to ask what you pay for childcare?

[Irishgene]

I'm just curious to see if childcare rates vary around the country/UK?

I pay £40 a day for my 2 year old go to a childminder for 8 hours 3 (sometimes 4) days a week, this was £35 a day until very recently. I did, however, pay pushing on £50 a day for my day when my daughter was at nursery 6-7 years ago.

Roll on 15 free hours next year! Although I do think my childminder is very good value 😊

We are looking now. Between £61.50 to £85 a day depending on nursery.

I pay £15 a day, 5 days a week for morning and after school club.

In the holidays, childminder is £50 a day.

£1850 a month, central London, 0800-1800.

We have the 30 hours now but it’s around about £60 a day for a nursery day. Includes nappies and food, 7am - 6.30. Definitely one of the cheapest around here (Hampshire).

2 Friend pay for nursery between £63 and £82 a day plus think just under £4 a day for food

this is the same nursery

the more hours they do the cheaper it is

so one uses one day a week and pays £82 for 8/6

other 5 days a week so full time and £63 for same hours

plus food

for 3 days it would be £69 a day 8/6

this is south east

not sure if this is normal to have lower hourly rate the more hours you do ?

£1300 pm 5 days a week but with 30 fee hours….

*Hertfordshire

I see a lot about free hours,does this exist in n.ireland I've never heard of it ? Goinf to be paying £56 per day very soon

£72 a day - 5 days a week. Buckinghamshire.

Absolutely counting down the days until next September when she will get 30 hours free a week and we get to keep some more of our money!

£660 5 days a week. Just gone up from £600. 30 hours funding but we stretch as full year worker. 3 year old in the south east. Nappies now we supply but we are trying to potty train to save money on that too.

I should mention that £72 per day includes a 5% discount for her being full time

East Midlands, we pay approx £15 per day for nursery after our funded hours are taken into account. (10 hours per day although she’s not usually there that long). Full price is £60ish per day (gone up from £53 in the last three years). A friend in the same area is paying £76 a day. 😳

We’re in central Scotland and are £68/day for nursery. You’re childminder dis very good value!!

£60 per day, north west England.

Yours sounds like good value to me!

I pay £13 per day for my ds to be collected from school and looked after by a CM until 5. She often only has him, or max one other child though. He’s 8.

We’re in London though.

£60 per day at an outstanding private nursery, 4 days pw. Food included but not nappies. In the South West.

£64/day North East Scotland

Oh all food and nappes includilee and gats are wetsuits and wellies all provided, suncream applied etc etc.

I was paying £180 a week for 4 days( after a lot of haggling) now i’m paying £160 a week for 4 days. Uc covers 85%
30 hours will kick in from April

Surrey
private nursery 0800-1800
fees just increased to £101.50 per day

(We do 3 full days a week and thankfully will get some free hours for DS in Jan!)

£57 a day including all food, nappies, wipes etc for my 1 year old. But I also get a 7% discount as I work on the business park the nursery is in so it's £53/day. Nursery is open 7:30-6 but I don't send him for all those hours!

When my ds was in nursery it was £62 a day, Now he’s at school breakfast and after school club is £12 a day.

Worcestershire- we pay £40 a day for the first child and get a £2 a day discount for the second, so £38. It works out at about £1570 a month full time.

South West £45 for childminder and it's £65 for private nurserys around here but more in the centre (£75-80!)

£99.50 a day, four days a week. London nursery. 😭