OFSTED registering your nanny...is it just a question of checking list and registering

[DarrellRivers]

For the possibility of childcare vouchers am thinking of getting my PT nanny OFSTED registered
She is qualified and has done a first aid certificate etc so that side of things should be simple
What is freaking me out slightly, is it anything like childminding where OFSTED will visit?
Is there any need for visits to my house?
I don't think I could countenance that

On googling , it seems that as a nanny you get a registration pack and fill in.
Is there anything else I'm missing?

Ofsted inspect around 10% of registered nannies, so Yes they may visit your nanny at your home. Ofsted are inspecting the nanny, not your home. Though they may pick up on health & safety issues that they feel need addressing - though your nanny could just ignore them!

hello

no there is nothing like ofsted check child minders... but some ofsted nannies are checked, ie and inspector comes to YOUR house and asks to see their 1st aid certificate, insurance and qualification and car insurance, and might ask them a basic chil care question.

its more that they tick the box that they have seen proof of certificates though.

YOU don register your nanny, she does, essentially fills in some forms, gets them "verified" at post office and waits up to 3 months for her ofsted number to come through...

Ok, that sounds reasonable, am happy to do that for the savings
I'll let her know
Thankyou

Your Nanny is also required to get insurance if she becomes OFSTED registered.

Yes, I saw that
Is it expensive?

Your Nanny needs to pay for it not you. I think that there are policies available for around £125 for a year's cover.

Yes, but it always helps if I know how much these things are before I ask her to get them sorted
Thanks everyone, most illuminating

nanny insurance is £71 a year or £65 if ofsted reg through mm

morton michel

tbh ANY nanny who calls theirself a professional and wants to be taken seriosuly should have insurance regardless if ofsted

Check all the documents are suitable.

Qualifications from before 2005 (I think, off the top of my head, I posted somewhere else on here recently) may need a child-protection update.

First Aid certificate will need to be a specific paediatric one and cover the whole syllabus.

Agree with blondes re: insurance. From my POV it's not worth the risk of not having it...

that thread with more on qualifications