Free childcare places and CM.

I'm in the process of being accredited. My LA pay £3.17 per hour so for me it's MORE than I charge and I won't be giving lunch which is usually included in my normal fee!!!!!!!!!!!

Where have you been for the last few years when people from all parts of the sector have been voicing concerns about 'sustainability' and fairness?
I have specified very clearly that in some LAs the funding is 'actually'
above the fees where c/ms make a small profit...also in some LAs the funding is £2.97...call that living wage?

I do not belong to a network...I could if I wanted to ...but no...losing 50% of our income is too much so sorry but my parents have been paying the going rate thus making childcare more costly to them

The free education is supposed to be 'UNIVERSAL'...it is not and it is subsided by us...why deny it?
What I have done is highlight the truth...the parents can now look for a c/m who can give them free education

Your question should be the other way round 'don't put parents off using a c/m who cannot give the free education because she may be actually excellent and experinced but discriminated against by the system' !!!!

Italiana. The bit about US subsidising may be true in your case, but not in all. And to be fair, as a self employed business person, you are able to choose whether or not to take that business. Please don't put parents off using the nursery education grant at their childminder.

To deliver the funding a c/m has to belong to a cminding network and be accredited...whatever that entails as all c/ms deliver EYFS equally.
Some LAs have a network others don't...some networks are open to all c/ms others are selective

Parents do not get the money directly...the Local Authority pays the c/m, the rate paid is well below the c/m's own fees thus she loses out or in some lAs the funding is slightly above and the c/m makes a small profit

This info is just so parents understand what free education is...it is not free but subsided by us! just needed to get it cleared

It can be used as long as your CM is registered for that purpose-ask them directly.
More info here www.yor-ok.org.uk/Parents/Childcare/nef.html