Query re childcare?

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Can someone look after my child for less than 2 hours a week for financial reward without being registered as a childminder?

I think you need to post this in a different section.

How old is your child?

4 and 7

Officially, probably not.
Unofficially- happens all the time.

Isn't that what babysitters do? Who obviously aren't child-minders.

Rather be yes exactly. I'm just wanting a friend to drop my kids at school one morning a week for a bit of extra cash and helps me out.

Yes they can. Our school after school club runs on exactly that basis. It's totally legal and above board

Oh yeah, duh, ignore my post!! Babysitters, of course!

In your home and walking them to/from school no problem. In their home technically no but it does happen all the time - it's only really a major issue if she's claiming benefits and this puts her over her maximum earnings per week. An alternative is a supermarket gift card, though cash is hard to trace anyway.

yes - Ofsted requirements are registration if over 2 hours. obviously if not declaring income that's their problem.

Yes. 2 hours is the cut off.

It's fine if she has them in her own home too as long as she doesn't break the 2 hour rule.

Ok thanks

That's interesting. So, the thousands of teenagers who babysit all evening up and down the country, like lots of us probably did, are all illegal?

in your own home there are no rules about this. In someone else's home, 2 hours is the cut off.

babysitting is fine - its not in their own home!

Ah, I see. Thank you.