£6 a day consumable fee for childminder on top of funding?

[homeedmam]

Do you think this is reasonable?
It breaks down as £4 for food
£2 for care supplies - nappies, wipes, suncream, tissues

Yes, the funding doesn’t cover costs-this is a bargain.

Yes, that's pretty standard.

That's reasonable.

Sounds pretty cheap to me. How many meals and snacks are you getting for £4?

Bargain. I pay £12.50 and have to provide my own nappies and wipes.

It was £12 a day for us 8 years ago so I’d say yes

Is your child in nappies? Do you send nappies along?

If your child is a nappies and you don't see nappies that's an absolute steal, but even if your child isn't nappies that still a very cheap consumables for an entire day.

One cooked lunch time meal - veggie pasta or chicken curry type stuff. Fruit and milk in the morning and something like toast or crumpets in the afternoon.

Bargain I say!

This is a very good deal compared to many I've seen. This really does sound like just covering costs. I'd bite their hand off.

£4 for that sounds really fair

Wow. You get ?? 30 hours per week for £4 per day - around £120 per month?!? That’s quite astoundingly cheap. I paid £55 Per day in 2009. There were no free hours until age 3.5 for my child owing to where their birthday fell. And it was 15 hours term time only.

what happens in the holidays with your childminder costs?

£6 total not £4 and the funding hours are stretched to 3 days/24 hours all year round.

What do you pay in total per week - and how many days per week do you use a childminder?

Sounds great to me, my childminder makes us send food and nappies in I'd happily pay for her to sort it!

So £6*3 days per week? £18 per 3 day week? For full time hours or part time like after school only?

Given the mention of nappies I’m thinking full days which is absolutely amazing value for £18 per 3 day week.

8 hours days, 3 days a week

Are you for real? Surely, you know the cost of food, nappies etc. and so you don’t have to ask online to know that £6 a day for full time childcare is reasonable? 🤷‍♀️

That’s too cheap imo.

Yes. We pay £7 (technically only for food) and think it’s reasonable / cheap. £82 per day if not part of the funded hours.

That’s a bargain. The funding doesn’t cover very much in comparison to what it actually costs to provide professional childcare.

Wow. You’re quids in. I wouldn’t complain about that if you’re happy with the care provided. £18 per week.

for comparison, in 2009 (!) I paid £128 per week or around £650 per month for 2 days’ daycare. Paid 50 weeks of the year. We provided nappies and milk although they did lunch and something called high tea which seemed to be crudités and hummus mostly. There was no govt subsidy. It was crippling. And those figures are in cash terms. In todays prices it’d be £1k a month for two days care per week.

Obviusly I’m not saying that’s how it should be; but perspective definitely needed here!

Our childminder will be charging £6 a day; she said it is optional and it is for food, nappies/wipes and entry fees. She said if we don’t want to pay it we can supply our own food/consumables and pay entry fees as we go. We’ll be paying it as it’s less hassle.