Can someone please give me a rough idea of CM fees?

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

I'm currently on maternity leave, haven't even had DD2 yet! Had assumed I wouldn't return to work but am rethinking my options in a very loose way. However, I've only ever used nurseries, never a childminder so have no idea what the cost would be. I'm purely mulling it all over at the mo, it's very early days so I'm nowhere near the stage of contacting local CMs for info. I just wondered if someone could give me a very rough idea.

I would need full days (8-6) Mon - Wed for a 12 month old and after school (till 6) Mon - Wed, including school pick up for a 5 year old. Live in Surrey so I'd expect a premium for that

I appreciate it's probably hard to say from that but I've no idea whether it's a fiver a day or £500 a day!

TIA :)

My 5 year old DD goes to a childminder from 7.30am with school drop off and then school pick up until 6 and it costs me £303 per month on the Surrey border if that helps

That's 5 days sorry

for a full day ( 8 - 6) I charge £35. But I'm in Lancashire so should imagine about half the price as down there!

I am not in Surrey but for those days and hours my fees for both children would be £180 per week, excluding school holiday care for the 5 year old.

I used to live in Surrey and my guess would be between £200-£240 per week.

An 8-6 day here costs £40 to £50, so up to £250 per child per week.

I'm in London and pay £6 per hour for DS's childminder (FWIW nursery here is about £9 per hour in the baby room and £7 per hour in the big kids room)

CM included one meal and all trips out but not nappies when he was in them - but she was marvelous wth DS's washables where as nursery refused to use them - one reason why we went with the CM...

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful. I paid £60 for a full nursery day for DD but if I did go back, I'd prefer a CM this time and to have them both together, if doable. Sounds like the fees are very roughly what I would have expected.

Thanks again :)

I'm in Hampshire (almost Surrey) and I pay £4 per hour to our CM. For after school I just pay from when they are picked up (eg. from 3.15pm). So for the hours you need, I would expect to pay about £150 a week with meals on top (about £20).

I am on the outskirts of London and the childminding fees for under fives are just below what the local nurseries charge. After school is about £4/hour. In some areas childminders charge more than nurseries. I think as a generally rule, in most areas, childminding fees are not that far off nursery fees.

Take a look on www.childcare.co.uk and you can find CMs in your area and see what they charge - some might offer a discount if you send two children to them. Don't forget the charge will vary quite a lot depending on what the CM provides as well :)

I am in Surrey. I pay £6 per hour if less than 6 hours per day and £45 a day for anything over 6 hours. The daily rate includes meals. The nursery that my children attended prior to DD starting school was £59 per day. That was over a year ago so probably more now.

My childcare works out at £216 a week termtime for 3 days a week, DD 1 hour before school and 3 hours after and DS from 8 till 6 so on the daily rate (he goes to pre-school from 9 till 12 but still with CM for 7 hours a day so makes no difference to the daily rate).

Rollergirl, that's perfect, thanks :)

Thanks everyone else too. Now I can see what sort of figures I'm working with and how much I love my job...or not