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Gauging interest in childcare option (term-time, 10:00-14:30 Mon-Fri) - suit freelancers?


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We are trying to find ways that we can keep our AMAZING nanny on from September 2018 when all 3 of our children will be in school full-time.


Our nanny has been with us for over 4 years and is seriously the best nanny out there - other parents and teachers at our children's school comment on how amazing she is.


I am wondering if anyone would theoretically be interested in a nanny-share from 10:00 to 14:30 Mon-Fri during term-time? Could be at our house or yours, if it was easy enough for our nanny to then collect our children from school by 15:20 (we live near Dulwich Library and our children's school is near Honor Oak).


Keen to understand if there is any market out there for this kind of arrangement!

Thanks! Geography will probably be a pretty important consideration because our nanny doesn't drive.


In terms of cost, we hadn't worked it out exactly. A sole charge full-time nanny usually costs around ?14-?15/hour including taxes. I imagined this arrangement coming in a bit less due to the limitations on hours. So perhaps in the region of ?12/hour?


We could also be a bit flexible, if there were occasional days when care needed to extend beyond those hours as our nanny could probably juggle our 3 (school age) plus one other in a pinch. And similarly for occasional extra hours in school holidays.

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