Nursery fee increase

[Leopardspota]

Our nursery fees will increase by 6.3% (well above my pay rise!!) in January. They are now £126.50 per day, outer London.

AIBU to think this is huge? It was £113 per day when we started in 2023.

But it’s just spreading the cost. We’d still be paying the same amount just spread over more years.

I'd be looking for an alternative.

I used au pairs.

I also put jobs up in local language schools for people that needed accommodtion in return for accommodation and a small wage and that worked fab.

Yes Not every one can afford to pay for 2 at one time though. If I had my kids close in age the nursery fees would've been more than income for two What was I supposed to live on then? As I previously stated no subsidy then

If you don't qualify for a decent amount of free hours then you have to treat it the same