Why choose Laura’s Childminding Services?

  • Healthy meals and snacks – with dietary requirements catered for
  • Supervised outdoor play and outings
  • Emergency/short notice childminding
  • Flexible pricing
  • Open all year
  • Overnight care
  • Wraparound care for St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School and Deanwood Primary School

Childminding services in Gillingham
and in the wider Medway/Kent area

If you are a working parent looking for a professional and dependable childminder, then make Laura’s Childminding Services your first point of contact. Please take a moment to read through my childcare policies and procedures. I accept childcare vouchers including Edenred, Sodexo, Computer Voucher and I also accept bank transfer and cash.

Based in Gillingham, I offer childminding services to parents across Parkwood, Rainham, Hempstead, Rochester, Sittingbourne, Chatham, and the Medway area. For more information, feel free to contact me.

Childminding services in Gillingham
and in the wider Medway/Kent area

If you are a working parent looking for a professional and dependable childminder, then make Laura’s Childminding Services your first point of contact. Please take a moment to read through my childcare policies and procedures. I accept childcare vouchers including Edenred, Sodexo, Computer Voucher and I also accept bank transfer and cash.

Based in Gillingham, I offer childminding services to parents across Parkwood, Rainham, Hempstead, Rochester, Sittingbourne, Chatham, and the Medway area. For more information, feel free to contact me.

Contracts explained….

Emergency childcare/zero-hour contract/wraparound/
Yearly contract

Emergency childcare:
Anything booked with less than one weeks’ notice is classed as emergency childcare. There is no guarantee of my availability at any particular time and I can decline any request if I have no availability on the day requested. I charge full fees for each session booked (no refunds if child is absent on booked day).

I charge a higher rate for this, £8 x hr. weekdays and £10 x hr. weekends. Minimum 5 hrs. Payment is due at the time of booking.

Zero-hour contract:
There is no guarantee of my availability at any particular time, you are not reserving any particular hours and I can decline any request if I have no availability on the day requested. I charge full fees for each session booked (no refunds/swapping days, if child is absent on booked day).

I charge a higher rate for this: £6 x hr. weekdays, £8 x hr. Saturdays and £10 x hr. Sundays. Minimum 5 hrs. Payment is due at the time of booking.

Wraparound care:
If you need school wraparound care on an ad hoc basis, it needs to be booked one week in advance. There is no guarantee of my availability at any particular time and I can decline any request if I have no availability on the day requested. I charge full fees for each session booked (no refunds/swapping days, if child is absent on booked day). Payment due at the time of booking.

Morning session: £10 (7am-8:45am) Inc. breakfast
Afternoon session: £15 (3pm-6pm) Inc. light tea

Yearly contract:
This is a typical contract that is 6-12 months in length and it guarantees your child a specific day/time period, this is charged at my lower rate. This type of contract does have a minimum hours/days booked per week.

Bookings can be made by text, email or call. I will confirm availability ASAP. Refunds, reductions are not given if the child arrives late/leaves early or is absent. Days will not be swapped. Parent agrees to additional charges, if the child is collected late. £2.50 x 15 minutes late.

Price list

Hourly rates

Holidays and Weekends

7:00-19:00
£5
Before 7:00, After 19:00
(charged by the hour)

£8

Saturday

8/hr

Sunday/BH

10/hr

Hourly rates

7:00-19:00
£5
Before 7:00, After 19:00
(charged by the hour)

£8

Holidays and Weekends

Saturday

8/hr

Sunday/BH

10/hr

Minimum booked time: half day session/5hrs

Emergency/Short notice (1 Week’s Notice)

Monday-Friday

£25

Saturday-Sunday/BH

£40-50

Subject to availability
Weekdays

8/hr

Subject to availability
Weekends

10/hr

Wraparound Care

Overnight Care

7pm – 7am or similar

Morning session
(7am-8:45 inc breakfast)
£10
Afternoon session
(3pm-6pm inc tea)
£15

Monday-Thursday

£45

Friday-Sunday

£60

24 hr Care

Late Fee

Weekday

£100

Friday / Saturday

£130

Saturday / Sunday

£160

Every 15 minutes

£2.50

Choose Laura's Childminding Services for professional childminding and wraparound care services. To find out more, call me on

07504 797 436