Basically my childminder wants me to pay for 20 hours at £5 an hour to cover any shifts that may fall into the 20 hours. (She is also my friend so this is new for her as well from what i understand)
She states this is because this is the maximum amount of hours that I could use throughout the week and I need to pay that much to save his space and because she's flexible to include weekends as well.
While I understand that childminders need a certain amount of hours paid for regardless of if they are used or not is it not the minimum? so three days instead of 5. This month it comes to £220 for the amount I've used which is no where near the £400 she is suggesting (if it was £320 I wouldn't mind so much). I feel a bit mugged off in a way because I've never used a childminder before so I don't know if this is the norm or not although she insists it is.
Am I being unreasonable to assume that it's unfair I pay so much a month based on the understanding that potentially some days I would just need her to pick my son up and it's highly unlikely that he would be at hers for 20 hours a week during term time?
this is the childminder hours next week: £35:00 5 hours 30 mins (extra £5 for after school activity pickup)
This doesn't seem to different to what the shifts would be normally so while i understand a certain amount of hours need to paid but paying 20 hours for around 5-10 hours seems a big jump. Am I wrong in thinking this?
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louisejane101 · 24/01/2016 20:05
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