Workplace Nursery Costs

[Alrik]

Some of those prices per day/child are disgusting, even if it's considered the going rate. Think my mother charges £3/hour for ones she's looked after for years and £3.50/hour for new kids and if they're siblings she'd charge a reduced rate for both (£5/£6 depending on when they started coming). I wish she'd charge more since she's far below what people would normally have to pay elsewhere, but unfortunately she's a bit of a door mat/mug when it comes to the money side of it. Just an example 9:00-5:00, 8 * £3.50 = £28 for the day (meals included), is far cheaper then what most people here seem to be paying for their childcare (based up north so it will be cheaper).

 

[Energize]

Strangely enough, businesses have to pay their staff at least minimum wage.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Strangely enough, businesses have to pay their staff at least minimum wage.

Which you can still do @ £3.50 per hour per child, as even if the children are under two, one carer can look after three children - so £10.50 per hour in toal.

Nursery ratios

for under two year olds - one carer to three children
two to three year olds - one carer to four children
three to five year olds - one carer to eight children

We need to follow the Scandinavian model of state sponsored "not for profit" childcare, but we as a country are far too greedy, capitalist centred and non-socially minded for that to become a reality.

 

[SDK^]

Which you can still do @ £3.50 per hour per child, as even if the children are under two, one carer can look after three children - so £10.50 per hour in toal.

Included in the cost is food and access to toys, books, bikes, slides, paints, play dough, trips out in the summer and fully qualified staff
They have other costs like building rates, insurance, maintainence etc..

It's expensive but worth it

 

[Muffin`]

With the mopes that work for minimum wage why would you want those people looking after your kids?

 

[Energize]

Which you can still do @ £3.50 per hour per child, as even if the children are under two, one carer can look after three children - so £10.50 per hour in toal.

And what about all the other costs? There are tons of expenses in running a day care centre that make the comparison between someones mother babysitting at her own house and a business absurd.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Day care rates here are much more sensible than the UK. We pay $250 a week which must be about 130 pounds or so, making it about 26 quid a day. Something like that anyway.

 

[233]

Just remember though if your eligible to claim working tax credits you can claim for a percentage of your child care costs

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

233, we used to live next to a day care by Kelvingrove Park and they charged 1100 pounds a month. That was back in 2008 so god knows what it is now.

(just saw your location, triggered a memory)

 

[Mr Joshua]

Some of those prices per day/child are disgusting, even if it's considered the going rate.

Simple supply and demand, presumably it is worth more than the cost of childcare for some parents to carry on working and the child minders want a bit of that cake, fair play.

 

[physichull]

The costs are eye watering. I honestly don't know how I am going to be able to afford if/when kids come along.

 

[233]

233, we used to live next to a day care by Kelvingrove Park and they charged 1100 pounds a month. That was back in 2008 so god knows what it is now.

(just saw your location, triggered a memory)

Think my daughters costs were around 850 PCM up in Swinton around that time

 

[D.P.]

£1600 sweet jesus! Surely it would have been cheaper to keep Mum or Dad at home!

Not if you earn more than 1600 a month....

 

[D.P.]

Day care rates here are much more sensible than the UK. We pay $250 a week which must be about 130 pounds or so, making it about 26 quid a day. Something like that anyway.

That's because in NZ they just put the bairns in with the lambs and let the shepherds take care of them!

 

[Brutal biff]

Before my lad turned 3 we were paying 45 for the 1 day a week now hes 3 he gets the 15 hours a week so goes 3 hours a day missis is a stay at home mum

now before any of you moan wanting to know why he goes to nursury while shes a stay at home mum it helps my son no end as hes autistic wont be the 1st argument ive had about it

 

[ci_newman]

Before my lad turned 3 we were paying 45 for the 1 day a week now hes 3 he gets the 15 hours a week so goes 3 hours a day missis is a stay at home mum

now before any of you moan wanting to know why he goes to nursury while shes a stay at home mum it helps my son no end as hes autistic wont be the 1st argument ive had about it

I think it's important for children to go to nursery regardless of whether there is care at home. The help it gives them to learn independence and social skills is immeasurable.

 

[{SAS}TB]

I think it's important for children to go to nursery regardless of whether there is care at home. The help it gives them to learn independence and social skills is immeasurable.

Indeed

 

[Maccapacca]

My wife is on a committee for a children's trust which own a building with three separate nurseries in, all 'charities' between all 4 business entities they barely break even each year.

Where this omg they're making a fortune comes from I'd like to know so I can give them a hint. Government rules about kids per staff member, gas and electric prices and insurances soon whittle away any profit.

It's not really fair to compare to a stay at home mum that takes on a few extra kids for cash.

 

[SpeedFreak]

Talk about a sense of entitlement. Taxpayers are already forced to pay masses for schools and child (booze & fags) benefit etc.

None of which you or your parents benefited from I guess (ignoring the booze and fags comment).

My wife and I combined earn over 90k and even then it's pricey given that we have a daughter who is two and twin boys.

While my daughter is eligible for subsidised child care from April which will certainly help but the boys are going to be expensive.

I look forward to them turning 3, at which point my student loan will also disappear so I will be laughing. Until then we will have to be pretty careful. I'm not pleading poverty but £1200 to £1500 from my net each month is quite a hit!

 

[Energize]

I'm sure you'll manage given that people earning far less are paying for your kids. It's shocking to see that people are complaining that the government aren't paying enough for their luxuries while people who can barely put bread on the table are shelling out loads in tax payments.