Continuity of care

[gingerjames1]

Hi all, was just wondering what sort of discount you would give for continuity of care? As all spaces i have are full so as being a sibling this is only way of offering care at the mo? Was thinking 25%? Most day nurseries around here only offer is 5% discount? Am i being to nice or not nice enough? Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers!!!

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[Twinkling Stars]

25% is very kind! I offer 10%. But i suppose it depends how many days etc. :-)

[Mouse]

I don't give any discount for siblings, even if they're the 4th EYFS child due to continuiuty of care. I charge the same rate for all of them.

[phoenix2010]

I offer a slight discount for a second child in the family , but its regardless of whether they are the 4th EYFS child or not

surely its still the same amount of extra work whether they are siblings or not

If I charged £4 an hour for one child then I might charge £7 an hour for 2 , so I suppose actually thats a 25% discount

So i just totally contradicted myself , oh well there you go , thats what I do anyway :D

Perhaps in hindsight Im too generous too !

[loocyloo]

i offer a discount of 50p per hour for the eldest child, if BOTH children attend for a minimum of 25hrs a week.

[lubeam]

I don't offer a discount more children = more work, I don't get a discount in my work load ! Lol :) perhaps I'm mean thou :)

[bindy]

I offer a discount of £1 per hour. I get £6 per and £11 for siblings.

[westbrom44]

I wouldn't offer a discount as it would mean extra work for me. I often find siblings are hard work.

[Becci26]

I offer 10% sibling discount, I think 25% is too generous (but then I think I was being nice with 10% lol)

[tashaleee]

I dont offer any discounts

If anything I think I should charge more.. 2 from the same family usually means more arguments etc :laughing:

[winstonian]

I used to offer a discount but stopped. Siblings are hard work. also if a family leave that is 2 lots of pay gone.

[Daftbat]

I only gave a discount once and never again - the mum let it slip that she would have paid the full fee anyway but it was worth asking - which I think is ok but goes to show that I needn't have done it. Just because they are siblings it doesn't mean anything. One space = one child regardless of family ties.:laughing:

[blue bear]

No discount here, childminders are at least £1 cheaper an hour than nurseries here to start with.

[The Juggler]

when I had my first 4 under 5 set up last year with a baby sibling, I offered £100 month discount for 6 months as long as both children remained full time. I know it seems a lot but I knew how much they were struggling going back to work after no pay mat leave and I was earning more money than I'd ever earned even with the discount so it seemed a good compromise to me.

In the end it was only for 5 months as older child went to nursery for 1 day in the September and it went back to full fee.

[KatieFS]

I offer 10% per hour discount for siblings. I apply that to all the children in that family.

[wendywu]

No discount from me :panic: