Nursery World - Scrap the rates and reward the staff

Nursery nurses definitely deserve more pay. But all the income to run a private day nursery comes solely from the children's parents. The Government wants to provide good-quality, affordable childcare. Yet how can anyone running a private nursery afford to pay their staff more and also keep fees low for parents? The answer is to scrap the business rates that nurseries have to pay.

The Government wants to provide good-quality, affordable childcare. Yet how can anyone running a private nursery afford to pay their staff more and also keep fees low for parents? The answer is to scrap the business rates that nurseries have to pay.

Our nursery pays 12,000 a year in business rates. But if we didn't have to pay this we would be able to give all of our hard-working staff an extra 1,000 a year. The Government gives with one hand - nursery education grants for three- and four-year-olds - but takes away with the other, by making nurseries pay extremely high business rates.

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