NO MORE EXTORTIONATE NURSERY FEES!!!!!!!

[Taketurn]

Any one else paid their last nursery fee last month?? I am so happy, I could cry!!!!

We're RICH now 😂😂😂

Already sorted out our hours at work so that we don't have to worry about wrap around childcare. Ahhhh, there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel.

For those of you who are still in bondage, I wish you GOD-SPEED. You too shall see the light very soon 😃

After school club and school holiday clubs.....

Same!! It’s cool, only an extra 5 months to find a spare £130 per day… 😵‍💫

But delighted for you OP! You must feel like you’ve won the lottery! 😂

Early April is longest wait. Even though 1st April is in the holidays, and term starts in mid April, funding doesn’t start til September . Early April parent here. Worst thing is her due date was end of march!!

I substituted them with school fees for DS because having dealt with state school with DD I found I preferred being a customer lol

I remember the feeling well OP 😁 enjoy your riches!

My DS goes back to pre-school in Sept and will finally qualify for the 30 hours funded! Woohoo! This time last year I was paying £1,100 in nursery fees (30 hours funded for DD and no funding for DS).

I thought I would be completely minted, but I’m not as breakfast/afterschool club for DD cost £200 per month. My elec/gas bill has gone up £100 in the last year, and I’m spending £200 extra per month on food (damn you cost of living crisis). Our fixed rate mortgage finishes in July 2024 so we are looking at £400 per month extra mortgage.

It's taken us until youngest is in high school to be fully free of fees. It went: nursery, childminder, breakfast club and after school club. High school. 400quid a month better off, but swallowed up in electricity for showers.

Been paying childcare, in some form or other, for 14 years. Have about 4 years until uni starts.

Cut off for funding is 31st march so you'd wait longer if your baby was born early April?

This made me chuckle! Our eldest DCs 30 free hours kicks in next month...so yesterday's invoice definitely felt like a bit of relief 😀

Wow, where are you? School wraparound is £26 per day( morning and evening) and holiday clubs start at £30 a day for school hours only, goes up to nearly £50 for a full day! It's cheaper than nursery at nearly £70 a day but still costs!

Also, don't forget you can use tax free childcare for wraparound and some holiday clubs- that does save us a bit!

With clubs/hobbies, parties, days out, events, increased food intake etc - children definitely get more expensive as they get older, not less ;-)
But enjoy while it seems like it's cheaper!

Remember this feeling when the school or PTA asks you for money for the tenth time in a term!

All the gloom and doomers are missing the point entirely.

For me, a full-time, non-funded nursery place for my toddler would be £1200 a month…luckily we don’t need FT hours!

Breakfast and after school clubs 5 days a week for my primary schooler be roughly £200 a month.

It’s a bloody huge difference. I know fees vary between different schools and nurseries, but the costs are hardly comparable at all.

12months until my youngest qualifies for the funding and I can’t bloody wait!

Literally just paid my last bill! Hoorah! (Though I will have to make up the 11p I owe, I miscalculated my 80% I needed to pay in to my childcare account 😂)
On to school wrap around care now!

@Taketurn

there're beaning mean!!

they should let you have your fantasies!!

2 more years to go...

I have a nearly 3 year old who's birthday is in sept but have to wait until January to get funding 🙃 can't come quick enough!!

Yes! We paid our last full months nursery fees and now the 30 free hours kick in which will literally halve the bill - £800 back in our accounts each month. I'm ecstatic!

I found nursery times easier. Yes more expensive but there are 13 weeks I have to find childcare for now ds is at school. Mine and my husband leave does not cover it all as there are also 5 inset days throughout the year. I also have to 'share' the annual leave in the holidays with another person who also has kids. Work won't allow us to be off at the same time.

1 year 5 months to go and then we will have around £900 more DISPOSABLE income per month. I cannot wait, it’s like getting a massive pay rise. We are going to go on two holidays abroad in the first year, and then start overpaying on the mortgage. I have an older one as well who is 5 and even with after school club the costs are no where near as much. The countdown begins…😂

Quick question but how much better off are you each month if you're paying for childcare and working full time? I know it will vary dramatically. Just curious to know what you're left with after childcare bills?

I can't wait until my daughter turns 3 and still 2 years left! Once the 30 hours kick in we will be saving around £1000 per month

Is the free hours being introduced for 1 and 2 year olds not happening anymore?

I’ve got a 2 year old and another due in February so praying for my bank account.