Nursery got new owners

Pop_Up_Pirate

Stay home and look after her?

tykesi

Pop_Up_Pirate wrote: »

Stay home and look after her?

Oh, here we go...

duchy

First question is what do other nurseries in your area charge and what is the vacancy situation.

If you are reconsidering your options you need to know what alternatives are out there. You may find other parents decide it is no longer affordable too and snap up all available places before you decide if you hang around too long.

Guest101

sarahevie1 wrote: »

My daughter's nursery got new owners in November, they bought the business and kept the staff under a TUPE agreement. They have since changed the name of the nursery to their business name, signage etc.

I haven't signed a new contract, the only contract I have signed was August 2014. They sent me a letter today informing me of price changes from 1st February, they are proposing a fee increase of £12 a day, can they do this?

They have had to keep the staffs' pay and conditions the same under the TUPE agreement is that not the same for customers?

I do feel quite emotional about the whole thing, its not just the price increase, I didn't want them to buy the nursery, I didn't choose them to look after my child, there was no notice just one Monday the new owners appeared and that was it, now we have to just get on with their new systems, prices increases when we weren't informed prior to the sale and had no choice.

Of course they can do this.


Tesco don't consult you when they increase prices.


You have a choice - find a different child minder.

Spendless

I wouldn't be happy with a sharp increase with little notice either, especially as you say at this time of year because it doesn't really give you enough time to find somewhere else and give notice.

I worried in exactly the same way as you, when I removed my DD from her nursery to another at the start of a year when I knew I was also going to be leaving there and starting at the school nursery in September. I did it though and agree with what a previous poster has said, children are adaptable. Now I look back and wonder why I worried (she's now in her teens) but it wasn't how I felt at the time.

As you work full-time, what were your childcare arrangements going to be from September? If you were thinking of using a childminder for before/after/holiday childcare, what about fetching these plans forward and looking for one to start on a full-time basis as soon as you can?

sarahevie1

She'll be attending the same school as her two sisters in a different local authority (where we live) and she'll attend the before and after school club there with her sisters'.

She currently attends nursery close to where I work. So if I do move her it will literally be until September, as her school arrangements are fixed.

rach_k

Why not find a nursery close to school so chances are some of them will move up to the nearest school together? Or does the school have a nursery? Ours does and the transition from nursery to Reception is managed in a really nice way with lots of visits to their next classroom, older children coming into nursery to play etc.

Malthusian

When did they last put their prices up? If they haven't put their fees up in 10 years then a 33% increase is in line with inflation.

Obviously not everything goes up by RPI, and I wouldn't be surprised if the inflation rate for childcare fees is higher than the average, given the cost of regulation, wages, auto-enrolment and other employment taxes etc.

PeacefulWaters

It's rubbish, but they've given notice and can do it.

Sorry.

FBaby

How adaptable is she? My DD went to three different nurseries and one chilminder before she started school but she was always the type of girl who loved changed and adapted very quickly.

My son doesn't have her natural confidence and it would have been much more difficult. Thankfully he didn't have to. My decision would be based on your DD attitude to change and adaptability.