T&C's have changed - registration fee v deposit

[cheeky_chops]

Both my sons attend nursery and joined 2 years ago. The oldest has just left for school and we expected our deposit back. But it appears not - the manager asked under which company we joined. It appears we signed the t+c's under a "registration fee which is non refundable". However, a couple of months after we started, the nursery was taken over and we were given (2 months) notice of their new t+c's. The new t&c's dont mention a fee or a deposit, but i know new parents pay a £50 per child deposit

 

This is rather annoying and i dont understand how they can charge a not inconsiderable fee (£100 for both) for what amounts to just for writhing their name/DOB/address etc down.

 

Any thoughts? cheers

[buzby]

It is quite common - it provides an assurance that the place will be filled (some parents were making multiple applications to see which one they liked best or was more convenient to them.

 

You agreement would be the one active when the first child signed up, (as far as the deposit goes), and for the second it would be a registration fee - but as ever, you need to know the exact dates.