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CM Club - Anyone with permission from Ofsted to have two under ones?
Jackmummy · 11/03/2006 16:19
My DD is 5m and I have had an enquirey about looking after a boy of 7m. Otherwise I will only have my 3 yr old son.
What is the likelyhood to ofsted agreeing this?
Thanks,
JM
badgerhead · 11/03/2006 16:37
It depends a bit on how long you have been registered, what training you have & done & any experience you have. Plus also you need to tell ofsted how you would cope in an emergency & what equipment etc you have or will get, e.g. double buggy, extra highchair. The best thin is to ring Ofsted & talk to them & follow it up with a detailed letter & see what they say, might take a few weeks to get organised though.
HappyMumof2 · 11/03/2006 16:42
I'm registered for two under 1's - although I don't have two it's good to know I have the option for when dd is at nursery/school.
I only have dd,who is 2.3. The inspector agreed to register me for 2 under 1's on condition that I did some further training (have just done BT3)and because I am NNEB, have 10 yrs experience, two kids of my own and worked as a nanny previously, doing nanny shares with my own son & and another baby - and because I'd worked in a baby room at a nursery!
So, it really depends on your individual circumstances.
Jackmummy · 11/03/2006 16:59
hopefully I may be okay then.
I am an NNEB who has worked as a nanny and in schools.
I have 8 years experience in childcare since gaining my NNEB and 2 years as a registered childminder.
Already have a double buggy (actually I have two - DH says I have a buggy fetish!) and have 2 highchairs, bumbo and booster seat. So equipment wise I'm sorted.
Also maybe as neither are newborn, that may be a plus.
Will phone on monday and see. I just wanted to get back to the mother this weekend, so good to know its not totally out of the question.
Thanks,
JM
ThePrisoner · 11/03/2006 17:14
BT2 is Birth To Three.
Most variations to registration are only granted for continuity of care (eg. for siblings or existing mindees increasing hours/days), although even these can be turned down. It is less likely that Ofsted will grant a variation for "new business".
bfcmdr · 11/03/2006 17:58
Each are is different. I know a few childminders who have been granted variations for new business and one childminder who was newly registered and got a variation for siblings(new business) as her first mindees. She wrote to Ofsted and then they phoned her a couple of days later for a chat and got the variation within 10 days.
diddle · 11/03/2006 19:16
I am about to request the same as you, I have my own baby due in June and also one of my current mindies's moms has just had a new baby, who will be 4 months old when i start having her.
I am also going to apply to oftsed this week, will let you know hwo i get on.
I have my BTEC and have had lots of experience with babies this age, so fingers crossed for both of us.
ThePrisoner · 11/03/2006 21:59
I wonder how Ofsted would react if I printed this thread out and posted it to them - along with the appeals made by some very experienced childminders I know who have been turned down for fairly minor variations!! I would dearly love to know why they are so haphazard in their answers. (I might wait until after my next inspection though). 
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