A journal on the five developmental pathways
Belonging, Communication, Exploration, Physical development and Well-being — observations framed as next steps for each child, the way the National Minimum Standards expect. No EYFS labels in sight.
MinderHQ for Wales
Built for Wales, from the Statement of Purpose up
CIW registration, the five developmental pathways, SASS season and the Childcare Offer — MinderHQ speaks Wales as standard, so the paperwork's finished when the last child goes home.
Start my free month
No card needed to start · then £19.99/month, cancel anytime · or £199.90/year (2 months free)
- First month free — no card needed
- £19.99/month, no per-child fees
- Cancel anytime — take everything with you
Built in, not bolted on
What MinderHQ does the Welsh way
SASS season and your Quality of Care Review, remembered
The SASS window comes round every early spring, and your Quality of Care Review every year with its written report due within 28 days. Both sit in your compliance rhythm with reminders — no last-minute panic.
A Statement of Purpose you can keep current
Build yours section by section — aims, numbers and ages, hours, routines, the language(s) you work in, your own family's arrangements — then print or save it, and update it in minutes when life changes.
The Childcare Offer and Flying Start, built in
Funded childcare in Wales is claimed, not invoiced. MinderHQ knows the 48-week year, the term-time and holiday caps and booked-versus-attended hours — it keeps funded time off parent invoices and blocks the top-ups that aren't allowed.
The CIW pack, grouped the CIW way
Your evidence sorted under the four inspection themes — Well-being; Care and Development; Environment; Leadership and Management — with your Statement of Purpose and Quality of Care Review dates in the bundle.
Ratios on the June 2026 rules
Ten under 12, six under 8, four under 5, three under 2 — counted with your own children included, exactly as the revised National Minimum Standards ask. Plus the parent counter-signature Wales requires on every medicine given.
See it, not just read it
This is the Wales version — really
Straight screenshots from a Walesworkspace — the same screens you'd see on day one.
Guides for Wales
The rest of the job
And everything every MinderHQ childminder gets: the two-tap diary and register, accident forms done while the plaster's still fresh, parent messaging, a done-for-you website with your CIW registration front and centre, and the parent app.
- One flat price — £19.99/month, first month free
- Kept in the UK, kept careful — encryption and photo consents
- Leave anytime and take everything — full export, photos included
- Onboarding is a phone call with a human, not a manual
Try the version built for Wales — on us
A free first month, then £19.99/month, and a real person to set you up. Not for you? Cancel before your first bill and take your records with you — no hard feelings.