Planning ahead: PT nanny or CM?

[StarryStarryNight]

From January my son will have 5 days at the nursery. The nursery would finnish 12.15. What do you think is best, a CM who can pick him up then and bring him home (I know some on my sons school who may, and might also bring him back to school to hand over as they pick up their own kids at the school), or a PT nanny?

I work 3-4 days a week, can be flexible, so need childcare on those days. Would a nanny want to work such short hours? I can finnish work around 3 pm, but would prefer to have nanny with me till after tea, so I can cook and help my oldest with home work. That would mean only 15-20 hours per week.

Any thoughts to help me explore my needs and possible solutions?

I currently have an au pair, and will not let her go, unless she decides she wants to go home. The CM / PT nanny would replace her then.

I'm confused about the required hours and duties. Don't you have 2 kids? Is one in school while the other is in nursery? So the nanny's day would begin at 12.15 and you would do the morning nursery/school run?

Yes, I would take them to school and nursery. The new nursery is next door to my sons school. I can take them both. We live 20 minutes drive from the school.

A nanny would pick up my youngest, and either bring him home, or take him on activities and then bring him and my son from school. A child minder locally would pick up my youngest from nursery and bring him back to me (if she has a child in the school, or handing other child over at school gates), or I could pick up my son from school and then pick my youngest up from child minder after.

I am not sure what will work best, and if a childminder would even do that. I am not even sure the hours would be worth it for a nanny, unless she combines with other job or study.

I think the benefit in the nanny would be that you could delegate a lot of running around to and from the school gate. And you could get her to run some child related errands. Like take the boys for hair cuts or pick up school supplies, etc.