To ask what you'd pay?

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Due to changing work commitments, DH and I are looking at hiring a TA from a local primary school to do afterschool pickups, care and tutoring for our two children. DS 7 and DD 9. DS is autistic and she has great SEND experience with a child at the school.

The TA is a trainee teacher at university. She actually used to be our cleaner so we know her well and the kids like her.

We need her approx 3-4 days a week from 3:30-5pm. She will collect the kids from school in her car, do some tutoring and homework help then ideally I'd like her to do a bit of ironing or have a tidy/straighten up before we get home.

She has said £15ph but DH is saying this is too much for a babysitter? I am not sure as we have paid £10ph for a babysitter before but obviously you don't ask a babysitter to tutor, tidy and pick up your kids for you? It sounds good to me but I need help convincing DH.
Thoughts?

So...1 1/2 hours, looking after 2 kids with one with additional needs, doing tutoring , taking them in their car and doing ironing and housework ....for £22.50. 🤣 and your husband thinks it's too much?
Personally I think it is a reasonable amount without any housework.

Maybe look up exploitation OP.

£15 is cheap enough.
I don't classify myself as a high earner and paid our cleaner £15 per hour.

She was only expected to do light regular cleaning. A proper deep clean e.g. Ovens, skirting, doors etc would cost a least £20+

So I would forget cleaning and just pay her to do the childcare and school pick up / tutoring as is plenty and really good value for money. Especially if she has SEN and experience.

If your husband is on £15.- pH or similar he can just cut his hours so that he leaves work early to pick up his kids ,feed and tutor the kids himself.

Oh and your DH is a tit who never had to do this work so he devalues it

The usual price for tutoring round my way is about £30 an hour.

The DH is being a bit of a cheapskate.

I hope someone speaks to this TA and tell her that she is being exploited by OP and her DH who want her to do school run, tidying up, homework and ironing in 1.5 hours at £15ph.

I'd be embarrassed to pay someone £15 to do all you're asking & I'd be horrified if my husband decided it was only worth a tenner!

She's worth more than that!

Read the thread, she said the woman asked for 15 and she didn’t ask her to do the house work as well.

Tell dh to give his head a wobble.

She's not a babysitter though is she, she's a tutor you're using as a nanny/childminder also. I think £15 ph is very reasonable.

Read the OP, she says “She will collect the kids from school in her car, do some tutoring and homework help then ideally I'd like her to do a bit of ironing or have a tidy/straighten up before we get home.”

can we play MN topical bingo by pointing out that the education services element of this (the tutoring) will attract VAT under labour’s plans?

(yes I know the TA is unlikely to hit the compulsory vat registration threshold)