Nursery Fees?

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Would any of you be so kind as to let me know how much you pay for nursery?
per day/week/how many hours?
and what area you are in?
(forward planning here, will get in touch with some local nurseries but would like a “rough” idea)

Thank you in advance.

The north £49 per day 7.30am - 6pm

Flipping heck these answers are making me weep. Can someone from London come on and make me feel better!!

£1530 a month for a full time place in SE London. This is completely inclusive of everything - all food, snacks, nappies, wipes, cream, suncream, trips out and they provide sun hats and raincoats.
We are eligible for the full £2000 a year childcare tax payment which deducts roughly £164 a month,

When the free hours kick in they keep the fees as inclusive so there are no surprises. Cannot WAIT.

It also worked out cheaper to send DD five days a week rather than lose a days pay to do 4 which is what I wanted initially. I also found that nurseries prioritised full time placement applictions.

I'd look at childminders too as they're often cheaper. We are in SW London and pay £6.50 an hour all in, we just provided nappies when he was wearing them. It is just under £60 a day for 8.15-5.15 care which we can do now that at least one of us is WFH everyday since COVID, when we were originally looking pre COVID we wanted longer hours. He's just got the 3 year old funding which has reduced the bill a little during term time. He will be starting nursery in a school in Sept then staying at the same childminder in the afternoons and school holidays, aside from when she is closed.

All of the local private nurseries were much less flexible with timings and are around £90 per day if you went 5 days. We have friends who go 3 days a week and pay around £110-120 a day.

Ours is £55 per day (8am-6pm). South West. Includes 3 meals and all snacks, suncream, etc. I then use tax free childcare to knock 20% off.

I also use a childminder some days (£45 per day) and find the nursery has been much better value for us, as food is included and it's rarely closed. I often have to scramble for childcare last minute if the childminder is unwell, has a doc appointment or goes on holiday. I don't have that issue with nursery.

Flipping heck these answers are making me weep.

Sorry can't help. CM's in my area of London now charge £7.50 to 8.50 per hour. You have to provide nappies and formula/breast milk if they are still taking it. (Mine is cheaper but full) They can have the equivalent of 4 weeks off a year.

My DD goes to a nursery PT for 3 days as well which includes her 30 free hours. They don't take children under 2 and what they charge depends on your household income. They are closed bank holidays and 2 weeks per year.

Anyway even though she is now in full-time childcare instead of 3 days a week our childcare bill has halved.

On and unlike Whendovescry03 our CM is more reliable than the nursery. She is open earlier and at a push you can pick your child up at 5.59pm. If you don't pick your child up by 5.50pm at nursery then you get in trouble.

Thank you all! 😊 Had a wee phone round this morning as a lot didn’t advertise the prices online and looking at roughly £40-£60 per day! Interesting though seeing what everyone is paying- also eye watering!

OP that's why there are articles like this - www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jul/21/it-feels-like-a-sinking-ship-inside-britains-struggling-nurseries

Oh and OP make sure you understand our individual nurseries or CM contract.

Wow we're £70 a day in NE Scotland. Surprised to see that it's similar to London prices. But I can't imagine how my nursery would stay open otherwise while still offering 30 hrs free for the older children.

That does seem a lot for the geography compared to other non-SE fees but perhaps it has to be to get the staff?

However, it's over £6.5k a year less so not that close...

Just came across this thread and is also making me feel sick! Hahah. I'm in London and pay just over £2,300 a month :D

Same! This thread actually made me depressed! I’m also in London and it’s £105 a day! And we have to provide our own wipes! Our old nursery in another part of London before we moved was roughly the same price but at least they provided wipes!

We are £60 a day for under-2s. DD(4) gets the 30 free hours now so she goes three days a week year round for £180 a month. North-east Scotland.

Between £63 and £68 per day for 8am till 6pm. Depending on age. The younger the higher the price. The price has increased by £10 a day in 3 years. This included all meals and snacks, nappies etc. At my sons nursery they gave a 5% discount to children who attended full time (five days all day). This is on the Suffolk/Essex border.

For a 1 yo around £110 per day (SW london) dropping to £80/day by 3.

My old nursery did let you do 7am -7pm though

South East, open 7am - 7pm, £90 a day 😩 they’re in 4 days a week. Have a 1yo DS at full rate (about £1400 after TFCC) and 3yo DD at funded rate (about £820).

Cannot wait until they start school…