Nursery funding - consumable costs

[Bornunderpunches]

I’ve just had an invoice through from the nursery that my son began attending last month. We are covered by the 15 free for 2 funded hours and he only attends 2 mornings as week for 3 hours. Their bill states they’re charging me £5 a session for consumables as well as ‘value added’ they offer at their nursery settings, what does this value added even mean? They do not provide meals, nappies wipes or anything we have been sending him with everything for his sessions so I’m really confused about what this cost actually covers?

We are starting nursery soon and will be paying £20 a day for consumables. And we won't get any free hours yet so that is on top of an hourly fee. But we looked around a few and think this one is good value for money.

£10 a week is nothing.

You don't have to pay it but I don't know anyone who chooses not to:
what they get from gov is pennies in comparison

This thread has derailed a little...

OP, to answer your question, you will need to request the nursery give you a breakdown of the costs, as we can only offer guesses. Fees, consumables, etc. vary from nursery to nursery, so are very dependent on the individual place.

Lots of state primaries have sure start type centres attached that take babies. I looked for my son over twenty years ago. It was the school where I taught. He would have been opposite my classroom in a big hall that had been divided up into rooms. It was becoming common in London boroughs.