Nursery insistent on 5 mornings, how do hours work out?

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We’re interested in sending DS to a school nursery. They offer 5 mornings per week, with the afternoon session being additional.

I’d rather send DS for 3 full days (18hrs) and have two days to do things together. Nursery don’t offer this as a rule, but have said they couldn’t object if that’s what I chose to do.

Would some of the 30hr allocation still
Be spent on the two mornings I don’t plan to send him? I was hoping to use the spare hours on wrap around care when I return to work.

Hopefully that makes sense!

I would talk to your local authority early years. It depends on what type of nursery it is - a school nursery may be a nursery class and you can't split funding with that. It may be a nursery on the site of the school but independent to the school, so just like any other nursery.

No, they can't claim for hours that are not used, however they could insist that you have the free hours when they choose - rather than when you choose.

What wrap around care takes 3/4 year old funding? A nanny can't. A childminder might. A different pre-school/nursery?

They can’t claim for hours you aren’t using but equally they can tell you what sessions you can use your funding on and what sessions you can’t.

My Childminder will accept funded hours for before/after nursery. It’s a state school nursery.