Latest Reviews
Here are some of the latest reviews that we have received from parents who have used childcare providers and tutors listed on Childcare.co.uk.
As a family of four with two children 3.5 years apart, we needed reliable and nurturing childcare for our youngest once nursery had finished. Maggie came highly recommended—not just by one person, but by several past clients and even friends of those clients. And from day one, it was clear why.
Maggie was incredibly open and transparent, taking the time to explain exactly what her service included and how she could tailor her care to suit our little one’s needs. Her home—also her place of work—is a wonderful environment. She’s created a thoughtful space with areas for learning, play, and quiet time, and what’s really special is how naturally the children become part of her extended family. From Maggie herself to her husband and kids, they all genuinely care about the wellbeing and happiness of every child in their care.
Our youngest spent several fantastic years with Maggie, not just learning so much from her day to day, but also enjoying brilliant outings—both locally and occasionally further afield. Maggie made sure every day felt like an adventure.
Today, we consider Maggie far more than just a childcare provider—she's become a friend. Quite simply, she’s the best there is. If you're looking for childcare in a loving, safe, and stimulating environment with someone who genuinely cares, don't hesitate—just give Maggie a call. You won’t be disappointed.
We have used Emma numerous times when our childminder is on holiday or unwell and Emma is always so accommodating.
Our 2 children who are 6 and 2 years adore her and you can tell all the other children in her care do too. Emma is very calm, nurturing and warm and she provides an engaging and adventurous environment for children to thrive.
We have recently asked Emma to do some babysitting for us and our children are excited and looking forward to her coming to our house and we are looking forward to a date night…Win Win
Natalie
Lorna has been tutoring both our children (B-6 and G-4) for the last 1.5 years. We would have continued but are moving out of the country. She has been incredible. The kids are very excited when Ms Lorna is coming, especially my younger one. We actually increased my daughter’s tutoring to 6 hours a week the last 6 months as her speaking was less developed and Ms Lorna got her up-to-speed. She is someone who truly cares of teaching, the children, and seems very capable accommodating for different styles. We got to know Ms Lorna as she tutors two other families in our local area (and one uses her via an agency, highly recommend going direct). We have even used Ms Lorna for a full day learning session with both the kids and they loved it (more governess-style role).
We also left a white board out so Ms Lorna could leave notes each week on what the kids were learning so that we could continue to work on if we had time.
I highly recommend Ms Lorna and we will miss her!
Katrina
My child loves the days he visits Sarah’s and always looks forward to it, Sarah is an amazing childminder who always makes her children’s interests and developments her first priority. Having known Sarah for over 15 years in the childcare setting, her professionalism and kindness is of the highest quality, her setting is extremely interactive and stimulating.
Rebecca
My son has been having sessions with Dayna 3-4 times a month for 3 month during our stay in the UK. His academic progress with her has been incredible, he has gone from having no interest in literacy to writing stories and now enjoys reading too. Dayna makes the lessons fun and interesting meaning he covers off all subjects and loves all of it- he asks every day (even on the weekends) if he will be going. I have been amazed by his progress along with the creativity in tasks that have helped to keep him engaged. He has learnt so much with her and beyond that he is now more confident in himself and has a passion to keep learning. I highly recommend Dayna- she is a brilliant teacher and we are so grateful for everything she has done for our son.
We feel incredibly fortunate to have found Lauren. From day one, she has been warm, professional, and deeply attentive - not only to our child’s needs but also to us as first-time parents navigating childcare for the first time.
Lauren creates a nurturing, engaging, and inspiring environment where children truly thrive. What we love most is how Lauren celebrates everyone's differences - she fills her days with books from around the world, fun cultural activities, and celebrations that teach the children to be kind and curious about others. It's beautiful watching our child learn about respect and friendship in such a natural way.
You can tell Lauren puts so much thought into everything she does. Every corner of her space has something interesting for the kids to explore, and she's always switching things up to match what each child is ready for. It never feels like just "keeping them busy" - there's real purpose behind every activity.
The daily updates are such a blessing too. Getting those little photos and videos throughout the day, plus knowing exactly what they ate and how they're doing, just makes everything so much easier for us worried parents!
Her place feels like a second home - it's spotless and safe, but also full of life and adventure. One day they're getting messy with paint, the next they're off picking strawberries or visiting horses, and sometimes they even get special trips to see the fire stations.
We honestly can't imagine having trusted anyone else with these precious early years. We couldn't be more grateful or give a stronger recommendation!
My 2-year-old daughter has been going to Andrea for almost a year, and we couldn’t be happier with the care she receives. From day one, Andrea has been kind, nurturing, and incredibly engaging with the children. My daughter absolutely loves going to her and often talks about all the fun things they do together.
Andrea creates such a fun and stimulating environment—she regularly takes the children to soft play centres, the zoo, museums, and on lots of outdoor adventures. It’s clear that Andrea puts a lot of thought into planning a variety of activities that are not only fun but also help the children learn and grow.
As a parent, it’s so reassuring to know my daughter is in safe hands and enjoying her time while being well looked after. I would highly recommend her to any parent looking for a caring, reliable, and energetic childminder.
Nora
Jane was an amazing nanny to my daughter. She settled right into our family and was lovely to have around. She was knowledgable, fun and was immediately at ease with us. We’ll miss her! Would definitely recommend
Claire
Our daughter started with Helen at 10 months (now 15 months). She attends Helen’s twice a week and has the best time! Helen is amazing with all the children in her care and provides a stimulating, fun and caring environment for them! They are always out on day trips or visiting local parks. During the hot weather they have utilised Helen’s lovely garden! I am always amazed how Helen can keep her house so beautifully clean and tidy with the children having as much fun as they do! My second is due in September and the first thing we did was secure a spot with Helen for him to! We are so lucky to have found such a wonderful child minder and knowing how happy my daughter is there is a great peace of mind when at work!
