Childcare costs in South East

Compare 2026/27 LA funded rates across 19 local authorities in South East. Select a rate to calculate your exact monthly fees after government support is applied.

Local authorityUnder 22 to 33 to 4
Bracknell Forest£13.59/hr£10.06/hr£7.20/hr
Brighton and Hove£13.46/hr£9.85/hr£7.22/hr
Buckinghamshire£12.93/hr£9.47/hr£6.93/hr
East Sussex£11.99/hr£8.82/hr£6.49/hr
Hampshire£11.81/hr£8.73/hr£6.56/hr
Isle of Wight£11.44/hr£8.46/hr£6.24/hr
Kent£11.75/hr£8.67/hr£6.43/hr
Medway£11.55/hr£8.52/hr£6.23/hr
Milton Keynes£12.49/hr£9.22/hr£6.86/hr
Oxfordshire£11.74/hr£8.67/hr£6.43/hr
Portsmouth£13.31/hr£9.74/hr£7.17/hr
Reading£14.03/hr£10.18/hr£7.30/hr
Slough£14.15/hr£10.29/hr£7.43/hr
Southampton£12.97/hr£9.53/hr£7.01/hr
Surrey£13.99/hr£10.21/hr£7.49/hr
West Berkshire£12.74/hr£9.35/hr£6.95/hr
West Sussex£12.33/hr£9.11/hr£6.74/hr
Windsor and Maidenhead£13.16/hr£9.68/hr£7.14/hr
Wokingham£13.00/hr£9.61/hr£7.00/hr