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CM's - can you ell me how many children you're allowed to look after at one time?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 31/10/2011 19:53

I've just received a text from our cm saying that she has had an out of the blue inspection today and been told that she's over her numbers and so can no longer have our 2 ds's!

She has been looking after them since the end of August!!

How many children, and of what ages are cm's legally allowed to care for at any one time?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 31/10/2011 20:09

My 2 are 3 and 6

She also looks after an 8 month old, an 18 month old, a 6 year old an 8 year old and her own daughter who is 9.

I didn't see her ofsted reg cert. Daft really. I saw lots of other paperwork but not that.

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531800000008 · 31/10/2011 20:05

oh dear

if she was overminding then she can't have been offering optimum care to the children there, and would have invalidated her insurance, too

did she show you her Ofsted reg cert (should really be on display) recording how many children at any one time?

LesbianMummy1 · 31/10/2011 19:57

Does depend on whether she has her own children but normally is one child under one two other children not yet old enough for school and three children school age til age 8 after age 8 they don't restrict unless care is affected for younger children. Childminders may be able to get variations though so for example I can have two babies under one.

Any children she has will mean her numbers are restricted based on their ages so if she has a three year old she will only be allowed two children not yet old enough for school.