CM Club - Term time only

[HappyMumof2]

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Its not usual to charge a fee during holidays unless you are available to work in the holidays if required (ie parent pays full fees for booked time & 1/2 fees for remainder of retained place).

For term-time only under 5s I charge 1/2 fees during holidays and they can book their contracted days in the holidays if they want. For school age children I don't charge during school holidays and they don't have a place available in hols - but they pay session rates for before/after school which works out at a higher hourly rate.

term time only children under 5 i charge 1/4 fees
term time only children over five i dont charge

i do take hoilday only children to cover the term time only childrens spaces

I do term time only contracts with any age as it is nice to have a few less in the hols tbh. I have the after school children in the hols, and we got up to 11 through the day in the summer for a couple of days which was getting far too many. Gad that we didn't have the little ones thrown in there as well!

for term-time only mindees, I charge £10 per week retainer each during school hols. if I am available - not much, but it gives me some income if they all decide not to use me.

I ONLY do term time and so don't charge during holidays BUT charge more during term time iyswim

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Eveyone will do their own thing. I think it would depend really on who it is whom is paying for the childcare. Some parents may not want to pay retainer fees during the holidays. Who is your target market? Some people are paid throughout the year, such as many teachers, while in other professions if you are only paid for the actual hours you work, rather than calculating annual hours and splitting pay over the year.

What you could do is agree an annual salary, rather than doing it hourly. Then you can split that into monthly payments, which would mean you get paid during school holidays. Working out what happens if the mindee leaves part way through a year however can be tricky, so would need to build in a clause to the contract that deals with contract termination and calculation of fees owed/refunded.

I agree that it is not unusual to charge half fees during school hols for term-time only. If you are available to work, then you will be keeping that childs place open.

I personally do not take term-time only children because I cannot afford the loss of earnings whether full or half fees; Also I have not yet had any calls for holiday cover only, if I had, then that would be a different matter & I could consider term-time only as the holiday cover would compensate.

I don't charge for my holidays either!

I have 2 separate children term-time only - I do the annual salary thing I charge a retainer of 1/2 for 8 weeks (no charge for my 4 weeks holiday) and get paid the same amount each week - which is great.