Nursery fee increases

[gt14]

Hi - wondering if anyone is in the same situation? Just enrolled our daughter at a nursery in the area and at the time we were warned that there would be an annual fee increase every October but that it would be around 4% - doable - yet I just had a letter and it turns out to be nearing 10%. Is this normal? It's around a ?1000 a year increase. That coupled with the loss of tax credits will make us about ?1500 a year worse off. Am I right to feel miffed or should I just let it go? I feel a little misled. Any thoughts? Feel it is disproportionate.

[edanna]

We've had a big increase in fees and didn't see it coming but to be honest even after the increase it's no more than we were paying a childminder so since it's a really good place we are just paying up. We haven't really got a great deal of choice anyway.

[alethea]

My sons nursery increased there fees, but it had been after a fee freeze so could it have just been bad timing for you unfortunately. Expensive business this childcare.