NVQ to permit Ofsted registration

[sleeplessinderbyshire]

We have a wonderful p/t nanny who has tons of real life nannying experience and is awesome with my kids but no formal nanny qualifications. I'd like her to be ofsted registered so I could pay her using the childcare vouchers I'm stockpiling since my elder DD went to school and my nursery bills have shrunk. I appreciate ofsted registration doesn't have much benefit for my nanny except that she's p/t and is looking for another P/T job and other families are also keen on paying with vouchers.

She's expressed an interest in doing the NVQs and the nursery my DD2 attends have said they'd take her on for student placements (and she's be able to do some assessments when at work for me). Only glitch is that the only course at the local college is f/t at college. I've read on here before about NVQ providers who do workplace based training for childcare. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'd probably consider paying part of the fees or paying them for her in advance and letting her pay me back in installments

MNT Training - Diploma for the Children & Young People's Workforce - problem though, it can take 15 months.

CYPOP5 is sufficient for Ofsted Registration I think. It is one of the modules of the Diploma course.

Common Core Skills could be done just for the Ofsted registration.

BabyEm have a course for Ofsted Registration

Once Ofsted registered, your local authority may offer the Diploma for the Children & Young People's Workforce - the nursery may be able to advise about that as they may have had staff doing training via local authority run or funded courses.

Thanks nannynick

does this look the right sort of thing?

www.athomechildcare.co.uk/looking-for-training/level-3-diploma

local to us and seems from reading to be the right thing but I'm not an expert in the field

Yes, that looks like the CACHE course. Looks like they also do CYPOP5, which is one of the modules of the diploma.

Ask them about if it is possible to CYPOP5, then add on the rest of the diploma later on. That way could become Ofsted registered earlier.

Always tricky to know exactly what Ofsted accept.