The Jigsaw Group, which comprises 36 nurseries and 800 staff, has decided to remove the fees following market research which found that parents felt it was 'mercenary' and 'money-grabbing' to charge up to 200 for registering a child's name. The research was commissioned by Jigsaw's new chief executive Mike McKechnie, who said, 'We believe that by removing the registration fee we have addressed an issue that we know from our research was a major cause of concern for parents.'
Jigsaw's registration fees, which it said were levied to cover administration costs and were equivalent to one week's nursery fees, ranged from 285 in Wandsworth to 230 in Hammersmith and 168 in Coventry. But the research found that parents were unsure what the registration actually paid for.
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