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!!! POLL !!! How much does childcare cost you ?

87 replies

MamanFlo · 23/03/2006 14:20

Hi Mums

I am a working mum in France, and DH has just been offered a position in London. We have 1 daughter and we will launch baby number two this spring (hopefully it will get to earth end of 2006). I have all sorts of questions, and specifically should I try to find a job in the UK or stay at home with my children?... and the cost of childcare is one major issue in the UK for working mums...

Can you help me to have an idea of how much it would cost me ? just let me know what childcare type you chose (nursery, childminder, nanny), for how many children, in which town and how much it costs you in a month all included.

thanks a lot for your help :)

mamanflo, back in the UK with a smile :)

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LunarSea · 23/03/2006 17:02

£570 a month for full time nursery, meals included, in a fairly rural bit of the Midlands.

mumatuks · 23/03/2006 16:37

Hi MamanFlo,

I send DS to a private nursery in a local college grounds. He is 2.6 yrs and its costs us £34 per day. He only goes two days a week as it is for his social benefit and so me and DS2 get some time together. We live in the London Borough of Havering. I think we are paying a good price, as some of the big private day nurseries around here charge £40 a day!

Good luck in your quest and with your baby launch! Grin

PeachyClair · 23/03/2006 16:31

(that's 9 until 2 btw)

PeachyClair · 23/03/2006 16:30

£16 a day for the CM (Gwent)

JackieNo · 23/03/2006 16:26

We're in Oxfordshire, and DS's nursery, open from 7.30am to 6pm (although he's not there all those hours!) 5 days a week, costs us £730/month. That includes all nappies, food etc.

foxinsocks · 23/03/2006 16:20

should have said per child for the childminder not for both

foxinsocks · 23/03/2006 16:19

we are looking at this at the mo and live-out nanny rates here (sw london) are around £2000-£2500 per month (full time, tax inclusive).

Full time childminder rates for 2 children at school varies from around £10/15 per day (during term and only for after school not before) and then obviously more during the holiday (more like £30-60).

bluebear · 23/03/2006 16:10

West London.

Childminders tend to be £4 an hour but some are £5.
Nursery for under twos - £45.50 per day,
For over twos - £38.50 per day.

We have a nanny-share (although youngest child is also in part-time nursery) - share works out at about £1600 per month (but this is cheap for a nanny as ours brings her own baby with her).

Good luck

Marina · 23/03/2006 16:09

Nursery in outer SE London: £786 per month
Combined Breakfast and Afterschool Club for schoolboy: £240 per month

Bozza · 23/03/2006 16:09

Oh yes if your employer is any voucher scheme you will get £55/week tax and NI free, so potentially £110/week tax free if you both get the allowance.

motherinferior · 23/03/2006 16:04

I live in south east London and pay £31 a day to a very good childminder.

lazycow · 23/03/2006 15:39

Living in Kingston/Surbiton area

Childminder 3 full days a week costs £120 a week so approx £520 a month.

We used a nursery for a month and that cost £780 a month for 3 full days a week.

One thing though as a working parent if you can convince your company to take part in the Teds Scheme and the nursery does this too you can get a discount on your fees equivalent to the tax rate you pay. So 40% discount if you pay 40% tax or 22% discount if you pay 22% tax. I did this for the nursery - but changed to a childminder where you can't do this but the childminder is cheaper than the nursey anyway.

It is a tax avoidance scheme (note not tax evasion) but everyone in my company does it and it saves loads of money.

ks · 23/03/2006 15:33

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cece · 23/03/2006 15:31

I live in west london.
when I was full time I used to pay £110 a week for dd to go to childminder. All food included but I had to supply formula, nappies, wipes...

When I had ds she gave me a bit of a disocunt for 2 so I used to pay just under £200 per week.

Now part time- 2 days. DD also in full time school, ds full time at cm. I pay £65 for the 2 days per week now. But she is especially cheap! When she was away I had to pay £42 per day for ds full time and dd drop off and pick up from school! Plus supply own food.

alexh · 23/03/2006 15:19

I am a full time working London mother in SW11 (v near Clapham) and it costs me £1900 per month including tax and NI for a full time live in nanny 7-7 and two nights babysitting plus full board etc

Bugsy2 · 23/03/2006 15:08

I'm a working London mum & I pay an Aupair £80 per week for 40 hours of help & I pay £500 to a private nursery for 4 days per week 8am - 1pm. I can claim children's tax credit for the nursery as I am so poor and the nursery is on the Ofsted register.
I have used childminders & nannies and in London for 2 children a childminder would prob charge £7-9 per hour. A daily rate for a nanny in London you are looking at £70-80 per day plus tax & NI.

bran · 23/03/2006 15:08

Where I am in East London there are nurseries that are subsidised for local families that are £25 per day (about £500 per month). They have a long waiting list though, and I didn't like most of them. The other end of the scale are the upmarket nurseries at Canary Wharf which are £1300 per month. The one my ds goes to would be £880 per month if he were going full time.

jellyjelly · 23/03/2006 15:07

Glad i made you laugh uwila.

jura · 23/03/2006 15:04

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Littlefish · 23/03/2006 15:03

I'm in Worcestershire and pay £3.50 per hour for my childminder plus food, activities, nappies etc.

oliveoil · 23/03/2006 15:01

I always am, mwah.

She saves me £££££££££££££££££££

Bozza · 23/03/2006 15:01

Hope you are going to be extra lovely to your MIL on Sunday, Olive. Grin

oliveoil · 23/03/2006 14:58

I didn't realise they were so expensive Shock

Mazzystar · 23/03/2006 14:55

going rates in Liverpool:
-Nursery for under twos £29 per day, most round here don't do half days for babes
-Nursery for over twos £27 per day, £18 half day

  • childminders £3.50 per hour
Booh · 23/03/2006 14:55

Hello

I as a south east childminder charge £5.25 an hour - all food and activites included you just need to provide nappies/wipes etc.