hi,
im hoping someone can help me as its stressing me out so much. my little one is due to start nursery, she is 2. she has her first visit in 2 weeks, We are going to apply for the childcare 85% costs but what is getting me stressed is our assessment period is 14th August to 15th September, As she will be starting in 2 weeks, I assume maybe from the 20th I will have to pay for the remainder of August and then for the full month of September, she will be 2 full days - and this is not an accurate figure but just to make this easier for me to explain she is £100 each week, So I will tech be paying out £600 when she starts, but what is making me stress, is I will get the money back from say 20th August to 15th september 85% of the £400 , but it always means im going to be in a deficit does it not ? i saw another post and someone said it will work itself out over the months, but I dont understand when it will work out? as the next payment I will get the 85% of the other £200 plus 85% of the 15th sept to 31st but i would then have paid out another £400 for the full month of september? im so confused and I just dont knwo what to do , i am going to ask them if they will bill me as my assessment period, but i have a feeling that they wont do this as I dont think they do it for others... Can someone please shed some light on this for me as its making me stress so much that maybe i shouldnt put her in and do something else instead . ;(