the situation is that i have a mum returning from maternity leave in June so her 2 children will take up 2 full time spaces and another mum has asked to increase her days so with these children i have my 3 under 5. so i need to do a termination to the little one that would be leaving me in sept when she starts school so that i am not over numbers. i want to end contract mid may so that i have couple of weeks before the baby starts.
this is what i have so far!
dear xxxxx
Due to changes in circumstances I have no choice but to terminate your childcare contract for xxxxx from Friday 14 May 2010. This date gives you 7 weeks notice which is more that the 4 weeks notice that is required in our contract.
This had not been an easy decision to make as xxxxx has become part of my family as she has been coming here since she was 6 months old. However xxxxx would be leaving my care in September when she starts school and I have to look at the long term picture. I have a new baby starting in June and another family has permanently increased the hours that their child attends my setting. As a registered childminder I can only provide care for 3 children under the age of 5 years at any one time. With this extra child and the addional hours by the other family I will be over my numbers. I have considered speaking to Ofsted about increasing the number of children that I can provide care for at any one time so that this course of action would not be necessary however I feel that I would not be able to provide the quality of care with anymore than 3 under 5 years, so I feel that I have no choice but to bring our contract to an early end.
I have also decided to cut back on the number of hours that I work during school holidays from the same date. I already have 6 children that I now provide holiday cover to who also attend the setting during term time. Because of this high number I have decided to not provide holiday cover to children who do ot attend the setting during term time.
I have made some enquires to fellow childminders in the area that I know on your behalf to see who has vacancies and have found that xxxxxx xxxxxx has spaces at the moment and may be able provide care for xxxxxx. I can thoroughly recommend her and she is extremely local to xxxxxxxand xxxxxx school. Should you wish to contact her, her number is xxxxxx. Alternatively you can ring the Families Information Services on 0800 2346 346 or look at their website www.childcarefinder.direct.gov.uk which list all local childminders.
does that sound ok. i ned to word it very carefully as mum can take things very personally!
thanks for reading
sarah
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