dd because the parents had not informed them why their child wasn't in and they had to keep the place open. It is a bit cheeky though if the nursery ask for notice so they can plan things like this I think.