nanny in own home

[katymason01]

Can an ofsted registered nanny work from their own home (obv wit insurance to cover)

No that's a childminder.

Yep, agree with nicknacks, a nanny in their own home is a childminder and would have to be registered with ofsted.

No.

Sterling Insurance (one of the popular nanny insurers) states that
"nanny means a person contracted and paid to look after children, working in and from the child’s home"
So nanny insurance would not cover it.

Childcare legislation puts it another way:

The Childcare (Exemption from Registration) Order 2008 + amendments

Article 3(1) 
<ol><li> (1)  The circumstances referred to in articles 2(1) and 2(3) are where a person makes the provision(1) -
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(a)for -
  (i)a child or children for particular parents, wholly or mainly in the home of the parents, or
  (ii)a child or children for particular parents (“the first parents”) and, in addition, for a child or children for different parents (“the second parents”), wholly or mainly in the home of the first parents or the second parents or in both homes;
(b)for a particular child for two hours or less per day;
  (bb)for a child or children for 3 hours or less per day if -
    (i)in the course of a friendship with the parents of that child or children;
    (ii)for reward; and
    (iii)on domestic premises;
(c)only between 6pm and 2am; 
(d) for -
 (i)a child or children in the course of a friendship with the parents of that child or children; and
 (ii)the provision is not made in exchange for payment.; or
(e)for a child who is placed with a local authority foster parent (“the child’s foster parent”), where the person making the provision is a relevant foster parent who is not the child’s foster parent.

So I suppose they could use the 2 hour rule "3(1)(b)" but that would not be covered by their nanny insurance. Thus nannies do not generally take children they care for back to their [the nannies] home unless an emergency.

Keep in mind that there are different Ofsted registers - on the Childcare Register nannies are under Part B and Childminders are under Part A. Childminders are also on the Early Years Register (unless only caring for children aged 8+).

So a nanny being on the Ofsted register does not make that nanny a childminder, so they can't care for children at their [the nannies] home.