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Nursery fees in advance !

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 14/05/2008 21:58

ds starts nursery soon and I called in today to see the set uo in baby room (dd went to pre school class there last year)

I could not belive it when they said the fees were payable four weeks in advance.

So heres me on last month of maternity pay with worse pay packet ever and having to stump up £600

aggghhhhh

is this usual to ask for them in advance (they used to do 2 in advance 2 in arrears but they have been taken over...)

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ruddynorah · 14/05/2008 21:59

mine's in advance.

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 14/05/2008 22:02

seems so not thought out though

like we are all at end of mat leave and the have the least money ever

need to win the lottery...

the thought of leaving ds is making me feel sick

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ChasingSquirrels · 14/05/2008 22:04

4 weeks in advancem plus deposit is pretty normal. I agree it would be tough just starting work to find the cash.
how old is ds, have you done settling in sessions? I was dreading leaving my dc2, hadn't been at all bother with dc1. Needless to say he was fine, loves his cm etc.

Bubble99 · 14/05/2008 22:08

In advance is normal.

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 14/05/2008 22:21

ds is will be 6 months on 5th June.He starts that week.

Hes such a soft baby nothing like my dd. He was so precious to us (I had a stillbirth between dd and ds) and I feel v different about leaving him than I did leaving dd

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ChasingSquirrels · 14/05/2008 22:24

enjoy the next couple of weeks with him as much as possible then, they are all precious - but some are much harder to leave than others somehow! (was wierd with mine as dc1 had been as easy as anything, and dc2 was very hard work - but still hated the thought of not being with him).

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 14/05/2008 22:27

Oh I know they are all precious.Sorry did not mean to suggest anything other.

I have been really enjoying him and whereas i could not wait to get back into work last time,I would love to be a stay at home mummy now

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ChasingSquirrels · 14/05/2008 22:30

i know, i thought i was agreeing with you
I wanted to go back after dc1, would have happily stayed at home forever after dc2.
BUT I am glad I went back to work - for many reasons.

1dilemma · 14/05/2008 22:34

Hi chocolate peanut, we pay ours in arrears but it is a seriously bad arrangement and the nurseruy is owed thousands by parents who disappear. There have been multiple committee meetings about it (I am on committee) and we keep saying don't do it.
Last time we discover that they have taken 2 mothers without a deposit !!!! next meeting we are about to hear about the 2 new parents who have just left with large debts.
Took one to court and we have been awarded something like £6.5 a month for a several thousand pound debt.

That was a very long answer to allow me to aks whether you have had any news about dd school?

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 14/05/2008 22:36

Hi

Well shes still 2nd on waiting list and she has a place at a good but non RC local school.

We are just waiting really as we want her to go to the RC school where she already attends the nursery.

The head at the other school was v v nice though and school was lovely so dont feel as bad
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1dilemma · 14/05/2008 22:45

Good news then second is really good (from what I've heard round here you'd be in but I don't think you're London are you?)

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 15/05/2008 19:39

No Lancashire and I am not that hopeful tbh

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Bubble99 · 15/05/2008 20:14

CP. I totally understand your feelings about how special your DS is. My DS3/DT1 survived when his twin brother died during labour and we have always felt something different, though not more, for him.

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 15/05/2008 20:23

He just seems so vunerable to me yet my dd at the same age was just so independant for her age and still is.Everyone says he is a mummys boy.He was a difficult birth too and I thought we would loose him too. I look at him every day and just know how lucky I am
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bossybritches · 15/05/2008 20:26

Month in advance is totally standard.

mother2two · 17/05/2008 20:42

At both nurseries my dd attended/attend, they asked for a term's fee in advance, payable by the 1st week of term. I don't know how strict they where at enforcing it, I never paid late.

aidansyummymummy · 26/06/2008 19:24

I've just been told by my nursery I have to pay July and Augusts feesin one go as Augusts payment goes out 5th July and Julys direct debit wasn't set up in time by time....nice skint month for us!!

milliec · 26/06/2008 20:10

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HappyMummyOfOne · 28/06/2008 17:51

IIRC when we were looking most asked for a month in advance so as not tobe left without payment should the parent quit suddenly.

Its also works well with tax credits, people dont just get to sign up, take the nurserys registration number and then not turn up but to continue to claim tax credits.

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