Home nursery concerns : IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED

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Hi all, I was recently looking for some alternatives to nurseries for our ds in London. Full time nurseries in London cost between £1400-1800 and I came across this company that connects you with home nurseries in and around London, Its about 200 pound cheaper for full time care, has any one had any prior experience with home nurseries

pros and cons?

What are home nurseries?

Do you mean childminders?

I think you mean a childminder? Someone who looks after children in their own home?

Yes, I meant childminders

Yes, I meant childminders, But they actually call themselves home nurseries

They call themselves home nurseries, they modify their house so operate like a nursery

Do you really need IMMEDIATE HELP with this??

Why does your post say immediate help needed?

I've used childminders and they were brilliant, all childminders have to have toys for the age group they are look after so all childminders homes will have nursery items if they care for babies/toddlers. I think you'd be better off changing you title to tell me about childminders.
Only negative is if the childminder gets I'll but then mine did a buddy system so they'd try and share the kids amongst the other childminders for a day.

So many typos thanks to my autocorrect 🤦‍♀️

What a silly overdramatic title. I thought that you must have a dc at a "home nursery", had serious urgent safeguarding concerns, were upset and wanted advice about what you should do next.

OP I too think your title is ridiculous - I jumped on here as thought you had a safeguarding problem and needed actual 'immediate' help. Which part is so urgent?

Clearly the "urgent" bit is the money, money, money.

I’m heartily sick of mums whose interest in their children’s care extends no further than getting it done as cheaply as possible.

I have a friend whose children went to this kind of setup. It was a childminder and children were in her home but she had two different spaces for different age groups and employed additional staff like a nursery. She loved it as kids well looked after, she does school pick-up now that older.one is at school and she has staff there so if she's unwell the kids can still go in.

Ridiculous title. I actually thought someone really needed urgent help.

WHY IS THIS SOMETHING THAT’S SO URGENT YOU ARE SCREAMING FOR IMMEDIATE HELP?

Have you considered a nanny? Ours costs less than that, but then we aren't in London.

has any one had any prior experience with home nurseries

Prior experience? What other sort of experience would anyone have? Future experience?

Yes of course people have experience of childminders. It’s a very popular form of childcare. What specifically do you need immediate help with?

Lots of grumpy pedants on here tonight. No one is making you comment and read the thread!

OP: There are pros and cons to a childminder. Do you have any friends who can give you recommendations?
The other option is a nanny.

Just get a list of registered childminders from your local authority and visit a few.

It sounds like what your asking about is a type of childminder that is classed as childcare on domestic premises. They operate like small nurseries but from a home with up to 4 staff any bigger and they have to register as nurseries. They are regulated and inspected like any registered setting including childminders.
You find them through your local councils families information who have lists of all providers.
Not sure what your query is....you d9nt go through or pay an agency to find them.

Its a fancy name for a childminder?
Childminders do tend to be cheaper- there will be a list of registered ones with your local authority.
Each to there own, there are pros and cons to nurseries and childminders- there have been many threads on here. Each child and scenario is different. Visit a few and see what you feel comfortable with.

In england all registered settings (except for agency run childminders)..nursery, school up to end of reception and childminders including childcare on domestic premises...cms who employ several staff....work to the same standards EYFS and are inspected by the same inspectors who work for Ofsted. Agency run childminders are ones who opted to be under an agency the agency trains and maintains quality and has one ofsted grading...ofsted look at agency practice and visit a random selection of childminders to determine grade. The agency trains and recrutes customers for childminders for a fee. So it could be your looking at an agency.
Most childminders chose not to join the governments cost cutting agency schemes preferring to own their own grading and not be reliant on others and being responsible for sourcing their own training. I wouldn't join an agency for many reasons including the training not being at a high enough level for my needs and not wanting my work to be graded by the level of others, in short I dont want to loose my outstanding or loan it to others who may not be working to the same level as this would impact on the reputation of my work.

@jannier

Very well said. The same goes for me.

There are pros and cons to both. Have you visited any nurseries and childminders? You probably should visit a few before making a decision. Some private schools also have nurseries to lure in kids from the start and may guarantee the same fee throughout the child’s tenure in that school.

Lots of grumpy pedants on here tonight

Welcome to Mumsnet!

speaking as a grumpy pedant