Pilot Childminding or Private Nanny Care? A Family Map
EDUNANNY® BY BUTLER · PARENT GUIDE
If you are comparing EduNanny’s pilot childminding with private nanny care in Singapore, begin with where care happens and the hours your family needs. Then ask for the terms of each service separately.
The map below keeps both enquiries on the same practical brief. It is a way to organise questions, with room for a service to be unavailable or unsuitable for the arrangement you need.
Start with the place where care would happen
Under the ECDA Childminding Pilot for Infants, care happens in a childminder’s home or a community space. Each childminder may care for one to three infants. Eligible infants are Singapore Citizens aged 2–18 months who are not concurrently enrolled in an ECDA-licensed infant care centre.
EduNanny’s private nanny service describes care in your family’s home, with regular, short-term or ad hoc patterns. Ask about the caregiver, dates and duties for the exact request. Pilot eligibility, subsidies and booking terms do not automatically apply to private care.
Licensed infant care is another route with its own arrangements. If you are still comparing all three, our broader infant care options guide gives that decision more context. This map focuses on EduNanny’s two services.
Keep the answers in separate service columns
Use the same requested dates and care needs when you make both enquiries. Mark each answer as confirmed, still being discussed or unavailable. A service description is not confirmation of a place or a nanny for your dates.
The following is an original family planning map, not an official form or an enrolment agreement. Published fees and operator terms should be read with the full proposal for your booking.
| Compare | Pilot childminding | Private nanny care |
|---|---|---|
| Setting | Pilot childmindingChildminder’s home or community space. Confirm the exact location and available place. | Private nanny careCare in your family’s home. Confirm caregiver availability and the agreed home arrangement. |
| Days and hours | Pilot childmindingSubsidised 5-hour or 10-hour blocks within 7am–7pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. | Private nanny careRequested regular, short-term or ad hoc dates and hours, confirmed with the team. |
| Fees and booking | Pilot childmindingS$16.50 for 5 hours or S$33 for 10 hours, before GST. Check subscription or day-use terms separately. | Private nanny careEduNanny publishes rates from S$25 per hour. Request the full fee breakdown and applicable booking terms. |
| Care brief | Pilot childmindingDiscuss your infant’s routines, care instructions and communication within the proposed setting. | Private nanny careAgree the home routine, duties, supplies, contacts and handover for the proposed booking. |
The official pilot page confirms the subsidised blocks and fees above. EduNanny’s pilot service page distinguishes subscription placement under agreed terms until 18 months, with a S$1,000 deposit, from day-use care subject to availability with no deposit.
The private service page gives the starting hourly rate and says schedule, scope, applicable fees and terms are confirmed before care. Ask what is included in each quote, including GST and any additional charges. A subsidised daily block and a private hourly starting rate are different pricing bases.
Compare the same care need in both enquiries
In a fictional example, a family with a nine-month-old requests care from 9am–2pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It asks whether a pilot place is available at a suitable location, and whether private care at home is available for the same dates and hours.
That gives the family two requests to discuss. The five-hour span fits the length of a published pilot block, but eligibility, actual start and finish times, capacity and booking terms still need confirmation. The private enquiry also needs its own caregiver, scope, fee and booking answers.
After speaking with the team, the family can compare the confirmed setting, travel and handover arrangements, full charges and agreement for each request. The example does not establish that either option is available, less costly overall or better for every family.
Prepare one care brief, then confirm each service’s terms
Write down the child’s age, your location, requested dates and hours, and whether you need ongoing or occasional care. Add the routines and practical details a caregiver needs to understand.
- Current feeding, rest and comfort instructions, with allergies and any support needs to discuss.
- The duties you want included and any activity that needs separate agreement.
- Parent and backup contacts, who hands over and who collects or takes over care.
- How routine updates and questions will be shared with the people providing care.
Keep existing care and healthcare instructions accurate. A service enquiry does not authorise a change to feeding, rest, health or safety guidance. Ask the team how it would handle the proposed scope and any question that needs another professional’s input.
Read the accepted service name, setting, dates, hours, fees, payment conditions and change or cancellation terms together. Our pilot fees and care plans guide covers the wider pilot commitment; our three-clock booking worksheet separates daily hours, agreement duration and the pilot period.
Choose from the arrangements that can actually be confirmed
A family may prefer one setting, find only one suitable arrangement available, or need to keep looking. Use the map to make the open questions visible before relying on care.
Keep the written answers with the proposed booking. A clear enquiry gives you a practical basis for deciding: the care need is the same, and each service’s setting, responsibilities and terms are recorded in its own column.
Sources and image credit
- ECDA: Childminding Pilot for Infants — eligibility, settings, staffing limit and subsidised care blocks and fees.
- EduNanny: pilot service information — current subscription and day-use arrangements.
- EduNanny: private nanny service information — care at home, care patterns and starting rate; confirm the full proposal.
Stock photograph by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash, used under the Unsplash licence. An illustrative planning image, not an actual family choice map, enrolment agreement or photograph of EduNanny staff or clients.
