Shocked at wraparound care price

[moneyQuerying]

Have been helping a crowd with some issues and we’ve been looking at various things - one thing that came up was the cost of wraparound care ! £80 per week per child !
Is that average?
Are childminders generally cheaper ?

I'm not sure why you're trying to help a friend if you've zero knowledge? Four quid an hour is not expensive for someone to look after your child
How much do you think it should be?

We are in Manchester and ours 7.30-6 every day is £80 which is very high for around here. But everyone seems to work part-time and/or use grandparents a lot round here so no one uses it every day.

It's £15 after school (no matter what you use, even if it's ten minutes, but can be nearly 3 hours) and £5-£8 in the morning depending how early you need it. So £100-£115 per child

It works out cheaper per hour than any other childcare I've used, though. Childminder charged £6.25 an hour, and nurseries have charted £5-£6 an hour. I think it's only a shock to pay £4 an hour if you haven't paid for childcare before. My childcare bills have exceeded £1000 a month for one child at times, and more for my whole brood (I've got 3 kids). It is expensive.

I'm not sure why you're trying to help a friend if you've zero knowledge?

Isn't the OP going over her friend's finances in general? I have loads of mates who would be shit hot in terms of telling me what I could do better with most of my bills, but inevitably everyone has something they don't know about.

I don’t want my kids to be looked after someone on a shit wage either. I want better-subsidised childcare, that is fair to the provider. I still think you’re being disingenuous to say you’re “confused” about why people are horrified at the cost of childcare.

After 4 years of 1200pcm nursery fees the 240 pound bill for breakfast and afterschool club makes me feel very rich! Its 15.50 per day 4 days a week.

It's a non profit group and they do an amazing job.

That’s potentially 20 hours pw so £4ph, very cheap.