£1000 deposit?

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As the title suggests, I have found a nursery that suits our needs very much so and as I was filling out forms prices that they require a £1000 refundable deposit upon a 1 month's notice.

Is this amount normal? I don't remember forking out this much last time we signed up to a diff nursery!

We signed up to two -,one was £50 and one was £100 non refundable deposit. Do they at least knock it off your fees or something? Guess it’s to stop you doing what we did with the two nurseries?

Our nursery asked for a deposit of £1000 pounds too, which was a months fees. We had it taken off our first month with them. It was so much money, but it was such a good nursery so I am happy now that we did it

We also paid that as it's a months fees.
We had it taken off our first months payment too.

Is it that a months fees? If so do they keep it until you leave or does it cover first months fees? As a childminder my deposits are held until they leave my care, it covers me for non payments which sadly a lot of parents think they don’t need to pay for final months care or for any notice period. They basically lose there deposit if they don’t pay me. ( At contract signing they sign to say they understand this)

Oh my god all ours have been a set amount flat fee. And £100 at the most!!

It's so you dont decide at the last minute not to use them leaving them with no income while they find a replacement generally a months money. Otherwise you get people booking spaces in several settings some going as far as staggering start dates s they can try before they commit and some never tell you they are not coming just never turn up

We had to pay £500 deposit for DS, on top of the first month’s fees in advance, they hold onto it until you leave! Which in our case is 4 years later, we’ll get it back soon!

@DinoGreen mine was the same! 50% of a months fee as deposit plus a months in advance so close to £1,500. Out you get starts there soon but I've gotten quite chummy with one of the nursery directors so we thankfully don't need to pay a deposit for our youngest and we get a 20% discount off our oldest monthly fee. 😅 still obviously have to pay a month in advance also

We paid £1000 deposit and get it back after DD leaves nursery. Have to give 3 months notice if intending to leave.

jesus! we didnt pay anything
month in advance!so full time = 1k ish but thats it

jesus! we didnt pay anything
month in advance!so full time = 1k ish but thats it

jesus! we didnt pay anything
month in advance!so full time = 1k ish but thats it