Report Nursery Nurses wages?????

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by: calvin

There will always be a difference between local authroity and private settings. It because of budgets. Local authorities have more money to pay salaries than private settings.

Whilst private nurseries may charge £30-40 per day for a child place, there are many other costs to consider, such as insurance, utilities, rates, upkeep of premises, supplies (art materials etc) ongoing replacement of equipment, not to mention the initial cost of setting up the nursery!

Hence why private nurseries cannot pay hugh salaries - we would love to us we value of staff and do not want to lose them to local authority settings, but the finances do not work.

As an example, I work for a UK Charity that has a nursery at one of its sites, which is run as a private day nursery.

75% of our income goes on salaries, 10% on food for the childrens meals, 10% on utility costs, which leaves just 10% for all other costs such as materials, insurance etc..... as a charitry we only have to break even..... and we just manage thant

(I am also married to a nursery manager who earns a lot less than managers of the same experience in other industries or local authority settings)

The only way this will change is if the government gives us say £1000-£2000 per staff member per year for us to put direct into their wages... but where would that money come from??????

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