Daughter wants to be a Norland Nanny

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My dd (15) wants to be a Norland Nanny, childcare was always the path she was going to take and plans on going to college in September for two years to do her level 3 then applying to Norland, she mentioned this to her teacher during a post 16 career meeting but the teacher brushed it off as to expensive for dd and wouldn't give her any information 🤷‍♀️

I'm guessing it's like uni she can apply for student loans and there will be bursary etc available for students from pier backgrounds?

Can anyone who's been or has a child or knowledge give me any info ?

If she wants to be a nanny then norland is the place to be. I'd start saving now and get your daughter to do babysitting, volunteering anything to make her application stand out.

No she wasn’t a Norland nanny or trained . She just got a job with a family, probably through connections.

It's a great idea. A relative did it and now she lives a wonderful well paid life in the sun with paid flights home a few times a year. No brainer.

I used to employ a Norland nanny. She was wonderful and we are still in contact 10 years later. She left us to go to a job paying £80k a year with accommodation in central London. She flies by private jet, spends Christmas in Barbados and summers on a yacht working in a team with two other nannies. That's a pretty good return on the investment.

All sounds lovely in theory but what happens when she wants to possibly get married and have children of her own??
Surely an actual degree from a university in education, early years, nursing would offer more longevity

Diana wasn't a Norland nanny - it's a degree level qualification and Diana barely got a couple O levels.
I know someone who will start there next year. She works in a school now (nursery to Y2). Once she gets out she's pretty much guaranteed a job and starts at £30k, after ten years around £65-100k! Of course got a live in the accommodation is bound to pretty nice too. It's work though - minimum of 45 hours a week for a daily and 60 hours a week for a live in.

My dd (14) wants to do this too, she's been interested for a couple of years and has researched endlessly. If she still wants to do it and has the right grades I will encourage her to apply- it's eyewateringly expensive and we can't afford it but if she works for a year first and we can get her through that first year then maybe she can muddle through with summer jobs and loans.

I would support her all the way if I were you. Her earning potential would be fantastic with the Norland qualification.

The good news is she's 15 and can get PT jobs, do mothers' helper jobs, etc., all through secondary school, and then work for a year or more when she leaves school. If she saves a significant amount of her earnings she will have some money to put toward the fees and overheads. She's going to have to hustle.

I would encourage her to look at all her options though - I think it’s semi dangerous to get your heart stuck on ‘this is the way’ type of thing. Yes, Norland trained nannies are in high demand - but other nannies work in great jobs too. If she looked at an early years degree at another uni (where she’d be financially ahead with maintenance loans/bursaries etc) paying to learn a language, perhaps even aupair in the summer to get hands on experience and language practice, and then maybe taking a junior nanny job out of uni before climbing up. There’s no reason she couldn’t still be a good, well paid nanny without a norland degree. Plus it would give her options for if (and it is possible) she decided after trying it that nannying isn’t for her.

My daughter is a Norland Nanny, there are lots of bursary options, lots of support for all kinds of students - it's a myth that you have to be rich and posh! The potential for earning in holidays and term time is high, my daughter would regularly babysit etc. and have fantastic summer travel jobs too. Some students keep cost down further by living in with families in return for free accommodation they babysit for a couple of times a week and work some holidays. The uniform can be bought second hand - and it saves on cost too as they don't need new clothes for uni. If she's keen - go for it, it really is great training and opens up all kinds of careers and some very very high paid jobs! The main thing is to love children, have a real desire for doing the best for them - the rest they teach you.

LANCASTER123 thank you that's all really useful information, she just started our local college and doing a 2 year course in early years childcare and is loving it and doing her placement in a day nursery.

We have a couple of years until age old enough but we are planning on going to a open day in the spring

Dd's friend's sister is training as a Norland nanny. She went to a Comp, although the family have ££

The Open Days are great, you can get lots of financial information then too. Good luck to your daughter. In the meantime, tell her to keep a scrapbook to show her experiences and any activities etc she has working with children (obviously blanking out children's faces or having permission to include) as this is helpful for interview.