What legal rights do I have- dds nursery has been closed down today for forseeable future, no warning, no backup child care offered??

[LelsandZaffy]

Ok, haven't paid any fees for this term..

Goes back today for first day, and the premises is having some sort of extension done on it (the premises is a scout hall owned by scout man, nursery rents premises for the days)..

The owner/manager (of the nursery) turns up today to find the building, organised by scout man, is still going on- despite closing a little earlier than normal before christmas to allow building work to finish.The kitchen sink has been ripped out, so no acess to kitchen. the heating was also turned off.

So, nursery has had its kitchen boarded up and apparently the scout man (premises owner) told the nursery manager that its going to be around 2 months worth of work- eventually meaning the toilets will be shut and porta loos put outside, no access to kitchen, builders on site etc.
I get the dreaded call today at work that as of tomorrow the nursery is no more.

Fortunately i can sort out childcare for now, i work part-time, family can have dd1 for time being, but have been frantically ringing round trying to find new nursery.

Legally, do i have a leg to stand on in this matter??

The owner closed it down for three days last year- still waiting refund, and also closed a further twodays when staff were sick- again with no notice..

Any advice would be great
Thanks

sounds tricky...

BUT its not the nursary guys fault either is it? if the building has over run?

also if his staff are sick, he can hardly give you 'notice'.... in 6 weeks time all my staff are goona have norovirus...

obviosuly you shouldnt have to pay / should be refunded if closed while staff are sick, but if the staff are sick they cant legally care for your chidlren either.

Finding new nursary is probably your only choice, or a child minder or if you could afford the significantly greater expense most nanny agencies could find you a temp nanny at short notice?

maybe if you and another mum who had a simialr aged child your could share the cost which might bring the cost of a nanny a bit closer to nursary fees. Im sure a temp nanny would care for 2 pre school children!