I have a mum who wants to place her child with me at the end of June 2010 - the place will become available in February and she seems happy to pay a retainer fee from then.
NCMA's (and a few other internet sources) advice is to charge full fee if they decide to use the place during the retainer period. So would I be correct in saying that if I'm charging her 50% fees, she would need to pay the other 50% if she wants to use me i.e. if she's technically paid £2.50 retainer per hour (50%) she would have to pay another £2.50 per hour? I initially thought that if she's say paying £100 a month, she would be entitled to £100 worth of childcare during that month, but am reading it differently now. Hope this makes sense...