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It’s so confusing! From my understanding and the nurseries I’ve spoke with.. will have a minimum amount you need to go for example 2 full days or maybe like 4 half days. Say you ask for 2 full days, If the nursery hours are 8am to 6pm that’s already 10 hours gone. So even though you have 5 hours spare, you need to cover the amount for half a day. Some nurseries stretch that 15 hours out across the whole year to cover term tjme so it also only makes it maybe 11 hours a week. Or they may say it won’t be term time at all but you then need to pay for those weeks that fall in term time. Sometimes they also have extra charges that goes towards nappies etc. Some nurseries also have a higher day rate than others. You should be able to claim tax free on top. I hope that helps and if I have any of that wrong then someone please tell me 😊
It depends, my sons is completely free as long as I don’t go over the 15 hours. I provide his own lunch, nappies, wipes, etc (he’s in pants now but always keep some nappies in there just incase), they provide a fruit snack, his nursery is term time only! He does Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Every day is 9:00-1:00 apart from Friday where he does 9:00-12:00. But there are nurseries that charge for snacks / food / nappies etc - it’ll be in their contract that you have or will sign.
@Lauren hey thanks for this! Can I ask which nursery he goes to? I’m struggling to find one that is term time only
@Ffion I’m not in Croydon, I’m in Bromley so it may be a bit far for you. But he’s at a pink elephants nursery, there are a few scattered around so there may be one local to you but I’m not sure! Xx
So 15 hours free is usually term time only. If you want all year round care then it works out spread out throughout the year 11 ish hours per week. You then need to pay for the supplements on top of that which is things like nappies, food etc so that’s an extra charge. Hope that helps x