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Bananabrain
22-10-2011, 10:02 AM
Silly question that I probably know the answer to: if you care for children say in a church hall/ scout hut. Can you still be classed as a childminder? Or are you then a nursery/something else?
Nature'sKids!
22-10-2011, 11:31 AM
No, you're a nursery / preschool / playgroup.
Pipsqueak
22-10-2011, 11:34 AM
No, you're a nursery / preschool / playgroup.
yup!
I think there is a factsheet on the ofsted website about childcare on non-domestic premises.....
Chatterbox Childcare
22-10-2011, 01:46 PM
you can childmind on non domestic premises but check out the rates etc as you would be a business if no one is living there
Penny1959
22-10-2011, 06:19 PM
This is the link to the Ofsted fact sheet
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/guide-registration-early-years-register-childcare-provider-domestic-or-non-domestic-premises
To be a childminder you have to work from a domestic premises - ie someones home.
You can of course work as a childcarer in a hall or similar - but it is different regulations including business side.
Penny :)