***£200*** OFSTED **ANNUAL** registration Fee????!!!1

[PinkChick]

OMG, i had paid more last year but not THIS much!!!..how can most childminders afford to pay £200 a year to be regsitered with?..we HAVE to be registered, its not an option so theyve basically got us all over a barrel..i cant beleive the amount...also it has 2 section, both show £200..an application fee and annual reg fee...surely this doesnt mean we have to pay both??!!!

Ofsted Fees - From 1st September 2009

Looks to me as though it is

• £30 for childminders
• £103 for home childcarers

If you are not classified as a Childminder, or Home Childcarer then the cost is £200...
"£200 for childcare providers on non-domestic or domestic premises who operate for three or more hours each day and for five or more days a week and for 45 or more weeks a year and who were registered on or after 1 September 2008."

OMG Nick you are right..thankyou for bringing me back down!...the way its written here shows a column saying childmindders in dark letter with lists below so it looks like if you are a cm and you fall under any of these catagories but after what you have said, ive re-read it and you are right...THANKYOU...PANIC OVER EVERY ONE 8-)...pinky must read properly and NOT jump in with both feet

i dont see the £103 for home child carers on this tho?, would that be like Katy?

No, Home Childcarer is like me - a nanny.

Thanks for the heart attack,lol

Erm....I'm still a childminder....at least I think I am

No Katy, i was meaning(last i heard) you where classed as a chilcarer working form home / home based childcare or some other strange title with you having more than x amount of staff

christ pinkchick first time over here for months and i almost have a heart attack!!!

No I stayed under that limit......thank goodness

If I had gone over it I would have had to meet daycare regs & they are hard

LOL Vi...i pop in and out ill have you know ..x

Thats good Katy as i know you were having a nightemare as it was

Why have the costs gone up if inflation has gone down?

Who decides how much this should all cost?

Can people protest?

he he PinkChick i meant it was the first time I'd been here for months!