Would anyone mind sharing how much their nursery fees are?

[ExcitingTimes2021]

I’m a very new first time mum and panicking about every little thing (breastfeeding/sleeping/future/work etc). Iv posted a lot this last week!!! This stuff pops into my head during the sleepless nights!

We have been trying to figure out what we are going to do when I’m due to go back to work. I work 12.5 hour shifts (days and nights) so only do 3 a week and in my current role there is no flexibility for doing shorter shifts. I would like to return to this job ideally full time but need to try to get an idea of how much it will cost childcare wise and if it will be worth going back full time. My partner works full time but hours over four shifts so we are hoping we can get some flexibility for days off so we don’t have to put her in nursery every day. But also don’t want to have no days off together as our shifts are so long we wouldn’t see each other. Pick up and drops offs would be tricky aswell as I start at 7am and partner sometime between 7.30-9am. We need to try to bribe grandparents to help us out but I feel cheeky bringing it up.

If anyone has any experiences to share, costs or how you juggled everything it would be greatly appreciated x

In Essex, we pay £57 a day or I think it's £43 for a half day, the monthly bill is about £600. I work four days a week, DH works four days, so she's only in 3 days

DD does three days a week and it’s £815 a month for us. That’s in Manchester. We don’t qualify for tax free childcare tho.

@Ruthietuthie

Not that it helps this thread, but I am currently wishing I lived in the UK. East-coast city, USA. For an infant, we paid $4200 a month. For our three year old, $2400 a month. 5 days a week, 8.30 am - 5 pm, no meals included.

Jesus christ!!!!

@movinghelprequired

We paid £1,900 per month per child for 5 days per week. It's a little less now with some free hours but still £££. Can't wait to have both DC in school!

Bloody hell!

That's more than my twins!

I'm guessing this is in London?!

£701 per month for three full days. Includes meals nappies and open 7am-6.30Pm. Cheap by local standards.

Herts.
£9ph for baby room.

£60 per day in East of England.

I’m North West and pay £50 per day, this didn’t include nappies when she was younger but everything else. I used to work part time but have recently got back full-time when the 30hours kicked in, I also use the tax free childcare and pay on average £500pcm

we pay 4.25 an hour for a childminder. we provide nappies and wipes (use cloth so would want to provide them even if we had the option not to), and we provide meals although there is an option to pay more for CM to do it. She provides snacks. She is extremely flexible with hours and has previously had mindees whose parent/s work shifts so early starts and/or late finishes.

forgot to say, we are in the SW

We're in the North East and DD (19 months) goes to nursery for 8 hours a week (2x 4 hour sessions) and has her lunch there both days.

They charge £4.80 an hour and then £1 for breakfast, £2.50 for lunch (a hot meal) & £1.50 for tea

She has been going since June and will be increasing her sessions in the new year

In the North West.
Pay £55 per day, meals and nappies included.
But don't forget about your tax free childcare that reduces the bill by 20%.

I forgot to add, we provide nappies, wipes, sun cream and spare clothes, as well as her water bottle.

We are very lucky though as we don't have to do much juggling as I'm a SAHM and DH is self employed. We initially weren't going f to put her into nursery until she turned 2, but as lockdown meant she had almost no contact with her peers from the age of 3 months, we brought her start date forward. And I'm really glad we did because she loves it, it definitely seems to have built her confidence in the weeks she's been there so far

I’m in the southeast. £50 per day for a full day and discount for full time. Think it’s 5 days for price of 4 so £200 a week.

Agree it all depends on where you are but, just based on what some PPs have mentioned, I really wouldn't pay any attention at all to whether the price includes nappies etc. These cost pennies compared to the cost of a day at nursery! Think it's relevant whether meals are included, not whether suncream and the like is.

We pay £880 for full time nursery in the North East. The childminders we looked at were cheaper but didn’t like them as much

Also in a small town in the Northwest. Chosen nursery (2days p/W) for DD is £56 a day 7am-6pm. Childminder (other 2days) is £36 per day 7.30-5.30.
Not many nurseries have space though, some with waiting lists until September 2022 (over a year). As they are very limited in my area.with the nursery I enquired when pregnant, and then paid £100 deposit to reserve the place at a few weeks old. Only now (DD 10mo) have just confirmed days, as I didn’t know what I would be going back officially. She starts in September.

I will add; Childminder I supply meals, sun cream, nappies, milk. She supplies snacks and breakfast.
Nursery it’s all included in the price.

DD goes 8:30am - 5:30pm Monday-Wednesday.

Then 8:30-3pm Fridays.

I pay roughly £600 a month spending on number of days etc can be a bit more, can be a bit less. That includes meals.

I also have the tax free childcare account which takes off roughly 20% and is a life saver.

£54 per day in Scotland, had DC2 space booked about 10months in advance of needing it. Especially now there seems to be less flexibility with covid etc. Don’t want to panic you but I’d start contacting them this week

I've had a quote from my local nursery (Glasgow) of about £55/day, meals included.

(But the government contribution scheme does take a little off that, so worth looking at it!)

I think we'll do 2 days per week, which works out with govt tax help about £370/month instead of £445.

Northern Ireland- Our monthly bill is £900-£1000 per month for 3 full days per week for 2 toddlers, 7:30-6pm.

The 20% tax free childcare comes off that again, so still steep but a welcome discount! We also get a 20% discount off the seconds child’s fees through the nursery.

When dc1 goes to pre-prep in Sept and dc2 goes full time, we’ll be paying about £900 out of pocket each month.

One thing I’d point out is that with most childcare, part time or half-days doesn’t equal a proportional discount. In our nursery a full non discounted day is (I think) £35, and a half day is £28, so if you’re looking at rejigging your working hours bear that in mind.

Prices round here are £60-65 a day for nursery. Price drops slightly as they get older due to the ratios. Ours includes all meals but not nappies etc but as a PP mentioned I wouldn't really factor that in as an issue. We get tax free childcare and will qualify for 30 hours in January so that will make an impact.

I'm also NHS though DH isn't and we have no local family though I don't do long shifts like yours. I would say you definitely need set days for nursery if you only want to be paying for what you use. You may be lucky and find a flexible childminder which will be cheaper. Though in my experience they are difficult to come by and you need to work round their holidays and sickness etc. We chose not to use the hospital nursery because we don't live close to the hospital and preferred to keep childcare local. From others though I would say you need to get on a waiting list for a hospital nursery very early especially if you're planning on taking less than a year maternity leave. They tend to have the longest opening hours to accommodate hospital staff so are popular.

Just over £45 a day but that is 7:30 - 6pm.

Ours is just over £1k a month for 5 days (0800 - 1730) . Meals and sun cream are included but not nappies/wipes. I'm in the south west.