how long do i have to keep attendance register

[lou lou]

i have a seperate attendance register for each child and next week have two leaving and new ones to start in september my question is how long do i have to keep the mindess that are leaving attendence register or can i throw them away i am due ofsted any day now so would they want to see mindees previous attendence register or will they only want to see who i have then hope this makes sense just did not know if i could just throw them away as they will no longer be here and would like to get rid of some paperwork thanks

[AliceK]

I'm not 100% sure but I think you will have to keep this along with all the other details / paperwork for the child. I have kept mine for leavers and put it all in 1 file for each child. Don't we have to keep all this for 21yrs??

xxxx

[Greengrass74]

I am almost sure they have to be kept for 21 years

[rickysmiths]

It is advisable to keep it with the childs contract etc any accident/incident records because it is a record, signed by the parents, of exactly the times the child was in your care.

Your keep the records until the child is 21yrs old plus 3-6mths. This is because the child has the right once they reach the age of 18yrs to make a claim against you in their own right and they have 3 years to lodge a claim.

[schofield8883]

thats a lot of paperwork to keep for 21 year lol might have to start buiding a extention for paperwork at this rate

[rickysmiths]

thats a lot of paperwork to keep for 21 year lol might have to start buiding a extention for paperwork at this rate

No you keep it until the CHILD is 21yrs old. Not FOR 21yrs!!!

I don't understand the fuss about this.

I have been childminding for 17yrs now, I have lost count of the number of children I have cared for. I have one small box with the attenadance registers and about 4 Accident books in and a large file with contracts.

I then have another small box with my accounts for the last 6 years in.