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Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

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Are there some nurseries that do not charge parents if they are away on holiday?

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Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 27/12/2011 20:36

I am a CM in the middle of negotiating a contract with a lovely new set of parents. I always charge if the child is not with me for any reason and do not charge if I am not available due to sickness or holidays.

The mother has told me that one of the nurseries she looked at does not charge if the parents have given certyain notice of their holidays and if the child is not at the nursery for a week or two becasue of the holiday.

Has anyone else experienced this? Are there some nurseries that do not chage when the child is not there? I realise that this makes me sound as if I do not believe the mother! I do wonder, though, if she is a bit confused about some information she was given?

Thanks!

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fivegomadindorset · 27/12/2011 20:37

Ours allow one (not sure if it is two) weeks holiday in term time a year, unpaid.

2cats2many · 27/12/2011 20:40

Mycurrent one charges, but the previous one allowed 2 weeks at half price if you gave a certain amount of notice. I could never understand how they did it tho', because they still have to pay the staff and all the other overheads.

WhereMyMilk · 27/12/2011 20:41

I pay a term time only contract-negotiated with nursery as I wouldn't have used it then anyway.
They know that they have extra space to offer others too, so works for all of us,x

casperella · 27/12/2011 20:49

We get 4 weeks "free" to account for holidays, but it's averaged over the year so we pay the same amount each month.

fivegomadindorset · 27/12/2011 20:54

We pay monthly on a term by term basis with a wekk (or two) holiday free.

catsareevil · 27/12/2011 20:54

I have heard of some nurseries allowing 1 or 2 weeks 'free' for holidays per year.

Presumably they do this by charging slightly more for the rest of the year, as the overheads will not really be any less if the child is away for a week.

Northernlurker · 27/12/2011 20:55

Dd3 has just left but yes we got 4 weeks at half price plus a week at Christmas when nursery was shut at half price. We did have to pay full rate for Bank Holidays though - even though nursery was shut. (unless you booked that date as holiday which you could do.

NewBikeForChristmas · 27/12/2011 21:03

We pay half price if we give two weeks notice.

sleeplessinderbyshire · 27/12/2011 21:04

we don't payfor christmas week (they are shut) or bank holidays when nursery is shut but we do pay every other day whether or not she goes (how on earth would they fill the place otherwise?)

fumblebee · 27/12/2011 21:08

we get a free week at christmas but bank hols etc are factored into costs and every other week is payed for.

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Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 27/12/2011 21:44

Thanks, everyone! While reading the replies I realised the obvious: I DO offer my families between 4 to 5 weeks free a year, when I am on leave. So it is just a case of hoping that holidays coincide, which can happen with sufficient notice I suppose.

Thanks for all the replies.

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roastparsnipsandbrusselsprouts · 27/12/2011 21:46

The nursery I used was shut for 2 weeks a year and we did not pay for that time.

We were also allowed 4 weeks "off" but we had to give notice of taking time off (so they could adjust staffing accordingly).

pollywollyhadadollycalledmolly · 28/12/2011 12:41

DD went to two different nurseries.

One offered a free week holiday after you had been there a year but the other didn't. They both charged regardless of sickness etc and both charged when they were closed.

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