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@inhim4ever 100% counting down the days when they start school!

@jesuslover999 Haha yeah and at 3 years old he hasn’t worn nappies for about a year now too!

@jesuslover999 No, it’s 70 x 3 (as 30 hours) x 52 / 12 = £910 + 475 (4th day) + 465 (LA funding)

@talisra Yes that seems fair. I think my issue is probably with the government funding model and can understand that the business still has the same over heads they need to cover. I think I’ll just have to suck it up and am generally otherwise very happy with the childcare they provide.

Thanks for all the input. Just to clarify, the hours are 10 per day and I’ve accounted for the term time difference in my calculation given the benefit is only over 38 weeks of the year. I asked for a breakdown and they explained that they just subtract the local authority amount from their...

My 3yo son has just qualified for the 30 hours free childcare. We currently pay just over £1,800 per child for four days at a nursery in London and were hoping that the free hours would result in a decent chunk of that being reduced. Our bill has only reduced by just under £500 though and on...