Hello!
I am all mixed up and I'd really appreciate any help you could provide me with to make an important decision!
My hubby and I were thinking about enrolling our daughter at a local nursery after she turns 3 to benefit from the Early Years Education Funding as in our case she'll be eligible only when she turns 3.
We were really happy to learn that the Funding would provide up to 15 hours of free childcare a week regardless of the fees charged by the chosen nursery. So we chose one local independent nursery that we liked and that accepts the Funding scheme and decided to enrol my daughter there for 5 morning sessions (8.30-11.45) a week and asked for what we would have to pay for the additional 15 minutes a day on top of the supposedly "free" 15 hours a week (3 hours a day/ 8.30-11.30). We thought that the amount would be very acceptable since we'd have to pay for only a quarter of an hour a day. Boy! what was our surprise when we saw the amount we'd pay per term excluding lunch and after deducting the Funding!
The supposedly "free" 15 hours a week are not free after all? I doubt that if I'd choose another nursery for 5 morning sessions starting at 8.30 and ending at 11.30, I'd pay nothing??
I hope this does not seem stupid and that there are other parents out there that were as mixed up as we currently are because of this complicated situation.
Can anyone please explain to me how that works? any tips?
Thanks a lot for helping a very anxious mum who has had her heart all set on one nursery :( !!!
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SakuraM · 05/03/2016 10:29
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