This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley

Re:This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley by blowski on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @05:43AM (#12296379)

Again UK-specific: They only _need_ qualifications to register with OFSTED, and as a parent, it's up to you whether you require your childcare to be registered. If you leave your kids with a friend, for example, your friend doesn't need any kind of qualifications. However, you can only get Government subsidies (like child tax credits and childcare vouchers) for a registered childcare provider.

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Re:This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley by manarth on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @08:49AM (#12297085)

Technically, the requirements are a little stricter: "You must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency if you want to be paid to look after children under 8 for more than 2 hours a day in England"[1]

In the example of leaving your children with a friend, the exemption is for a maximum of 3 hours (per day), if the friend is being paid. Any longer and the friend is obliged to register with Ofsted (with a penalty of an unlimited fine and/or jail for not being registered).

I doubt many people would think to check the legal requirements though.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/register-childminder-childcare-provider/o...

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Re:This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley by blowski on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @09:01AM (#12297157)

Blimey - I didn't realise that, and I will continue to completely ignore it as it's ridiculous.

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