to be surprised to see a child minder in charge of 6 kids, 4 of whom were under 3?

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I thought there would be a smaller adult to child ratio allowed. I know she child minds as have spoken to her before and know she just has one daughter of her own (one of the older children)

Is this a regular thing? I'm not sure what the guidelines are tbh, but that does sound like a lot. Where they on an outing?

Guidelines are no more than 3 under school age of which only one can be under 1 but exceptions can be made for siblings or for continuity of care, say a parents working hours have changed causing an overlap of an hour or so when the childminder is over their numbers.

Sorry meant to say its 6 under 8 of which no more than 3 can be under school age (so 5 or 4 if in full time education), and as many over 8s as you like as long as it doesn't interfere with the care of the younger ones!

sounds ok to me afaik agree with pesha

oh, 4 under 3? are they siblings? twins?

quadruplets?

my CM does this. She applied to OFSTED for an exception because DD is a sibling of DS who has been in her care since he was 4 months old.

They all looked like kids from different families but then often siblings don't look alike. I was surprised as I wouldn't feel safe at a park with lakes with so many little ones in fear of them running off.

she may have a variation from ofsted in which case she would have done several risk assessments (above and beyond the ones she has already) and been scrutinized by ofsted

I wouldn't notice.

our cm has a variation due to the sibling thing and is fab!does a better job with 4 than I do with just the 2!

Last summer I was often seen out and about, at all sorts of places with.

one under 1, one under 2 one 3 year olds, one 4 year old. Two 5 year olds and a 8 year old, all perfectly legal.

baby and 3 year old were sisters,
3 year old and 5 year old were both partimers that overlapped on a variation, 8 year old was not included in my numbers as over 8.

Double buggies and reins, we get on fine.

Come September will have 3 month old, 14 month, 2.5 and 4 year old (who will be partime in Reception till xmas)

Its all to do with organisation.

shoshie i thought you'd given up?? (name changer btw used to be a regular on the childminding bords untill it all got too much)

No still going, keep talking about it, but nothing in the job market at the moment.

[wonders who addicted is????. Are you on my FB?]

it was probably me. Minding with 4 under 5. 2 school children and my own dd age 11. like others said, buggies, reins and organisation - and eyes in the back of my head.