how much do you pay for childminding?

[petemurphy]

need someone to pick up the 4 year old from nursery wed and thurs - 3pm until 6.30.

whats the going rate for childminders - how does it work do they take them to their house / yours? do they have more than one kid? do they feed them? do they deliver them or do you pick up?

new to this!

thanks

[solo2]

Varies on many factors like what part of the country you are in and what you want.

If you want a childminder then they will generally take them to their own home, give them a drink/snack after school and look after them and other children

Someone more akin to a nanny will take them back to yours and mind only yours often doing their dinner/tea if that is what you request and are home late enough to have needed your children fed by that time.

Boils down to if you pay more then you have your home, just your child and them fed.

[Poisson96]

Based in Sheffield, my mum charges between £3 and £4 an hour with a slight extra for food.

[StuntmanMike]

I don't know, but I bought my Wife a Honda Jazz sport 18 months ago, she now informs me that it will not take a child seat and two kids in the back seat.
This is all owing to the fact she now looks after her sisters year old daughter 2 days a week.
Thanks Jill, I now have to fork out for a friggin new car for my Wife.
In answer to your question O.P , its costing me quite a bit.
It is not costing Jill that much.

[anonymous-user]

Poisson96 said:

Based in Sheffield, my mum charges between £3 and £4 an hour with a slight extra for food.

To look after you?

[oldcynic]

About to start paying £4.50 per hour per child for our two youngest, 2 hours daily after school. Going rate seems to be £3.50-£5.00 locally with varying combinations of snacks/school pickups etc.

Edited by oldcynic on Friday 17th April 23:16

[HQ2]

Real shortage round these parts (Bucks/Herts border), waiting list for the 'good' childminders (who all get paid holidays, and other weird quirks). Demand so high that my wife set up an after-school club and now earns more than me for looking after a bunch of kids for 2 hours a day.

Edited by HQ2 on Friday 17th April 23:30

[m3jappa]

desolate said:

Poisson96 said:

Based in Sheffield, my mum charges between £3 and £4 an hour with a slight extra for food.

To look after you?

A genuine chuckle to that

[Vaud]

StuntmanMike said:

I don't know, but I bought my Wife a Honda Jazz sport 18 months ago, she now informs me that it will not take a child seat and two kids in the back seat.
This is all owing to the fact she now looks after her sisters year old daughter 2 days a week.
Thanks Jill, I now have to fork out for a friggin new car for my Wife.
In answer to your question O.P , its costing me quite a bit.
It is not costing Jill that much.

You might want to try different car seat bases and look to the front seat for the child seat?

[ArmaghMan]

£5 per day to include....
Get kids up
Make breakfast for them
Take them to school
Collect from school
Get them changed into ordinary clothes
Snack
Do homework with them/ check homework
Take them to rugby/ Kung fu / swimming/ gymnastics etc etc
Make them their tea
Have them ready for collection



GOD BLESS YOU GRANNY

[Adam B]

petemurphy said:

need someone to pick up the 4 year old from nursery wed and thurs - 3pm until 6.30.

whats the going rate for childminders - how does it work do they take them to their house / yours? do they have more than one kid? do they feed them? do they deliver them or do you pick up?

new to this!

thanks

Do you live in Mayfair or Hull? Would help as costs vary dramatically depending on where you live

Edited by Adam B on Saturday 18th April 09:56

[bint]

Does the nursery not stay open until 6 with 6.30 options on request? (Or are just lucky with ours - I thought most nurseries catered for the working population like this?)

[petemurphy]

Adam B said:

Do you live in Mayfair or Hull? Would help as costs vary dramatically depending on where you live

Edited by Adam B on Saturday 18th April 09:56

village in north oxfordshire - nope no afterschool stuff after 3.30 - small school

[Leptons]

6:30 is quite late for a Childminder I think. Seem to rember ours wanted shut of everyone by 6:00pm.

[SebastienClement]

A 'friend' of mine does this. It just looks like a massive ballache for everyone concerned to be quite honest. She charges £7.85 per child per hour ("not working for less than living wage, innit") and these kids get the pleasure of being carted round shops all day, and generally get treated like an inconvenience. She charges parents even when SHE is on holiday ("people in PAYE jobs get paid holiday, why shouldn't I?") - but of course when the parents come to collect their kids she does an excellent "Oh we've had a lovely day feeding the ducks" routine.

Ofsted have been out to her many times and rated her 'outstanding' FFS!

[AB]

ArmaghMan said:

£5 per day to include....
Get kids up
Make breakfast for them
Take them to school
Collect from school
Get them changed into ordinary clothes
Snack
Do homework with them/ check homework
Take them to rugby/ Kung fu / swimming/ gymnastics etc etc
Make them their tea
Have them ready for collection



GOD BLESS YOU GRANNY

I treat my dog better than that!

[AB]

ArmaghMan said:

£5 per day to include....
Get kids up
Make breakfast for them
Take them to school
Collect from school
Get them changed into ordinary clothes
Snack
Do homework with them/ check homework
Take them to rugby/ Kung fu / swimming/ gymnastics etc etc
Make them their tea
Have them ready for collection



GOD BLESS YOU GRANNY

I treat my dog better than that!

[solo2]

Vaud said:

StuntmanMike said:

I don't know, but I bought my Wife a Honda Jazz sport 18 months ago, she now informs me that it will not take a child seat and two kids in the back seat.
This is all owing to the fact she now looks after her sisters year old daughter 2 days a week.
Thanks Jill, I now have to fork out for a friggin new car for my Wife.
In answer to your question O.P , its costing me quite a bit.
It is not costing Jill that much.

You might want to try different car seat bases and look to the front seat for the child seat?

Or this

http://www.multimac.co.uk/home

[hidetheelephants]

SebastienClement said:

Ofsted have been out to her many times and rated her 'outstanding' FFS!

God bless Ofsted; it's hard work, those boxes don't tick themselves you know!

[Itsallicanafford]

ArmaghMan said:

£5 per day to include....
Get kids up
Make breakfast for them
Take them to school
Collect from school
Get them changed into ordinary clothes
Snack
Do homework with them/ check homework
Take them to rugby/ Kung fu / swimming/ gymnastics etc etc
Make them their tea
Have them ready for collection



GOD BLESS YOU GRANNY

Just PM'd granny and offered her £7.50 per day....awaiting response.