I'm not sure I'm happy with my CM for doing this?!

It's not the CRB that will show it, it's the Ofsted Registration cert that will but yes, his name would definitely be on if he was registered.

Tbh, if you can't see it, just phone 08456 404040 and give them the Reg number and they can tell you on the phone

thanks, i'll check it out when we do the contract.

Chandelina, you ask. You see his CRB which will name him as assistant, her registration which will say she can leave with an assistant and she can only leave children with him with your written permission. Once those tiny formalities are done it can be very informal. He probably is, Ofsted wouldn't allow it otherwise.

I think that perhaps the CM had to discuss something with the school / nursery of her dc and that was the emergency?

Perhaps dh was unable to approach it and she did so thinking you wouldn't mind?

Agree that it would have been nice to be asked though.

but - how do i know if he is a named assistant? I'm looking at the Ofsted report online, so it doesn't even say her name.

the CM I am considering putting DS with regularly goes to pick up one of her mindees while her DH stays and looks after the others.

I don't think he is a named assistant, but they present themselves as a bit of a package deal, both playing with the kids, doing meals, etc.

They've been doing CMing a long time, and I felt comfortable with the set up in theory - but maybe I am being stupid??

'I'd prefer to know the whole story before I condemn the childminder's actions and label her as unprofessional. You may be right, but I don't think we've heard enough to be able to judge.'

Agreed.

Yes, but we don't know that this is what the childminder did, OtherMary. The childminder didn't leave this child with her husband. SHE WASN'T THERE. The OP made the decision to leave her child with the husband. She had the choice of waiting until the childminder returned, or taking her other child to school and returning, but she decided not to do that.
She says the other mindee was there, but we don't know whether the childminder left the child with her OH or, again, wasn't around to make the decision.

I don't think we've heard the whole story. It's being drip-fed to us. First the childminder was on an errand, then, when asked what the errand was, the OP tells us it was the school run. When asked about that, she says the husband usually does the school run.
Sunnygirl asks why the CM's DH didn't explain. Well, again, we don't know whether he did or not. The OP hasn't told us. We still don't know why, in spite of saying that she didn't do the school run, the CM did it on this occasion.

I'd prefer to know the whole story before I condemn the childminder's actions and label her as unprofessional. You may be right, but I don't think we've heard enough to be able to judge.

It's pretty cut and dry really. Unless he's a named assistant and you've agreed to him caring for her in writing she is breaking her registration and her contract with you.
She should have someone named and agreed to help out in emergencies, to not have this also goes against her registration! The situation doesn't actually sound like an emergency, it sounds like poor planning.

Not unfair at all Tanith, it's the law, wether you like it/agree with it or not, these are the rules that we have to follow.

can only be left with a named, registered assistand

When we lived in the country all the local childminders used to use me in case of an emergency-as a qualified NNEB I was already CRB checked through school and usually it was arranged I would care for the mindees in the childminders home whilst she went to the dr or hospital or other urgent place or I would help with pick ups and drop offs.

I think this was in the days before the rules became stringent but all the mums knew and the kids quite enjoyed having me for a change - the only thing that was cause for concern was that some of the cms were initially worried id take their mindees away from them.

Well if it was a crisis, why didn't the cm's dh explain to the OP (am running out of initials here). If he was unexpectedly unable to walk the children to school (which he usually does do), why didn't he say so -

"so sorry my wife isn't here Mrs Grumblinalong - unfortunately I sprained my ankle/lost all my shoes this morning and can't walk the children to school so she has had to. Will you be happy to leave littlegrumblingalong with me, or would you prefer to wait for my wife?"

I think that's very unfair, otherMary! We don't know the full story and, from what she says, it was the parent who left her child with an unregistered carer, not the childminder. The childminder wasn't there at the time.

It sounds to me like there was some sort of crisis if this wasn't something that would normally happen.

Just wondered did the childminder take her child to school because you were late? this has happened to me so many times.My daughter ends up being late for school because Iam waiting for mindees to turn up

I'm a cm and wouldnt do that unless I have the permission to do it as an exception, it will be arranged and signed for by the parents ! At the end of the day, the cm should be here to greet the parents, the parents may want to say something about the cm reg the routine etc...and be here when the child is going to talk quickly about the day the child had..well that's what I do.. If I have an emergency, the children will be left with another cm (parents agreed on it) and my husband as a very last ressort !(He's also listed in my emergency list, crb checked and the parents knows him well)

My CM would only do this on the rare occasion of me being late to pickup and had specifically said it was OK. Not that I actually would have worried, as her dh was lovely, and my children were much older in any case (and busy playing with her older girls in any case).

Lovely, another unproffessional CM to give us a bad name

Well as Plimple says - unless he is registered as a named assistant then this is a complete no-no - genuine emergencies aside.. Anyone who flouts their registration a nd responsibilities like this - well you can't help but wonder what else are they doing during the course of the day?

He needs to be a "childminding assistant" and she needs your written permission to leave him in sole charge. Without this she is in breach of her registration and you can complain to Ofsted.

We're not allowed to do this, except in an emergency. I wanted my DH to be able to cover my sicknes, doctors visits etc, so I got him fully registered in his own right!

I have one parent who drops her two children to me in the morning, one to take to school and one to mind all day..
now I also have a commitment to pick up a mindee very near by, and sometimes the mum is late and misses me.. she then would have to wait in the car with the two children..

these children adore my dh, and my grown up dss, and I have registered my dh as my assistant. on the rare occasions she is late I will allow her to drop them with my dh. I am out for 10 mins max..

she is fine with that and all above board.. its the only time the mindees are allowed in the house without me being there though..

At the end of the day I provide a service for parents who pay me and I want to make their life easier without compromising childrens safety.. it can work but must be up front and sensible..

nope, wouldn't be happy with this at all

TBH if I left my children with a childminder I would want it to be as much of an 'at home' environment as possible, therefore I'd like to at least meet her DH/children etc and if she was the sort to pop into her Mums all the time I'd be fine with that, but would like to meet her Mum (at some stage) too... but I do understand that not all people feel like this and unless you have this understanding then I think it's fair enough not to be impressed with her doing this, especially as it was only for a routing school run!

Did she say why she had to this time?