Rough cost of nanny in South London?

[Elfina]

Can someone tell me how much I should be thinking in terms if total cost for a nanny, 9am to 6:00pm, four days a week?

I pay 11.50 an hour gross, 11 hour days, 4 days a week. experienced nanny, ofsted registered, one night's babysitting thrown in as a bonus. I pay an annual bonus too of circa 5% of salary.

SW London.

Total cost including all employee NICs = 2550 per month

You also need to add on kitty money, classes and activities and resources, and food/groceries

I do have twins and Dh and I both work in financial services so the only viable option!

It's about £10-12ph gross, plus employers NI.

You also need to factor in costs like; a payroll company (£100ish a year), kitty costs, Ofsted registration etc.

An Ofsted registered nanny can be paid via childcare vouchers.

Okey-dokes. How much per day for kitty etc? How many groups/ classes is usual (2 year old)? How much extra would you add?

Yep much the same as freebutton

I pay for two "booked" activities a week (swimming and music class), plus playgroups, the odd soft play etc. I guess the classes add up to about 200 a term, and the playgroups/softplay might add another 10-15 a week or so. It's up to you though, some parents don't pay for any classes and just ask the nanny to go to the park and library and playgroups.

We really should meet sometime minipie. I can't believe we don't have at least some acquaitances in common!

Groups - mine do one formal thing a week plus a few playgroups and lots of playdates/picnics in parks. Not swimming as you can't do two under 2 by yourself but not a problem that you would have. The odd day trip (once a month) to eg the zoo/a big park. But my nanny is gooda scoping out free and cheap stuff to do and I have lots of green space near by eg playgrounds/sandpits/open grass.

I bet we do freebutton ! I don't think I know you as don't know anyone with twins under two ... but I've probably passed you on ncote road or somewhere... ?!

Kitty costs will really depend on the area and your/your nanny's preferences.

I work 4 days a week and during term time I spend about £10-15 a week. That's one booked class, two playgroups and a trip out (trip is usually free, but there are petrol/fare costs). Holiday time is considerably more, partly because there are an additional 3 DC's, but also because all the low-cost playgroups run term time only.

I know nannies in the same area who get £5 a week and can manage fine with that. We're very lucky though as we have three children's centres with free activities, two libraries with activities, a few park playcentres with free activities and several free or low cost playgroups. I've worked in areas where £5 wouldnt go far at all.

We have a couple of annual passes for local places to keep costs down.

To work out how much to add, have a think about what is in your area, how much it costs, what you want your DC to do and most importantly, how much can you afford to add?

Thank you, this has bee really informative. I think I'll keep DD at her lovely little nursery for now, but might make sense to have a nanny for number two.

You could also consider a nannyshare which works out at about 60% of the cost (well, 60% of the pay but kitty costs above would be per child)