Nursery fees

I think it’s fairly standard to charge for bank holiday days. Pretty sure we pay for them.

This is standard. I don't know if any nurseries that don't charge for bank holidays. It's this exact reason I chose not to send my daughter on a Monday 🤣

It just seems daft to pay for them. If they were open, then yeah I'd understand... Anyway, thanks ladies xx

I would double check this just in case it’s an error, my son’s nursery did not charge for bank holidays and I didn’t know it was a thing! But having seen the comments above it obviously is a thing!

Yeah it's a pain in the butt, most BH's fall on Mondays and Fridays, the two out of three days my daughter goes to nursery, and then they ALWAYS shut the nursery and schedule staff training on a Friday at my nursery because it's their "quiet day". I pay for so many days a year that my daughter isn't actually there but unfortunately I can't shift my work days around.

The Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday working parents are winning 🥲

Most nurseries charge for the bank holidays which is why a lot of parents don’t send their children to nursery on a Monday. It’s the same if you take your child away on holiday or you book time off for them you’ve still got to pay for the spot x

Definitely email and double check as it might be an error.
My son goes to preschool and I had a bank hol on my invoice once so queried it and it was a mistake, they hadn’t meant to charge for it.
Some do charge for it, but not all so double check with yours.

Pretty standard I’m afraid.

Private nurseries virtually all charge for bank holidays x

Yes it’s standard

Unfortunately yes. I get a 10% discount on bank Holiday days. The way they explained it to me is you pay to hold that day in the week whether theyre open or not because mine goes all year round

Standard, you'll also get charged for the full week at Christmas even though they're closed, that's the worst!

It is quite standard but not all nurseries do this (ours doesn't, but the T&Cs say they reserve the right to) so it is worth checking!

unfortunately this is normal. the daycare i worked at and my daughter attended when she was a baby said even if she’s there 1 day its gonna be 460 a week. since i worked there i got a discount but it was still 240 a week, closed or not

Ours lets us swap the day if they have space for that week! So on bank holiday Mondays I just put him in a different day ☺️

They still have to pay the staff, overheads, insurance even when there are no children there. Especially these days where they get the "funded" hours for all the children they've hardly any money coming in now!

Yep same for us too, but we’re able to swap the bank holiday day for another day when there’s space as we only do 3 days a week x

It is a shame but the nursery still has operational costs such as staffing etc they still need to pay despite public holidays so the cost is passed on to parents

Yeah it’s normal, when our LO started we purposefully picked Tue-thurs to try avoid it x

This is why I don’t send my child on a Monday - you miss out on so many days!

Yes we have to pay for bank holidays, but I understand that they need to pay their staff for bank holidays too and unfortunately it’s the parents that pick up the bills! I don’t think they’re well funded or paid to begin with, but we get the 30 hours and the tax free childcare, and they don’t charge us a horrendous amount really monthly so it is what it is. If ours has had any appointments they’ve always offered for her to swap a day for free which was always nice.

It’s standard practice as your still paying for the space even if they aren’t open . Same if the child’s not in you still pay then like Christmas and new years