How much does a CM get from the government per hour for funding?

[TheLemur]

I just wondered if anyone was able to tell me how much CM's get for funded hours? DS splits time between a nursery and CM and I need to decide how many funded hours to have in each setting.

It will work out financially better for us to take most with the CM as she has just put her charges up to £4/hour whereas nursery is £3.80/hour

I don't want to do the majority of hours with the CM though if she gets less than £4/hour from the government - I would feel bad as she is just great.

You mean the Code of Practice I think Katy. EYSFF will change it though.

Though I expect EYSFF will keep the part of the code which says that funding should be shown on a bill in hours, rather than as a monetary value. Thus the free hours are clearly shown.

I get it with email evidence of attendance
The parents have to sign 4 times a day - twice for my register (initials allowed by OFSTED) & twice in full for EYE (initials not allowed)
I claim each month in arrears
& I must create 2 invoices for each child; one for my records & one for EYE
I must fill in a Interim Headcount form
Then the same form as the nurseries have BUT I must have it signed by any other setting the child attends (the nurseries do not need to do this)
If a nursery makes a mistake & claims too much they will reclaim the money from me as the nursery MUST by definition be right

I only do it for existing children; it takes hours to work out the allowances & create the separate invoices

But I do get more than that

Like Katymac said - they changed the rules

It is in a state of flux because the previous government announced the Early Years Single Funding Formula with great fanfare and that it would happen from April 2010 but then delayed it. So some authorities have acted as pathfinders and have already implemented it but I believe that they all have to implement it from April 2011.

I am not an expert on this, but my understanding is that local authorities have some degree of freedom as to how much they give to EYFS providers under the new SFF (rather than the old rate which was fixed nationally), and can give one class of providers (eg state nurseries) a different amount from another (eg childminders) But I also believe that in order to receive any funding, at least 2.5 hours of provision must be free to the parents. This means you cannot charge a top-up fee for the 2.5 hours (although you can charge for meals and other extras).

You need to check with your own local authority what they are doing, assuming they have the faintest idea