Charge for Overnight Childcare

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Hi there!
New to this forum but thought I'd ask advice. I'm childminding for 3 children aged 8-13 this week, with over night stays and school drop offs / pick ups whilst the parents are abroad. This also assumes that whilst I'm not 'on duty' during the school day, if anything to were happen, I'd need to take responsibility and pick them up / sort etc.
I wondered if anyone had any ideas of pricing? My normal is about £12.5 / hour (outside of London).
I have always done hourly rates, but not stayed over before so unsure what's fair to charge. Don't want to rip them off, but equally don't want to undersell myself! Any voices welcome!
Thanks

Childminding or nannying?

Are you childminding (registered from your home) or nannying from the families home?
Do you charge £12.50 per hour per child?

Time and half springs to mind for out of hours work

Childminding, I have my own home and normally ad hoc do some evenings for them. & £12.5 per hour, not for child. So the average evening I do is about £50
Thanks for your reply !

My friend charges 100 for the night stay from bedtime to wake up. Hourly rate the rest of the hours

I've just seen in an LA document that the shift allowance for care workers and other night time staff is £44 per shift on top of the hourly basic pay rate.

A weekend shift, daytime, adds £30 to the basic pay rate.

Not sure if that gives you a guide?

I'm a nanny, but I charge normal hourly rate until 11pm and then a flat fee of £75 for overnight (11pm-6am) and then hourly rate again. This assumes that they all sleep through the night in their own rooms.

@NuffSaidSam seems fair.

Ok thanks - are you qualified etc?

Interesting to read.

My ds is on a scholarship at an independent school. I'm a single mum and have to travel sometimes for my job so DS is an occasional boarder, maybe three nights a term.

The school charges me £40 a night, 5pm - 8.30am which includes two meals. They take the view that it's good for both the regular boarders (there are only 14 of them) and occasional boarders - change of conversation etc.

Judging by this thread, they are very good value., and would be hard to replace.

This is a very good point - they all go to independent schools so boarding is an option for one of them. I want to discuss with the parents but difficult when they’re not in the country 😆

Having said that a boarding school is designed to have children over night so the staff are paid as such…

I would want to earn more than minimum wage especially if I've worked all day before and after and had a bad night....I wouldn't sleep well knowing children in the house even if they didn't wake.
Things to consider....
Night time wondering...so need to think about what all household members wear to bed, no alcohol, no inappropriate things on TV including the news in case lo comes to find you. No unregistered people can go upstairs or to sleeping children's areas for safeguarding...
So if it's making major changes to normal life you may want to consider how much that is worth financially.

Yes

I paid £50 per overnight for older children (old enough to take care of themselves but really to be alone overnight, but this was 10 years ago. £50 plus hourly rate when awake seems fair