Would a childminder do just school drop offs and pick ups, or am i being unrealistic?

[olivo]

DD1 starts school in September and neither DH or I will be able to drop her off at school.We would need either to have someone to drop her off and pick her up and have her for about an hour (I work in another school) or just someone to drop her off and she'd go to the after school club on site. Do childminders generally offer this service or should i be looking somewhere else? those advertising seem to be looking for under 5s to care for all day.

any advice would be much appreciated!

I know lots who do this (and then have the school age children all day during school holidays).

Yep, I have two that I have from 7.30 then drop off at school, then pick up and have them till 4.30.

Best way would to be to ask at the school DD will be going to they will know the CM's that school run there school.

Obv school holiday thing irrelevant to you (should read properly not skim ).

thank you, that's reassuring. wouldnt need holidays ,myself, but i'm sure others would!

shoshe, that'd be exactly the sort of hours I'd be looking for. I will contact the school secretary and ask her if she knows.

sorry, xposts MrsJD!

I am interested in this. How early can you take a child, I am nurse and need to start at 7:30. Do any cm take a child at7 am?

i work 7 til 7 and accommodate various shift patterns ask around your local area or look on your council website for childminders

oops meant to add have 5 children from 5 to 9 years who i drop at and collect from schools

ggirl - I used to start at 6.45am so it's worth looking around as some start early, some don't but it's not an unusual request

thanks that's good to know, will ask around

I start work at 645am some days to accomodate nursing shifts and sometimes work till 815pm as staff at out local hospital do "long days" - 12 hour shifts!

It all depends on how things fit with the CM own family. I know some CMs who are very rigid in their working hours.

Hi, i currently work 9:30-11:30 I do care work my son is looked after during this time. However September he’s due to start school nursery 15 hours. 12:20-15:20. I have been asked if I would like to take on another job, I’d appreciate it because of financial difficulty at home, but this job is 12-1:30. The afternoon is not a problem I can pick both my kids up at 3:20 as my daughter finishes this time. I’ve asked the nursery if I could drop him off early and pick him up 20 minutes earlier but theirs no chance. Am I being silly, or is there any way I could pay a childminder or someone else private to drop my 3 year old off at school?

@brimfull
I have been a childminder for 30 years and have had children start at 5-30 am when needed! 🙂

@olivo
The whole 30 years I have been minding I have had children for what is called “wrap around care” 🙂

@Chelsham95
The problem you would have is that childminders can only have a certain amount of children at one time.
Having your 3 year old for such a sort time would eat into their available spaces

@fudgesmummy you are tagging posters that commented 14 years ago!!!!

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Your simplest solution is to not use school nursery and use funding where you are.
As a childminder I don't do pick ups from nurseries that's like using Sainsbury's to deliver your Tesco shop I take funding and offer the same activities and standards I won't waste a space on an hour.