Hi,
First post to mumsnet, sorry if this is going over a well worn topic (which Im sure it is), but Im looking for some opinion on whether the way m nursery is implementing the free hours is correct.
Firstly, Im not wanting to diddle the nursery out of money, and I appreciate that the amount the council pay my nursery per hour is less than they charge, so although you should get a certain amount of "hours" free, Im happy to consider this difference in money and make allowance for the nursery on that side, its a nice place and I wouldn't want to see them suffer due to making a loss on these hours.
That being said, my simple maths seems to suggest they are buring the candle at both ends.
The standard day is 10 hours. The cost for a day is £47 fully inclusive of meals. I make that £4.70 an hour.
I note from the councils publications they pay the providers £3.92 an hour.
The 15 hours a week for term times is allowed to be spread over the full year, so they give 11 hours per week. My daughter attends 3 days a week.
For the month of September the nursery is charging for 12 days. (4 weeks @ 3 days).
At full price that would be 12 days at £47 = £564.
If the nursery deducted a straight 44 hours, disregarding the difference between what the council pay and what their usual rate is, then they would be deducting 11 hours x £4.70 = £206.80, so the final invoice should be something like:
Full price: £564
less 11 hours @ 4.70 (£206.80)
Total: £357.20
Even allowing for the nursery to deduct from the invoice just what the council pay them (meaning Im paying the top up to the standard rate), I would expect the invoice to be:
Full price: £564
less 11 hours @ 3.92 (£172.48)
Total: £391.52
However, in actual fact, the invoice is £446.33
Can somebody help here? Am I going terribly wrong in my maths, or are the nursery actually burning the candle at both ends here?
Many thanks for any help or advice.
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CSphere · 30/08/2017 15:25
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