KinderStart: Childminder App

KinderStart is the all-in-one app built for UK childminders. Attendance, daily diaries, EYFS observations, invoicing and Ofsted compliance, all from your phone, even one-handed.

Solo and Team plans. Team adds staff logins for assistants and co-childminders, 50 GB storage and 3× KinderAssist. Existing subscribers keep their price.

DAILY DIARY AND ATTENDANCE
• One-tap attendance with real-time occupancy and ratios
• Daily diaries with photos, meals, naps and activities, shared instantly with parents
• Voice diary: say what each child did and it's written into their diary for you to check
• Smart contract builder with digital signatures
• Automated invoicing with funded hours worked out for you

EYFS AND LEARNING
• The Learning Tree: every observation fills a leaf, so each child's progress is easy to see
• KinderAssist writes professional EYFS observations from your notes in seconds
• Learning journeys and progress tracking (EYFS, Scotland's ELC and Wales)

PARENT APP
• Real-time updates, photos and daily summaries
• Invoices, weekly menus and noticeboard
• Accident and incident acknowledgement

MENU PLANNER
• Plan weekly menus from your own recipes, or import recipes from the web
• All 14 UK allergens flagged, with warnings for children's allergies
• Kitchen prep sheet, shopping lists, food budgets and rotating menus
• Publish your menu so parents can see what's cooking

FINANCES (MAKING TAX DIGITAL READY)
• Income and expense tracking with receipt uploads
• Scan a receipt photo or PDF and it's read into your expenses
• HMRC cash basis categories and mileage logging
• Tax-ready reports for Self Assessment

OFSTED AND SAFEGUARDING
• Ofsted registration tracker: step by step from DBS to certificate
• Digital body maps, accident and safeguarding logs
• Risk assessments, policies and inspection practice

TEAM
• Staff logins for co-childminders and assistants, with onboarding and timesheets (Team plan)

TRUSTED AND SECURE
HMRC Making Tax Digital recognised • GDPR compliant • ICO registered • EYFS and ELC aligned

SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
KinderStart is free while you register. Two plans are available as subscriptions:

Solo: for childminders working on their own
• Solo Monthly: £14.49 per month
• Solo Yearly: £139.00 per year

Team: everything in Solo, plus staff logins for assistants and co-childminders, 50 GB storage and 3× the KinderAssist allowance
• Team Monthly: £19.99 per month
• Team Yearly: £189.00 per year

Existing subscribers keep their current price while they stay subscribed.

Prices are for UK customers.

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