Everything in the KinderStart childminder app
Diaries, invoices, funding, learning journeys and inspection records, on your phone or in your browser. Made for childminders in England, Scotland and Wales.
Cancel in the app before day 7 and you pay nothing.
Daily diary and parent updates
Log meals, naps, nappies and arrivals as they happen. Parents see their child's day on their phone when you publish, and can reply there.
- One tap for each entry
- Photos go into the diary and the learning journey
- Assistants can add to the same diary
Invoices and funding
Invoices are built from the register and the contract, with funded hours taken off. Send them to parents in the app.
- Funded hours and stretched funding worked out for you
- Expenses and mileage at HMRC rates
- Ready for Making Tax Digital
Observations and learning journeys
Snap a photo and write a line. KinderAssist writes it up and suggests the curriculum areas for England, Scotland or Wales. You check it and save.
- EYFS, Curriculum for Excellence and Curriculum for Wales
- 2-year progress checks and summary reports
- Parents follow the learning journey in their app
Inspection records
Accidents, medicine, risk assessments and registers in one place, so you can find them when the inspector asks.
- Parents sign accident and medicine forms in the app
- Arrival and departure times on the register
- Records kept for as long as the law requires
More in the app
Purpose-built features that save hours every week and keep you Ofsted or Care Inspectorate compliant
KinderAssist AI features are included with the Solo and Team plans and come with a monthly usage allowance, which resets on the 1st of each month.
Ofsted & Care Inspectorate Registration Tracker
Step-by-step guidance through the entire registration process. Pair it with our Registration Guide for total confidence.
Explore Feature
England EYFS Curriculum & Reports
Observations that write themselves. Snap photos and let KinderAssist draft notes mapped to the 7 EYFS prime & specific learning areas. Ofsted 2-Year Progress Checks built-in.
Explore England EYFS
Scotland ELC Curriculum & Reports
Purpose-built for Care Inspectorate audits. Track GIRFEC SHANARRI wellbeing indicators, early-level Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), and automate 6-Month Personal Plans.
Explore Scotland ELC
Team, Assistant & Wrap-Around Hub
Secure permissions for split-shift schedules and teams. Learn how to double your revenue by hiring a team.
Explore Assistant Hub
HMRC MTD Direct Integration
Official HMRC-approved software. Submit quarterly updates & final declarations directly from your app with auto-apportioned childminder expenses.
Explore HMRC MTD
Tax-Free Childcare Payments Coming soon
Direct HMRC Government Gateway integration. Parents pay invoices in one tap, with funds deposited directly into your bank via BACS and automatic invoice reconciliation.
Explore Tax-Free Childcare
MTD Childminder Invoicing
HMRC-compliant invoices and MTD Digital Links built-in. Tax-Free Childcare & Funding ready.
Explore Invoicing
AI Menu Planner
Let KinderAssist design an allergen-safe week of menus, import recipes from any website, and build your shopping list automatically.
Explore Menu PlannerSomething new most weeks
Fixes and improvements go out all the time, often because a childminder asked. See what's changed.
A childminder app for a busy day
KinderStart operates natively on iOS and Android phones and tablets, engineered for single-handed use during busy childminding routines. Every feature satisfies statutory requirements across England, Scotland, and Wales without adding administrative friction.
One-Handed Daily Care
Log naps, nappy changes, meals, and attendance in under 5 seconds. Digital registers store precise drop-off and collection times, ensuring statutory ratio compliance even during split-shift handovers.
Includes real-time parent sync and 10GB cloud storage (50GB on Team).
Statutory Curriculum & Safeguarding
Pre-configured for the 2026 EYFS statutory framework and Scottish ELC / GIRFEC. Capture observations, generate 2-year progress checks, and maintain accident logs under the mandatory 21-year and 3-month SAR archive lock for Ofsted and Care Inspectorate inspections.
HMRC Mileage & Invoicing
Generate compliant parent invoices with funded hours and consumable adjustments. Track business travel using statutory rates (55p/mile for the first 10,000 miles, 25p thereafter) with an instant Return Journey toggle per HMRC travel guidance.
Try it on tonight's paperwork
Seven days free. Add your children, send one invoice and fill in one diary, then decide.
Cancel in the app before day 7 and you pay nothing.
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