How much for a first class child minder???

[yetihed]

Hello all,

I am hoping to go back to work for a day a week and my mum has kindly offered to look after my 1yo for this time. She will have to give up work 1 day a week to do so, and we want to pay her a fair wage as she has a tonne of experience with young children, plus she is just a star for doing it!

How much do people get paid/ pay for their childcare per day? I need as many exampels as possible please!

thanks

That'll be examples, obviously!

£3-£3.50 an hour round her in leicestershire. Bear in mind oyu wont be able to get any help towards childcare from TC though.

To start you off..... I pay £6 per hour for a lovely childminder

My CM is fantastic and we pay £4 per hour - surrey area for a 11-month old. Includes snacks, toddler groups etc but we provide meals.

btw, I'm in SW London and that's about the going rate here.

I pay £25 a day from 8 until 5. That includes a cooked meal at lunch, fruit snacks throughout the day and numerous play groups.
I think we gat a fantastic deal

I'm in Berkshire and charge £3.80 per hour between 8-6pm (£4.30 earlier or later) - all snacks, drinks, meals, outings etc. included in that.

HTH

SE London and we pay £30 a day (10 hours) for ours...includes all meals. A definite bargain.

In North Dorset and charge 3.40ph all inclusive, breakfast, lunch, snacks, outings.

hi, in south london, and asked around to work out what I should charge - average £3.50, highest was £4. hth

In case you haven't tried CHILDCARELINK website, click here and put your postcode in, it will tell you the rates in your area

i'm in devon and i charge £3.20 p/h - this includes toddler groups and snacks - meals are £1.50

My sons childminder used to be £35 a day for having ds from 9.30-6. I am in London btw

Will she be a registerd childminder or a nanny ?

A nanny (who cares for your child, at your home) would cost £70-£120 gross typically per day. It's a bit of a wide salary range I'm afraid, but it varies around the country and with expected duties plus the experience the person has.

Look locally at what other childcare options you would be considering, if your mum haden't offered. By working out what your costs would have been for say, a Nursery... a childminder... a nanny, then you can give your mum a realistic salary. Be careful about payments to relatives - will your mum be your employee for example? It's family money, so would some of it be better as a 'gift' for tax purposes?

Thanks everyone for the info.

nannynick- I reckon the money will be a thank you gift for her hard work, rather than payment. Can't have her as my actual employee... it would never work!!!

Thanks for the link looneytune. That's useful for a whole range of reasons.

Ta!

I charge £3.50 per hour/£25 per day (under 5's) £20 per day (over 5's) or £115 per week which includes all meals,drinks, tots group fees which soon add up at £1 a session!

I try to do as many activities as possible and encourage the children from an early age to join in.

I have NVQ Level 3 (nursery nurse and Room leader) qualified) in Early years and Education so I try to set my fees to reflect that I am a professional and not 'just a childminder' as some parents seem to think we are a glorified babysitter.

If I was going out to work and my Mum was minding my 5 yr old, I would give her money but I would not expect her to register as a Childminder.

I have been childminding since sept 2007-am an ex teacher and charge £3.50 per hour- which is top wack in my area. It makes me lol when I consider how much I am paid in comparison to my teacher's salary!!

So, when mum2luke tries to justify her lower than 'minimum wage' fees I want to scream!!

By the way, if you 'pay' your mum- leagally, she has to be a registered childminder.

Can anyone register as a childminder? Do you have to have some kind of training?

You have to be CRB checked, ofsted checked and registered, first aid and child protection trained, and complete the introducing childcare practice course - after that there are about a million courses and training you can do and will be advised to do ! Training is pretty constant for our group but we really enjoy it and it definitely improves our practice/
O and we all charge between £3.75 and £4.00 an hour in dorset. I charge 4 with free meals and snacks, plygroups etc.

A relative caring for their grandchild, is not a childminder - regardless of if there is payment or not.

See Care Standards Act 2000 - 79A (3)

That's GREAT news, Nannynick- thanks for the link!

yetihed - you don't need to worry about childcare legislation, as your mum is a relative. Your only issue is the payment itself - as you need to be careful about things such as Inheritance Tax (Gift of up to £3000 per year is usually exempt), if your mum needs the payment to be official (with her as employee) for say mortgage purposes.