Norland Nannies

It’s about the law of averages. Expensive cars aren’t always preferable to cheap and reliable ones but on average they are better. No parent can know 100% that the nanny he or she hires will be good, but with Norland nannies, the odds are in your favour.

Get a Chiltern nanny! (Www.chilterncollege.com) much better than a Norland nanny and less expensive!

You would probably be better starting a new thread as this thread is 6 years old, and some posters wouldnt bother to read throught to the end.

Hi,

I am looking for an after school nanny from September 2013. This will involve pick up from school, dinner, some help with home work (if any) and will also require full time assistance during the half term and summer holidays. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.

No nanny pays an agency for finding them work, only the employers pay.

If you have a norlander applying through a different agency then I'd stick with that, the nanny should know to get the contract etc done so she has obviously chosen not to use the college agency which can be inconsistent at best!

Also for those questioning the motives of Norland Nannies you should be aware of how much voluntary work, fundraising and community support they are involved in let alone how many continue this whilst working as a nanny and who take up such child care support roles later in life. We aren't all money grabbing snobs looking after spoiled little rich children. We are professionals who regard working with families to promote the best wellbeing for children as being a rather important job whether that's in the home, a nursery, a private aeroplane or beside a hospital bed.

As Norland's motto says "love never faileth" so if we all work with that then we can't go too far wrong!

In the uk agencies are not permitted to charge work seekers a fee for finding them work. Legislation

Zombie thread! Arghhhhh - thats 2 I have unwittingly read today!

I have looked at the salary ranges on norland.

If the nanny was with the agency what would the nanny pay the agency if they found her work.

There would be no fees from the agency as she has applied for your position without the agencies involvment.
I would offer the same salary to her as the other candidates but would make it a realistic hourly rate of £8 net which would be about £10.50 per hour gross for you.

if she has applied away from the agency and you have had nothing to do with the agency then you will have no fees

many nannies are registered with agencies but look privately for work

Her hrly rate will not neccesarily be more than a nanny who trained at a local college or a nursery nurse with a few yrs nursery experience.

You offer a salary - would offer a salary range for example £6-£8 gross and generally start at the bottom if no previous experience and work upwards.

maybe interested, it is up for discussion!

She does seem interested in the position but is seeking employment away from the agency rather than with it where I expect there are fees? I don't know how much fees are and could maybe save some money if I knew the costs.

9mths later and another reply lol

it shouldnt be what will the nanny cost me

it should be, this is the salary i can afford and want to pay - is she interested in the position at the salary you are offering?

I am interviewing nannies and a norland one has applied - How much is it going to cost me? Is it worth going through the norland nanny agency? How much does the agency cost both myself and the nanny?

Please help!!!

I wasnt knocking anyone, neither am I resentfull.
Im NNEB trained and proud of it.
Some of the comments came across to me, that Norland Nannies were better than those who were NNEB trained, I simply found it a bit and responded with my own personal veiw.

And correct me if Im wrong but this thread has been reserected a couple of times

Osomec - one suspects that the OP has probably found her perfect nanny by now, considering you have resurrected a thread started in 2007.

The college used to be just outside newbury. DP and I used to plot to kidnap one or two

anewyear, your comments are sadly typical of the chippy resentfulness of modern Britain. My mother is an NNEB who has done most of the things you have done, but she would never knock other people just because they had different experiences, and probably more privileges than herself. Norland exists to serve the wealthiest slice of society, and it does a good job on the whole. There aren't enough good nannies to go round, so no-one should knock an organisation that produces some of the best.

They don't wear a uniform unless you request it and in some countries this would be standard eg staff wear uniforms. Some of these nannies are employed overseas.
I've just had one for 5 weeks, she was a true professional, her training meant she understood her position in the family and although very friendly and didn't become over familiar. No, I didn't request she wear a uniform. I've also had a 'bargain' aupair 19 yr old from Austria who isn't taking a career in childcare....she too, was very professional. Basically, decide who you want, how much you want to pay and make sure you interview them. You should get someone right for you.
Norland gave me the peace of mind that I needed. Rather like when you buy a particular brand of car, food, or use a certain airline...We've all done it!!

Princess Christian, blimey never heard of that one.

Thanx Nick thats the one

There was also Princess Christian, now defunct. Chiltern wear blue, PC I think were also brownish/beige.

Chiltern

Childcare course on the YTS (Youth Training Scheme) LA schools plus Montessori
Ran the local village Youth Club
NNEB trained,
Have been a Nanny to two families
Assistant to Matron at a prep school
Mother of 2 (12 &9)
Ran our village Mother & Toddler group
Have been a School Gov, and a LSA at said school
and now a Ofsted Registered Childminder of 3 years
and hope to start mentoring children with behavioural problems in the near future.

Didnt need any Norland training for any of that

Off topic but out of intrest, what was the name of the other Nanny training collage, they also wore a Uniform, think it began with a C???

There are good Norlanders and bad Norlanders, just like there are good other nannies and bad other nannies. It depends on what suits your family. Going to Norland doesn't make them particularly wonderful, special, polite, hard-working or fabulous with children - that would be like saying going to Oxford makes you clever. The selection process is designed to find people with that profile and hones those skills.

I think NorlanDs go into nannying because they really want to. I was talking to a school leaver who said she might get into childcare bnecause the careers advisor said it was an easy exam to pass.

Having met a few I think they are really professional.
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