Funded nursery hours

Hi there 😊, I just wondered if anyone else has had the following from your 3 year olds nursery?

My son turned 3 in December so now he's eligible for the funded 15 free hours. I received an invoice from his nursery this week for a voluntary contribution?
Basically they were saying because the government is funding the 15 hours now, the nursery doesn't get anything towards consumables?
They have asked for every session my son is there that we pay £4, it's voluntary but I was surprised as it's helping a lot getting 15 hours free but the invoice came to a total of £120 which is £4 per session he's there and that covers a whole term.

Is this the same with other nurseries?

Thanks just didn't expect an invoice still! I know it's voluntary but I'm going to feel bad now if we don't pay it?!

🤷‍♀️

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

Yes we had the same surprise but ours isn’t voluntary! We got an invoice for £198 which was for a month and she only goes two days a week! So we had to change her preschool as we hadn’t budgeted for that, we now pay £69 a month. Not quite what we were expecting but at least that’s more affordable 🙂

my son gets the 15 hours free funding and i only have to pay £1 for weekly snacks & i pay £30 for two afternoons a week! so u pay £31 a week and he does 9-12 monday-wednesday and 9-3 thursday & friday!

Sone preschools do do that! Luckily ours doesn't but I've heard a lot do as the government payment to them doesn't even cover staff wages

Yep we pay a top up fee. Ours isn't optional but they clearly explain it and to be honest I'm happy to pay it he gets 2 meals and 2 snacks a day and loves it. I pay £119 a month and I really cannot complain. The funding is a really harsh system and thr nurseries often lose money by accepting it

Yes most nurseries charge a top up fee, as the subsidy from the government often isn’t enough to cover their basic outgoings

I pay consumables but it’s just under £6 pm. I pay for the meals on top of the fees.

Thanks everyone 😊 xx

in our community

Once your child was potty trained did they regress back to having accidents?

Just wanting to find out how common this is....

relationship

I have been with my partner since we were both 18 and now we are both 30.

We have a 2.5 year old, a dog and I’m 31 weeks pregnant with our second.

I still have worked up until this point, I have one more shift left (extremely stressful because they haven’t bothered doing a risk assessment which I am aware is illegal)

I still look after my toddler and dog everyday including meals, dog walks, activities etc

I still do all the washing, ironing, hoovering, watering plants, gardening, changing beddings, mopping, dishes etc including washing and ironing all his clothes.

The other day I was in pain and I didn’t walk the dog so he commented on the fact I hadn’t, tonight he came in from work I’ve looked after my toddler all day whose had very bad diarrhoea as he’s currently poorly, everything was done from hoovering, mopping etc however I’d left 3 dishes in the sink and he had a nerve to comment.

Am I being unreasonable to be pissed off with that? I told him wait until we have another then you’ll know what mess is plus I have changed my toddlers bedding, hoovered, mopped the whole house, toys are put away and apart from a bit of washing and 3 dishes in the sink there’s barely anything I feel I’ve done bloody well considering but of course he’s going to pick out what I haven’t done.

I NEED HELP

Mommas please help me my 4 year old is having behavioural problems she’s being tested for adhd and autism but it’s not till July … she is finding it hard to follow rules or basic rules . She gets very overstimulated very fast now I tend to gentle parent because I believe understanding the boundaries and understanding how hard it is to be overwhelmed is important but it’s getting very tiring 😩….. she’s throwing stuff she’s not listening she’s destroying her room kicks doors she keeps putting stuff all over her walls etc it’s a non stop struggle I’ve tried being very stern with her making her clean up her mess nothing works the doctors are pushing more to adhd but I have adhd I also kicked doors as a little one but I was NOT this bad 😭… I need advice

Childminder or nursery?

My baby will be 13 months when I go ham to work. I had initially found a nursery for her. But then I recently found out about childminder now I am torn. I like how childminders pay more attention but my baby seems very social so not sure if I’m restricting her? The childminder I’m considering has 5 kids different ages from 13 months to 3 years. But it’s cheaper and closer to home. What are some pros and cons?

Changing baby boy's nappies

Any tips on how to get him to not wee all over the place during a nappy change?!

So frustrated with my partner

My boyfriend is a part of a bike club which is a hobby for him. I’m okay with that, but it’s honestly going a little too far. They have to go to other people’s bike nights and their own. He has been gone on Monday (not sure when he came home bc I found him face down on the floor drunk), yesterday, he has his own bike night and came home at midnight, and now (I’m on east coast time) is out with them and when I asked when he will be home, he ignored that.

I’m work from home and unfortunately am the breadwinner which causes extra stress for me. My 15 month old stays home with me and I’m currently 28 weeks pregnant. I’m TIRED and honestly ready to leave the relationship. He is a good father, but that’s not enough. I’m just tired of being accommodating.