Would you change your child's nursery if there was another nursery which was the same as their current one in every material respect (i.e. quality of care, quality of early education, quality of food, safety and happiness of children, cost) BUT offered much more flexible hours?
By flexible hours I mean you would be able to choose exactly the days and hours you needed between 5am and 11pm, Monday to Friday, charged at an hourly rate. You could be up to two hours late on any day without any late fees (any extra hours would just be charged at the standard rate). You could also drop off your children up to an hour early if you let the nursery know the night before. For a slightly higher fee (about 10% more) you could sign up for a plan which would let you change the days and hours you needed on a weekly basis
As you might be able to tell I am considering opening a nursery (in London) which would offer the flexibility I've described above, but I don't know how much parents would really value it. What do you think? Crucially, 1) would you change from your existing nursery / childcare provider, and 2) would you have picked the more flexible nursery if it had been available when you were choosing your nursery / childcare provider? I know it's hard to imagine a nursery which is the same as yours in every other way, but please try!
I want to try and help parents if this is a real problem, but I am not sure if it is.
If you could let me know if you live in London, and how old your children are, and what sort of hours you / you and your partner work that would be really useful.
Thanks!
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12missafew · 29/10/2013 16:33
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