genuinly dont know. should i pay or not????????????

[benbon]

my son goes to nursery 4 times a week has gone there since he was 2.

on monday a day that he normally goes it was inset day, so obviously he couldnt go therefore i had to pay someone else for child care. buy nursery are saying that i still have to pay for that session.

11.30-3, £15

so should i have to pay or as it was there choice to take inset day after 2 weeks of school holidays on a monday should i not have to pay.

( by the way im pretty certain they have never had an inset day before) and ive been going there for the past 4 years..

Our pre-school have an inset day at the beginning of every term, but have never charged for it

What does your contract with the nursery or their terms and conditions say?

i am under the impression (and infact i think it is common courtesy and good sense) that if a childcare setting is open and available for childcare but you choose not to use it (including illness etc) then you should pay.

If they are not offering a service i don't see how they can charge you for it.

YANBU - doesn't seem right that you have to pay when the nursery is closed.

thats what i thought. obviously the children that arnt in on a monday dont have to pay for the inset day si why should i???

But what does your contract with them say? I agree that you shouldn't be charged for childcare that is not available to you, but on what basis are they saying you should pay? Are they pointing to part of their terms and conditions which say they can close for inset days and still charge? If that's what you've signed up to you might struggle to not pay.

This is commonly the case. My DS's preschool explain this by saying that staff training is an essential part of the running of the school. Over £15 I wouldn't grumble, most of these places struggle to stay afloat anyway.

Is it a private nursery? I've never heard of them having inset days either.

Our private nursery charge for Bank Holidays when they're closed, but it's in the contract so nothing we can do about it.

I think you need to check the terms and conditions of the contract carefully.

why should you pay for something that you cant use due to the nursery being shut

completley different if your child was ill or you deicde not to send them

if they are not open, you cant use them so you shouldnt pay