Helen79
19-03-2009, 10:14 AM
How easy has anyone else found it to apply for a variation?
I mind a 17month old & applied to get a variation for 2 x 3hour mornings a week at xmas so I could mind his 4year old brother while his mum was at work.
Ofsted were so unhelpful :mad:
They just couldn't understand why the mum couldn't get the 2 mornings off work or why someone else couldn't look after the 4year old for her & said it wasn't an emergency so didn't understand why I was asking for a variation.
They couldn't decide what to do & never gave me an answer so I gave up asking.
I want to ask for a variation for the holidays so I can have the 4year old brother & also for the whole year to have my 2 year old mindee an extra morning a week.
I don't know if it's worth the hassle & just wondered what anyone else's experience was of applying. Is it as hard as that or did I just have a difficvult ofsted lady?
I mind a 17month old & applied to get a variation for 2 x 3hour mornings a week at xmas so I could mind his 4year old brother while his mum was at work.
Ofsted were so unhelpful :mad:
They just couldn't understand why the mum couldn't get the 2 mornings off work or why someone else couldn't look after the 4year old for her & said it wasn't an emergency so didn't understand why I was asking for a variation.
They couldn't decide what to do & never gave me an answer so I gave up asking.
I want to ask for a variation for the holidays so I can have the 4year old brother & also for the whole year to have my 2 year old mindee an extra morning a week.
I don't know if it's worth the hassle & just wondered what anyone else's experience was of applying. Is it as hard as that or did I just have a difficvult ofsted lady?