15hrs funding - how much does it work out to if I'm in work 2 days

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Posting here as I thought there would be increased traffic.

I'm so confused and it feels a bit like getting blood out of a stone getting an answer from nursery .

DS is in private nursery, two full days per week. He turns three in Sept so I know he won't get the free funding until January - but how much is it likely to work out to a month reduction?

Just trying to do some much needed budgeting.

I know the nursery spreads it out over the 12 months and that they only get finding for 39 weeks but can anyone give me a likely ball park reduction figure.

I had been working on it being roughly £195 but then someone told me it might be less as he'll only be in 2 days.

Help - so confused!

He might only attend 4 "sessions" over those 2 days so you'd then get the equivalent of 12 hours per week not 15, you need to ask them how they define a session. How much of a reduction you get depends on the fees they charge too.

My dc's nursery costs £34 for a full day. Three year funding is equivalent to a reduction of £30 a week for 52 weeks. ( the 15 free hours are only for term time so it's averaged over the the year )

It is very complicated and depends on the specific nursery and what they have in terms of trained staff etc. Best to just ask them as they should be able to give you a rough idea of the change to your monthly payment. At my private nursery the funding worked out at about £200 per month. Whether you get all of it because only doing 2 days depends on the nursery rules I think. Some only give it for people doing more than a certain number of sessions think. Mine do full time so that was never an issue. Basically you should just ask them though, they will be able to tell you.

Agree totally with previous poster

I think it is funded at just under £4/hr.
You may only be able to claim for 4 sessions, ie 12 hours a week.
Over the 39 weeks, that would be 39124 pounds saved.
Spread over 12 months, thats £156/month.
Could be more if your allowed 7.5 hrs/ day.
Could be less if I've got the funding level wrong.

In my nursery the funding is either 15 hours a week free (over 38 weeks) or 11 hours a week free (over 51 weeks) the local authority state that fe must be used over 3 days (if term time) but that doesn't apply to 51 weeks.

So if your dc goes for 2 days and all year then 11 hours would be free and the remainder would be charged at their rate

At my nursery they're open 7.30-6 but their "core sessions" are 9-3 so you can only get 6hrs max free per day, the rest is wraparound which is always payable. Ds is in 3 days so gets all 15hrs but I think would only get 12 if he were in for 2. Or I could send him in for a morning as well for free.

Assume you're in England? Here in Wales we get less hours and it's only for places at school nurseries, 2.5hrs a day AM or PM, full week places only. Few wraparounds available. Next to useless for working parents. And private nurseries here cost about £50 a day!