What makes someone a great fit for tiney? First, you love the idea of working with children and want to make a difference to their lives. Second, you're energised about running your own business from home and third, you know that childminders aren't babysitters and that as early years professionals childminders deserve to be taken seriously and paid fairly.
We could tell you that we’re the UK’s fastest-growing, most modern and most loved childminder agency. We could tell you that our existing community of hundreds of amazing childminders have given us an incredible customer satisfaction rating of 9.7 out of 10. We could tell you that you’ll feel incredibly well-supported by both our tiney team and vibrant professional community.
All of these things are true! But there are a whole lot of other benefits too…
£3000+ worth of upfront business & education training
Personalised marketing tools to help you find customers
A search friendly website to manage enquiries & showcase your setting
A digital marketing kit to boost your social media presence
A home launch kit to help set up & promote your home
Access to our tiney app, giving you & your customers easy to use tools including a learning journal, daily digital register & huge library of EYFS aligned activities
tiney’s secure app based ‘wallet’ to bill parents, track your hours & accept payments digitally from all major childcare payment schemes
Ongoing billing, tax & contracts support from our central team
Help and support on all essential policies
Inclusive first aid renewal
Expert phone advice for safeguarding, EYFS or SEN questions
Emergency care cover meaning you won’t need to let your customers down if you’re off sick
Access to our community hub & professional network of hundreds of other early years educators meaning you’ll never feel alone
Access to our ongoing programme of community events including things like our business bootcamp & quarterly book club
In-person inset days and regular talks from early years experts
Inclusive ongoing training & support to help you hit your yearly CPD targets & boost your career
Regular free content such as our Anti-Racist educators guide & support series on wellbeing & mental health
Help to find & onboard high quality assistants to significantly boost your earnings
Leadership & progression pathways in our network based on your interests
QA and other inspections carried out to the same standards as Ofsted, but conducted by the tiney team
Inclusive premium insurance plan from Morton Michel
There are two kinds of childminder - those who are individually Ofsted-registered, and those who are registered with an Ofsted-registered agency like tiney (you can read our recent glowing Ofsted report here!) With tiney, all our childminders are self-employed, but we work with them to set up and run amazing, sustainable and successful businesses.
As a childminder, tiney acts as your regulator, your business partner and your cheerleader. Our inspections and quality bar are set to the same high same standards as Ofsted, but all your interactions will be with our friendly tiney team. We are incredibly proud of the type of CMA we are building at tiney, and proud to champion childminding and help our members develop and grow!
All kinds of teachers, professionals and caregivers have started new careers with tiney to build a diverse community of hundreds of nurturing homes.
I didn’t start this with a business mindset. I created my own fees and policies but they take care of the hard stuff, which is great for someone who's never been self-employed before.
In my previous childcare roles. the thing that I didn’t enjoy was not being able to give the children 1-on-1 attention. Working in a childminding setting means I can give them all the attention that they need.
Samantha
“If you're looking for childcare or to become a tiney home leader, look no further! Tiney offer incredible support and training. The tiney community is something truly unique and I absolutely love being part of it! And if it's childcare you're looking for, there are tiney home nurseries all over London and other areas!”
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Owner of
Mini Moon's
tiney home nursery
Sybil
“I trained with this agency to become a childminder. The quality of the training is above and beyond anything I have come across. The learning material is very elaborate and the practical aspects are very vivid. I qualified in about three months and set up my home nursery in due time. The continuous personal learning is tailored to refresh your knowledge as you progress and there's always new ideas to introduce to your setting which always wows the children.”
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Owner of
Sybil's funtastic
tiney home nursery
Casmira
“I trained with Tiney to become a childminder without previous childminding experience. You receive ongoing support and training and you become part of a wider community of childminders and leaders within the childcare and education sector. You can do it full or part time and the potential to expand is very much within reach if you want it! I recommend tiney.co.”
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Owner of
Little Sunflowers
tiney home nursery
tiney is a pre-registered b-corp, meaning we’re commited to building a business that is a force for good. b-corp status gives us a north star for the type of business we want to grow into, and places us alongside a global movement of other companies already working to benefit society.
We believe that high quality Early Years Education is one of the most high impact ways to positively change society. At tiney we’re super-charging that pathway, not only by impacting children, but by enabling a new generation of amazing educators to choose childcare as their career.
Chat to our team today to find out about our current offers, request a prospectus or chat through your questions.
We've created this free guide to help Early Years Practitioners support children to develop openness, empathy and curiosity. Click below to find out more about how we can help children to grow up to become inclusive, anti-racist adults.
