2k invoice for nursery pls help!

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We were eligible for Tax free and 30 free hours. DC just turned 3.
I was made redundant this Mar, DP quit his job this August (so now none of us are in paid employment).

AFAIK there is a grace period for the 30 free hours, we were paying normal rate until this wk (Oct) nursery said the code doesn't work anymore and now they have send us a £2,300 bill for this month (3 days per week PLUS the shortfall for Sep now that apparently we didn't have funding then).

Am I right in there being a grace period for these 30 free hours or will we just have to suck up and pay the below and probably take DC out of nursery ASAP as this is in no way affordable for 2 unemployed ppl!

We are not entitled to UC but DP is on New style JSA (and looking for work but unlikely to find something till 2027 given the current market).

Anyone with any advice would be welcome!

Thanks for asking this.

I can’t work out if her partner/not partner is the Father of the kid.

I hope this is answered.

My only advice is to talk to each and every agency you can until they find you a job.

Haha exactly. Why on earth do you think the tax payer should pay for your childcare when neither of you works?

This post is everything that’s wrong with this country.

Debt is a civil matter.

You need to come to some sort of agreement with the nursery around a schedule for paying this debt. If you don't, they can issue against you in small claims and the court will direct the schedule. This will also negatively impact your credit rating.

Essentially, you owe someone money and you need to pay it back.

You missed off that he is the kids dad so time for him to step up and look after the child himself or get a job.

It's not clear that he is the father.

Children went to nursery in the 60s and 70s when most mothers were sah. They were originally designed for preschool education and preparing them for school.

I think he kind of has to be or why else would she have used his still working until August as why her child should have free hours

and this still happens! Her child will have access to 15 free hours from January. But not now

Think they may only be going by her change too as they don't live together. Sounds a complicated situation and depends on the information the nursery was given.

You would have had emailed reminders to renew your code before it ran out, it would have needed renewing before the end of August.

She not clear on anything right now.

And who is paying for the running of the 2 households. Sounds very complicated.

Sometimes I really do just come on here for the comments.

True though??
whats her DP doing with his days?

Why indeed!

They don't live together and he's not 'really' her partner, she posted.

The amount she owes is because she stopped work in March and the free hours would stop by the end of August or sooner if she stopped work in early March.

It's all online, so she should have understood her obligations but maybe hoped the nursery wouldn't follow up what was owed.

Or maybe, just maybe, feckless parents should take a bit or responsibility and stop expecting everyone else to spoon feed them. How exactly does the nursery know what OP and her partners employment status is? The nursery havent changed anything. OP has had a change in her circumstances it was up to her to find out what the impact would be.

If neither of you are working why does your child need to be in nursery? Surely you can manage to look after her between you?!

Remember if you take child out there is no guarantee they will have a spot a for them when 15 hr funding is sorted. There are huge waiting lists and their spot will.be filled immediately

So you’ve been out of a job for 6 or 7 months. I don’t understand why your child needs to be in childcare. The government won’t pay, it needs to come out of your pocket.

Exactly. Same as you have to notify child benefit to stop or it’s on you to pay back any overpayments. The nursery is there to wipe the kids’ arses not the parents.

why the hell would your partner quit when you didn’t have a job? I was made redundant in June and can’t find a new job, if my husband did that I think I would start divorce proceedings!

So she can get more benefits

You would still get 15 hours so it wouldn’t be that much surely ?