Could i please have a straw poll - how much does your preschool charge per hour and which part of the UK you are in?

[Fimbo]

Thanks

We own our building (is 10 years past it's use by date!!!!!) and used to pay nominal rent for the land a few years ago it quadrupled!!! As well as breaking even we need to start saving to one day buy a new portacabin. Although someone approached us last week saying there are huge grants becoming available "just write a wish list" so we have probably £100k worth (and that doesn't include a new building!)

We also raise money through fairs, uniform sales, christmas raffle, treasure hunts etc

We moved in April from a church hall to a mobile on school grounds. Where are these hugh grants - where do we get info from?

£3 per session (2hrs) plus something like an extra £6 per term.

We charge the same for parents who pay as we get from EYEFs for funded children. Whilst I don't think we get nearly enough in EYEF's (but that's another debate) I don't see that there is any other fair way to do it. From April we got £8.25 per 2.5 hour session (South Cambs)

Nothing

We own a portacabin on school grounds as well, though planning permission runs out in 2010 - we are hopeful that school will be building a new building for us to rent part of. We pay school £30/week, which is meant to cover their expenses (electricity/water etc)

We charge £6.50 for 2 3/4 hours, but are increasing to NEF session rates in September. We don't charge extra for the NEF places int he longer sessions, but that may have to change.

Gosh thats good Prufrock we are charged £16 per day for use of the mobile (for approx 4 hrs use) by the LEA.

£9.60 for 3 hour session. Sussex/Kent border.

Lunch club is an extra £3 for the hour but only held once a week. (The rising 5's afternoon sessions start with lunch as a 'school experience').

the one I've been looking at (£3.50 ph) has max 25 children per session and is in a village hall which I imagine charges very very little in rent. they have to set up every day. but got a clean sweep of "outstandings" in their ofsted!

Fimbo - I don't know how she does it either (the £2 charge). She is an amazing woman but despite everyone offering to pay more, she will not hear of it.
All the children love her AND she does a breakfast/after school club and helps the older ones with their homework.

I think the grant is from the EYEF but I shall ask and find out - they approached us btw

Thats amazing GentleOtter! Does she own the building or pay rent or anything?

Any info would be gratefully received CarGirl

Toddler group, 50p/£1 for 2.5 hours - pay as you go

Playgroup, £6 per day for 2.5 hours - must register first

Both are held in school/LA owned property (the playgroup is a registered charity). This is in London btw; some of children will move across to the school's nursery class at just over 3.

Not sure what it is now, but going up to £12/3 hour session from September. I think they put the price up whenever the nursery grant rises, so parents end up paying the same top-up amount of about £2.50 a session.

Surrey/west london borders.

I think it works out to about £5 an hour

WE charge £7.50 a session, which is 2.5 hours.

We pay £6 an hour to the school whom we rent the room from.

£6.50 an hour at our village preschool

littlerach, I think it's wrong that the school charge you that much.

£16phr for a 3 hour session(it was £12 when DS1 started). Thank goodness he is going to school in September so I don't have to pay that anymore!

Schools don't actually have much choice about what they can charge though -they are not allowed by law to subsidise a pre-school or after school group (unless of course they run it themselves). SO the school (actually LEA) will work out the cost of having a pre-school on it's premises, and charge that. We get away with paying v. little, as we own our own portacabin, so only have to pay a contribution to utilities. If you are actually in the school building, say in one room out of 8, you will have to be charged 1/8th of the running costs of the building. (Can you tell I've just gone through a lease review)

£7.50 for a 2.5hr session for unfunded children.
Cambridgeshire.

£5.50 per session for non-funded children(2.5hrs morning and afternoon)
£2.00 per lunch club

We're in North Yorkshire btw.

£37.50 per day (2 sessions) including lunch.

Cheltenham.

Ours is £9.50 for a 3 hour session. I pay peanuts now though as DS3 is 3. I paid full whack from September - January last year, but it was worth it as it's fabulous. It's in Hampshire btw.