Some advice to a newbie

[OneTaupePombear]

Just hoping for a little advice as this is new to me, ive never had a childminder or anyone alike so not sure how things go.
A mum of a child in my daughters class is doing pick ups + drops off for me to take my daughter to school with her kids, she is also my neighbour.
I pay her £65 per week for this in advance.
Just wanted to ask basically if the £65 sounds like a reasonable price as I don't want to be ripping her off by mistake as this is a price I have just kind of asked her on the spot and she'd agreed to it for that price.
And also on days that my daughter is ill, do i still need to pay her?
She only drops my daughter, she doesn't usually drop off other kids and is not a childminder.

£13 a day? £6.50 a trip is it far? Does it involve driving?

Yes she drives my daughter to school and the school is 5-10 minutes driving depending on traffic. About 1.5 miles away.

So she literally has her an hour am and pm or slightly less

£6.50 a trip isn’t much tbh for the hassle of another child. Not even nmw

I would say double is more fair as if she didn’t do it you would be paying 3/4hr minimum and likely to be £20ph +

and yes pay her if daughter is ill

Mmmm I'm not sure I'd want to pay more than that. (Different if it's a professional childminder or nanny etc).

And no I don't think you should pay if the child is poorly. Not in this arrangement

I don't think I'd want to pay more in this scenario but I don't know how long your daughter is in her care or whether it's literally just to and from school.

Maybe you could make some enquiries at childminders or after school club and see what their going rate is.

A cm usually would want 1.5hrs am if not 2hrs

Tho guess some charge an hour but know it’s a higher rate before /after school

plus @OneTaupePombearwould have to drop her child there and collect

a nanny would be triple that

if neighbour didn’t do this what would you do ?

so need to keep her happy iyswim

It's just to & from school, no childcare involved, she just adds an extra child to her car. Childminders would be more expensive. She goes to after school club and she picks her up from those 3x a week so she goes to and from the school on those days again separately as her kids do not go to after school club.
I did get offers from other parents but already agreed with her this price & didn't ask anyone else for theirs. Initially asked £50 per week but she said £65 was reasonable because of the clubs so I've just agreed but honestly have no idea how much it's supposed to be.

My husband almost hired a nanny, but I thought I would message the class group chat first to find someone who lives close and can come to this arrangement.
A few others did message to offer help but I think she lives the closest to me and as I'm not paying too much i didn't want somebody to come from far.

I think that's more than enough for just transporting to and from school when most journeys she'd be doing anyway!!

To be fair this sounds like a great deal for both of you! She's earning a decent chunk of money per month for giving a lift somewhere she's going anyway, and you're saving on 'proper' nanny fees etc which would be insane for 20 mins at a time.

It’s a good deal for both I agree

She will be invalidating her car insurance if driving and being paid. Similarly if taking your child into her home....not just if your child is hurt but if she breaks something like a TV you might get a bill. Most insured and fully trained childminders don't get paid £6.50 an hour and you can claim the tax free saving 20% so overall your paying a lot.

This can’t be sincere. You’re paying her cash in hand for doing you a favour. You offered her £50 a week for it and she upped it. Then you think you aren’t paying enough?

If it wasn’t for the clubs I’d say you were being ripped off. Leave it as it is.

This just makes me thankful for my mum friends!

Good point about car insurance but east enough to our business use on it

thi I know many cm a s they all get over £7/8ph so if have 3 under 5 and many do that’s £21/24ph they make

No you can't if your just driving like a taxi you need taxi insurance.... childminders are exempt as they do registered childcare as their business and it's covered under childminding insurance and car insurance as it's part of childminding work....as she's not a childminder she's operating as a taxi illegally.
The rate a cm charges depends where they live around me in outer London I know some charging £5 an hour and you can claim the 20% or even more if on benefits

Wow that’s cheap. I thought London would be more costly. Kent is 7/8

guess same as nannies and mn. Their business so has business insurance