childminder & pre school drop/pick up

[donra21]

Hi anyone who uses a childminder to drop off and pick up their children from a half day pre-school - do you pay the childminder for the hours during the morning the kids are actually in preschool?

For me I want to drop child at childminder at 8am, then she would take child to preschool (private so I'm paying)for 4 hours, pick child up and look after them until 6pm.

I guess this is same as school drop/pick up so checking you only pay the childminder for the time they are with the child? thanks!

[Curmudgeon]

You pay for the whole day generally as they can't offer place to someone else

[mouseysarah]

I pay for the whole day because I'm taking up a place all day, since my childminder can't take someone else for the three hours my son is at nursery. Also she is on standby to get him if he should fall ill at school, and she has him in the holidays all day. I think that's pretty standard and seems reasonable to me.

[Smiler]

Outside london you can sometimes negotiate half or no fees for time children are at preschool. Probably tricky in a market like ED though.