thumperrabbit Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 How much are you charging at the moment? We are finding our fundraising isn't working this year at all and funds are dwindling so looks like fees are going to have to go up. We are £10 for 3 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) Hi, £3.95 for 3/4 yr olds, £4.50 for 2 yr olds hourly rate ( with a view to pushing to £4 & £5 sept) Edited March 13, 2015 by Mouseketeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Our fees are £8.50 per session and each session is three hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 That's very reasonable zigzag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 £3.70p per hour, same as FE rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I have followed the funding rate for non funded children, but found last year that we really couldn't do it any longer, I upped the rate to £5. per hour for under 3's. not one parent has batted any eyelid, so should have doubled it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We charge £9 for 3 hour sessions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeytg Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We don't charge differently for 2 yr olds but it is something I am seriously considering as we are becoming overwhelmed with the little darlings and obviously they are far more work. Do you charge a higher rate until their 3rd birthday or until the end of that term? We currently charge £3.90/hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We charge £3 an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMum Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We charge £3.50 for 2 year olds but we are going to increase it in Sept. We have so many 2 year olds at the moment and are finding we are staying so late everyday now to tidy up the hurricane after they have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We change from 2 yr to 3 yr rate from first full week following 3rd birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thank you for your replies I have followed the funding rate for non funded children, but found last year that we really couldn't do it any longer, I upped the rate to £5. per hour for under 3's. not one parent has batted any eyelid, so should have doubled it! Gosh that's quite a lot - not that you aren't worth it! :1b this is more like what we should be charging! For those that charge by the hour is that because you are open longer than 3 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thank you for your replies Gosh that's quite a lot - not that you aren't worth it! :1b this is more like what we should be charging! For those that charge by the hour is that because you are open longer than 3 hours? Thumper, my lovely - this is very confusing because we have two threads running here! I charge 'by the hour' because sometimes my new starters might only attend for an hour for the first few sessions......I like the flexibility an hourly charge provides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thumper, my lovely - this is very confusing because we have two threads running here! Multi-tasking I charge 'by the hour' because sometimes my new starters might only attend for an hour for the first few sessions......I like the flexibility an hourly charge provides Do you get many people wanting shorter than 3 hours though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thumper, my lovely - this is very confusing because we have two threads running here! Oh my goodness, I see what you mean now I've somehow managed to get 2 topics started,don't know how I did that .. aren't I the clever one!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 No I don't - it is usually me saying that we will have a few one hour sessions to start with.........personally I don't think it's appropriate for children who have never been parted from mum before to suddenly be plunged into a 3 hour session........we do have visits for mum/dad/carer and child before they start - but I keep those short...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 as of easter £5/hour 2's and threes as i couldn't justify charging them for being 2 one day and 3 the next! (expensive area though!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 This is where I have my problem 95% of my parents won't do anymore than 2 sessions a week until they are funded and then they will do full entitlement. So if I put fees up, I don't know if it will cause an even bigger problem?? But it's the fact that they don't take up all sessions that is causing this lack of money problem - aaarrghhh it's too complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We are £3.85 an hour and are open 50 weeks a year daily 730-6. We don't run sessions we are completely flexible to parents. Our funding is £3.77 for 3-4 year olds and £5.09 for 2 year olds. It's difficult to make ends meet and means staff are minimum wage which is sad:( The hourly cost depends where you are in the country as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We charge £11.50 per 3 hour session , extra £3 for lunch club , parents supply lunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynned55 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) We are currently charging £4.50 per hour which equates to £15.75 for a morning session (3.5 hours) but thanks to our funding staying the same as the last 4/5 years for the next financial year, it will probably rise to £16 or £4.60 per hour (4.57 to be precise!) in September. We now do no or very little fundraising- sell some photos couple times a year and hold a mufti day each half term- so fees will have to rise. Edited March 13, 2015 by lynned55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Having checked out the local settings to us we are all about the same at £10 - I think I am going to have to 'lead the way' and have an increase. Would you consider putting the price up by £1 per 3hr session in one go excessive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 not excessive... explain the reasons.. and that the alternative could be to close as you cannot afford to pay staff, never mind all the extras needed like insurance, rent, etc.. I always found that being honest and explaining didn't hurt when increasing fees. We used to increase every financial year.. even by a few pence so they were used to having them rise in April, just like all the other bills that arrive that time of year Reading this it always amazes me at how parents can often afford the cigarettes at what I now believe is £8.00 ish for 20 , and how cheap looking after their child is in comparison.. or a pint of beer.. or any non essential item really 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynned55 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Not at all- its only around 0.33 pence per hour. If they dont like the increase suggest they write and complain to their local councillor/MP about the amount of funding we get and the rules and regulations that are imposed on us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) I'm not sure we'd get away with that, I'd probably be going 50p after Easter then £1 sept....or maybe it is best to just hit them with, can you guage how your parents are likely to react ? Are you committee run ( can't remember) that's usually our stumbling block as committee they see the need for increase but as parents don't want to pay it. Edit: lol sorry didn't read it correctly ....thought you were going for a £1 an hour Edited March 14, 2015 by Mouseketeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Thank you for your replies Gosh that's quite a lot - not that you aren't worth it! :1b this is more like what we should be charging! For those that charge by the hour is that because you are open longer than 3 hours? We charge by the hour because we were £7 per 3 hour session and it just seemed logical when we upped fees to make it an hourly rate instead of set rate but yes also parents have the flexibility of staying up to 6 hours on some days - we have some staying 3, 4, 5 or 6 hours so hourly rate worked out better for that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Drum roll - Breaking news - I have just opened a letter from my LA re funding for 2015 - 16........our funding is going up - yay I hear you say - brilliant news - yeah right - it's going up by 0.1p per hour Great so how will I spend the money - that's a whole 0.03p per session for my funded children........ Off to kick something - not sure what yet...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Drum roll - Breaking news - I have just opened a letter from my LA re funding for 2015 - 16........our funding is going up - yay I hear you say - brilliant news - yeah right - it's going up by 0.1p per hour Great so how will I spend the money - that's a whole 0.03p per session for my funded children........ Off to kick something - not sure what yet...... It's probably cost them more in paper & post to send that out ... how ridiculous! How do the powers that be expect us to survive ..... or perhaps they don't want us to?! Enjoy that wonderful post-inspection feeling whilst you can Sunnyday, as it wears off really quickly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsp Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 We are open 9 - 3pm term time only. We charge £3.20 an hour for all children, even the 2 year olds. We have children who do mornings with their funded hours and then pay to stay for lunch. It is easier to work out the invoices by using an hourly rate and as others have said we have non-funded 2 year olds who start off with 2 hours and build up as they become more settled. Just had our funding rate for next year and we will be 0.03p worse off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Drum roll - Breaking news - I have just opened a letter from my LA re funding for 2015 - 16........our funding is going up - yay I hear you say - brilliant news - yeah right - it's going up by 0.1p per hour Great so how will I spend the money - that's a whole 0.03p per session for my funded children........ Off to kick something - not sure what yet...... :blink: :blink: can you feel the hysteria creeping in - and to cap it all Kent think they are being generous to us! Afterall this is coming from their pockets rather than the government who have kept their hands in their pockets for the last 5 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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