CHOOSING-CHILDCARE-SAMPLE-v1a
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Parents’ Learning Allowance<br />
163–164<br />
parents’ views<br />
additional needs 148–149<br />
au pairs 110–111<br />
choosing type of care 19<br />
family childcare 123–125<br />
flexible working 34–35<br />
nannies 95–97<br />
nurseries (daycare) 52–53<br />
parental leave 32–33<br />
registered childminders<br />
69–71<br />
students (financial help for)<br />
164–165<br />
Paternity Leave 30<br />
Playgroups see Preschools<br />
Preschools 131<br />
post-natal childcare 134<br />
post-natal doulas 135<br />
preparing your child 168–170<br />
public liability insurance<br />
81, 92<br />
Q<br />
qualifications<br />
awarding bodies 184–185<br />
NVQ 183<br />
older qualifications 186<br />
overview of different 182–186<br />
quality assurance 26–27<br />
see also Ofsted inspections<br />
R<br />
ratios (adult-child)<br />
au pairs 23<br />
family childcare 23<br />
nannies 23<br />
nurseries 40<br />
registered childminders 57<br />
reference-checking<br />
au pairs 105<br />
nannies 83, 87–88<br />
Reggio Emilia approach<br />
192–193<br />
registered childminders<br />
adult-child ratios 57<br />
advantages of 58–59<br />
agencies 61<br />
contracts 66–68<br />
cost of 60<br />
Choosing ChildCARE<br />
deposit 65<br />
disadvantages of 59–60<br />
finding a good 60–62<br />
first visit to 62–65<br />
interviewing 62–65<br />
legal requirements 57–58, 67<br />
Ofsted inspections 57, 61<br />
online matching services 62<br />
overview 20, 22, 56–58<br />
parents’ views 69–71<br />
Professional Association for<br />
Childcare and Early Years 68<br />
questions to ask 63–65<br />
retainer fee 65<br />
when registration is not<br />
required 67<br />
registration fees<br />
nurseries (daycare) 49<br />
registered childminders 65<br />
relationships<br />
child-childcarer 176<br />
parent-childcarer 173–176<br />
retainer fees<br />
nurseries (daycare) 49<br />
registered childminders 65<br />
risk assessment<br />
by nannies 94<br />
and family childcare 121<br />
S<br />
schools (out-of-school clubs)<br />
134–135, 137<br />
Scotland<br />
additional needs 147<br />
crèches & out-of-school<br />
clubs 137<br />
free early education 162<br />
nannies 81<br />
nurseries (daycare) 51<br />
Pre-birth to Three Guidance<br />
189<br />
qualifications in 182<br />
registered childminders 69<br />
students (financial hel<br />
for) 164<br />
self-assessment (and nanny<br />
fees) 80<br />
self-care 178<br />
separation anxiety 172–173<br />
settling in period<br />
au pairs 108–109<br />
nannies 92–94<br />
your child 170–171, 175<br />
Shared Parental Leave 29–30<br />
Snap Childcare agency 143<br />
Special Educational Needs<br />
Coordinator (Senco) 140–141<br />
special needs, see Additional<br />
needs<br />
Statutory Maternity Pay 29<br />
Statutory Shared Parental<br />
Pay 30<br />
Steiner Waldorf education<br />
191–192<br />
Student Childcare Grant 163<br />
student childcarers 109<br />
students, financial support for<br />
162–165<br />
swaps, childcare 67<br />
T<br />
tax<br />
self-assessment (and nanny<br />
fees) 80<br />
tax-free childcare scheme<br />
159–160<br />
U<br />
Universal Credit (UC) 154<br />
Unpaid Parental Leave 31<br />
V<br />
visas 101–102<br />
vouchers, childcare 155–158<br />
W<br />
Wales<br />
additional needs 147<br />
crèches & out-of-school<br />
clubs 137<br />
Early Years Foundation<br />
Phase 189<br />
free early education 161–162<br />
nannies 81<br />
nurseries (daycare) 51<br />
qualifications in 182<br />
registered childminders 68<br />
students (financial help<br />
for) 164<br />
when to start search 17<br />
Working Tax Credit 153–155<br />
workplace nurseries 159<br />
200