UK- 30 hours government funding

Depends so much on the nursery and how they structure their fees but after funded hours and tax free childcare with 22 hours a week stretched over the year we were paying £280 a month for 3 days a week x

The 30 hours covers 38 weeks a year ie term time, so if your baby attends full time this is ‘spread’ across the full year and therefore equates to about 22 hours a week.

It purely covers the actual childcare so most settings will also charge optional ‘consumables’ such as food, nappies and wipes.

Don’t forget you can also get tax free childcare so that knocks a chunk off your bill too.

For example my girl attends 4 days a week all year round and my bill is £930 a month, but I actually only pay £735 with the tax free childcare.

Depends on the nursery, my LB only does 22 hrs a week term time only but we pay about £200 a month as only certain hours are covered there and snacks and activities also cost. I spoke to a friend recently who only pays £30 a month for similar.

It is best to speak to the nursery (or several nurseries if you haven't chosen one yet), as they can explain how they structure everything with the funding.

You need to ask your nursery if they stretch funding, some don't. What if any additional hours they charge for (early drop off / late pick up) and any consumables charges and when they're applied (I used to pay for a term up front)

My daughter goes 2 days and I pay £260 on average a month. Funding only applied term time during school hours so if they go longer then that you pay the different with the private hours. Plus food ontop. Funded hours dont actually cover the cost of looking after your child so they compensate it by charging for extras like food.

So my current 2 year old (3 in August) is entitled currently to the 15 hours. He attends 10 hours at a private nursery and I still get a bill averaged £30-50 a month, we get tax free childcare so only pay 80% of this atm. My current 3 year old (4 next week 🥺) has been in attendance at a preschool nursery since September and I don’t pay anything for her (other than school dinners if we opt in). She finishes early on Friday but is in Monday-Thursday 8:45-3:30.