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I would say if there are no other cms at the school, your options are either a nanny (but they would probably want set days) or to move schools to one that either does a wrap around club or is open 8-5.30 or where there is a childminder with a vacancy you could have. Would your dd attend the school she is at now or would she go to your local school? This could be the Reason to move the childcare nearer to your home.

My DS goes to a private nursery who do that arrangement - the problem is that they would definitely need set days.

Does the school have a breakfast club? Ours is £2 a day from 8am-9am but they do have to be reception age upwards. Other option is a day nursery - a lot of them do offer school drop off and pick up (taking the children back to the nursery for a light tea before a parent collects them).

I work for the NHS too! We do 7.5 hr days (so, 5 days a week) with 2 or 3 twelve hour nights a month. It's a nightmare with late shifts and weekends (we work a lot more than we used to). I would love to do 3x 12 hr shifts but the manager won't have any of it!

Our local nurseries don't need set days either.

I have nanny friends who work a flexible rota so there are nannies who would be willing to do it

You've probably already thought of this, but have you asked other NHS workers what they do? There's a private nursery that caters for shift work near my local hospital, which lots of parents who work at the hospital use.

Ask any of the nursery workers if they want to earn money?

A Rota is hard but not impossible to find a nanny - esp a nwoc who is likely to be flexible