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gingercatmum · 17/01/2025 20:16

Hi. I was hoping in September that when the 30 hours funded childcare would start that would cover most of my hours as I only need 25 a week. Split over the 52 weeks instead of the 38 weeks this would give me almost 22 hours a week. Unfortunately my childminder doesn't split it over the full year, so I will not use all my entitlement most weeks but then have to pay full rate for all of the holidays which over the summer will be a lot, is this correct? Thanks

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gingercatmum · 20/01/2025 14:51

I believe we play half for her holidays

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jannier · 20/01/2025 18:17

Orangesandlemonade · 20/01/2025 14:10

I just counted the emails from our LA last week - 8 emails !

Absolutely nuts it's so wrong the systems are not the same or simplified

jannier · 20/01/2025 18:20

Orangesandlemonade · 20/01/2025 14:35

She will probably have holiday in the summer . Does she charge for her own holidays ? The laws says you shouldn’t have to pay for a service you can’t access. So if she charges for her own holiday I would challenge her . Most childminders don’t charge when they are closed but I know of some people that do.

That is not correct....the ruling says unplanned non negotiated closures....such as COVID which was the clarification from The monopolies and mergers commission. It says charges should be fair and reasonable. Organisations like Pacey have holidays in their contracts and will defend their childminders on this.

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