Summer holiday childcare

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Summer holiday nannies 

Vetted, reliable & simply brilliant

The summer holidays can be a difficult puzzle to piece together.

Our part-time nannies are the perfect solution. They can pick up from camps, cover full days to explore your local area or just allow the children some freedom to splash in their paddling pool and relax.

A part-time nanny can be the glue that holds your school holidays together. 

All-in pricing from £15.50 (from £16.50 an hour in London and the home counties). Per family, not per child.

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Ella

Part-time nanny

Illustrator and set painter Ella has been a part-time nanny for 2 years, and previously worked in a nursery

Experience: 4 years
Age Groups: 2-5 years
Availability: 5 days

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Gaia

Part-time nanny

Gaia has been volunteering at summer camps and babysitting a boy with autism alongside her Psychology degree

Experience: 1 year
Age Groups: 4-5 years
Availability: 3 days

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Sima

Part-time nanny

Sima has vast amounts of experience in nurseries and working with children with SEN, as well as being a mum to a grown-up son

Experience: 20 years
Age Groups: 2-9 years
Availability: 4 days

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Abdul Khalid

Part-time nanny

Abdul Khalid loves sports and is an energetic, hands-on big brother to his 3 younger sisters

Experience: 2 years
Age Groups: 4-6 years
Availability: 5 days

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Quickly browse nannies in your area and see who would be a great fit for your family.  Message and arrange interviews all in a few clicks.

Hassle-free payment

All-in pricing and no admin headache

We do simple pricing, starting at £15.50 per hour or £16.50 in London and the home counties.

The rates you’ll see on nanny profiles include tax, contracts and our fee.

We’ll set you up with a short-term contract and make sure everything is set-up correctly for your nannies employment. There is a £139 setup fee if it’s your first time hiring a nanny with Koru Kids. 

Our app allows you to seamlessly approve shifts and expenses from your nanny.

Learn what our pricing includes

Ongoing support

Trained so your family flourishes

Our upfront training ensures your nanny knows what’s expected of them and how best to support busy working families.

Our experienced Support Team is always there to help your nanny.

We’ll help your nanny with activity ideas and they’ll have access to their very own AI assistant “poppin” so they are never short of fantastic ideas to make your children’s summer one to remember. 

Learn more about our ongoing support

How much does it cost?

Nannies’ rates start at £15.50 per hour.

This includes taxes, nanny public liability insurance, pension contributions and our service fee.

There is a £139 set-up fee the first time you employ a nanny. This covers an enhanced DBS check, registration with HMRC and the pensions regulator if needed.

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Under 1 year

£15.50 - £18.00/hour

Nannies with experience babysitting, volunteering or nannying in short-term roles.

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1 year

From £16.00 - £18.75/hour

Nannies who are parents or have 1 year of childcare experience, eg. in a school or nursery.

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2+ years

From £18.25/hour

Nannies with 2+ years of formal experience, eg. as a nanny or in a school or nursery.

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3+ years

From £20/hour

Nannies with 3+ years experience in professional nanny roles.

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You might be wondering...

Once you’ve decided to hire one of our nannies, we’ll carry out an enhanced DBS check and invite them to attend our online Paediatric First Aid training course at no extra cost.

Our nannies cost from £16.50 per hour in London and the home counties or £15.50 per hour in the rest of the UK, per family, depending on your nanny’s childcare experience and the number of hours of care you need. Our service fee is included in your hourly rate.

You’ll pay a one-off £139 set up fee when you start working with your first nanny. 

We’ll show you nannies that live close to you first so their travel time is reasonable for a shorter shift and their reliability can be assured. If you are looking for longer hours nannies are willing to travel further for more hours, so you should have plenty of choice of nannies with the experience you’re looking for.
Yes! When you decide to hire a nanny, it will be the same nanny working with your family on your agreed days and times.

Some can, but the lots can’t. If your nanny can drive it will be marked on their profile.

All of our nannies speak fluent English. For most, it’s their first language, but many speak other languages as well. Our nannies come from a range of backgrounds, so just let us know on the registration form if you have any language requirements and we’ll do our best to send you nannies who speak that language. If it’s a bonus rather than a deal breaker, the number of potential nannies we can show you really increases.

We have a range of nannies if all experiences. Many of our nannies looking for after school shifts only have experience with older children but many others are willing to work longer hours and have experience with babies and younger children. 

Top Tier nannies have been carefully vetted for their experience, so many will have specialist baby & toddler experience.

Look out for a run down of their experience on each profile.

All our nannies must pass our bespoke online training and Paediatric First Aid course before they start working. This has been developed by our in-house training team (made up of a former teacher and former nanny).
As you will be the legal employer of your nanny, the contract exists between you and them. Koru Kids will write the contract for you so you don’t need to worry. When we set up your contract, we will ask you to complete our set-up form which will ask for some preferences. We’ll then send out a draft version of your contract for you to review.
Our standard nanny contracts have a 2 week probation period with 24 hours notice. We can also set up short-term contracts if you don’t need a nanny on an on-going basis.
 
After the probation period, the notice period is 2 weeks.
You can also choose to have an initial trial shift before offering the role to a nanny. If you do need to bring the contract to an end, you simply need to provide your nanny with the agreed notice period. We’ll be there to support you with all the next steps to ensure your contract is finalised.
For regular contracts the minimum number of hours a week is 3.
 
For a short-term contract the minimum hours for the whole contract is 20 hours.
 
If you need a nanny for less than 9 hours each week, an additional £1 surcharge will apply. This is to ensure we can provide the same level of service throughout the period of your contract.

Yes! We are currently expanding to other parts of the UK. When you register with us we’ll instantly tell you if we have nannies available in your area.

You may be able to pay using childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare, provided your nanny is Ofsted registered. Please note, the vast majority of nannies will not be registered with Ofsted due to the part-time nature of the role. The cost and time to register usually outweighs the savings parents could make by using childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare.

Nannies will look after your children in your home vs. a childminder who works in their home. 

Nannies typically work for one family or two if it’s a nanny share. A childminder will look after children from multiple families.