Despite being threatened with legal action people need to know the truth. More than once I saw Jessica Richardson leave children in her care on their own while she chased her escaped cat around on the front driveway. Once I witnessed her scrambling around under her car for 5 mins trying to get it back in the house. To reiterate, this is while the very young children in her care are left unattended in the house or garden. Jessica’s contract states she will share all her holiday dates in January with a minimum of 4 weeks notice. For one of her holidays we were given 1 week’s notice & for the second (within a few weeks of the first) the notice was again less than 4 weeks. Jessica also does admin & invoicing while the children in her care are at the setting. I know this because I received invoices & emails while children were in her care. At our initial meeting Jessica told us that she takes children out of the setting but never once did my baby get taken out, even for a walk. One day there was a woman at the setting who isn’t a member of the house. I know this because she was peering around the door at me at drop off and pick up. When challenged on this, Jessica said that visitors to her house don’t need to be declared nor DBS checked as long as they aren’t in regular contact with the children, assisting with care, or left alone with children. Even so, Jessica didn’t have the courtesy to forewarn me. One Fri my baby broke out in a rash, which was diagnosed as hand, foot & mouth. By the next Wed, the rash had all but gone & my baby was well in herself, with a normal temp. Following NHS guidance that my baby was no longer contagious (given that HFM was not mentioned in Jessica’s policies) I took my baby to Little Hoppers as normal, but did mentioned it to Jessica. She said she didn’t know her own policy on this & took my baby. Within 15 mins of me getting to work Jessica phoned me to collect my baby now stating that her policy didn’t allow my baby to return until all spots had scabbed over as it had to be treated as chickenpox. My partner left work straight away to collect her. The next week after, my baby was cleared by Jessica to return. That day, Jessica sent me a lengthy message about how grumpy my baby was & that she had had a loose poo & that if it happened again that day she would have to treat it as diarrhoea. She had checked my baby’s temp, which was normal and also acknowledged in her message that the bowel movements of breastfed babies can vary. I told her that my baby was teething and that it was not unusual for her to have looser poos than normal when teething and in the heat. My baby did not have another bowel movement that day. Nothing further was mentioned at collection. I turned up for drop off the next morning & told Jessica that my baby had already had a poo that morning. She asked if it was diarrhoea and I said it was loose. It was not watery, like diarrhoea. Jessica told me there is no link between teething and loose poo (she didn’t mention the heat) & flat out refused entry. I fought back the tears & tried to talk to Jessica about this. Jessica refused to talk and shut the door on me & in less than an hour sent me a termination email. She had children at the setting that day, which proves my earlier point about carrying out administrative tasks when there are young children in her care at the setting. Jessica has kept the money we had already paid in advance, claiming we had breached her sickness policy twice & broken her trust. This is despite her policy not mentioning HFM & my daughter being collected immediately on that occasion, & that my daughter was not poorly the second time around. She herself has broken her own policy regarding holiday notice twice, has chosen to terminate our contract without discussion, but still feels it fair to keep more than £500 of our money. Jessica’s confrontational demeanour & unprofessionalism has left me incredibly upset and the refusal to refund money to us is shocking. This was my awful experience at this setting.
Complete rest of mind after drop off.
My child feels so happy to attend and looks forward to seeing Loveth.
Environment is safe, clean , lots of learning activities , great photis of different learning sessions sent every time of attendance.
Total rest if mind since child started .
Totally loves it here .
Thanks for the fabulous work you do
Our Son has been going to Suzanne for over a year now and we feel incredibly lucky to have found such a fantastic childminder. From the very beginning, she has created a warm, welcoming, and safe environment where he feels completely at home. It’s clear how much care and thought she puts into every part of the day and always thinks of fun activities!
Our son absolutely loves going, and we’ve seen him grow in confidence, independence, and happiness since starting. She communicates clearly and regularly, keeping us updated with photos and stories. It gives us real peace of mind knowing he’s in such caring hands.
Her patience, kindness, and genuine love for children shine through in everything she does. We couldn’t be more grateful and would recommend her to anyone looking for someone who goes above and beyond. Thank you Suzanne - being able to drop David with you without a worry means the world to us!
Adele is an amazing and knowledgeable childminder. Our son has been going to her since he was
10 months old. She is always taking them out on fun and exciting trips to toddler groups, parks, beaches etc.
Adele is great with her communication keeping us upto date with what they are currently learning, their progress and development. Adele really cares for all of the children and her home is a really warm and nurturing environment.
Our little boy thoroughly enjoys going to Adele and has really developed in various ways and we are really happy and confident in the care she is providing. Would highly recommend!
I honestly don’t know where to begin with our experience with Sophie other than telling you it’s been absolutely perfect.
Our little girl started with Sophie at 15 months after never being in any other childcare setting previously to this, I knew Sophie was the one for our River when we went to meet her for the first time and within 15 minutes of being there, River went and sat on her lap. For a baby who was very attached to me I couldn’t believe it and just knew Sophie was the childminder for us.
In the 10 months River was being looked after by Sophie her confidence and development has come on leaps and bounds. Sophie takes the children on such gorgeous days out, as well as encouraging independent play at home and in the garden. She has an abundance of books and educational toys, and I truly believe this has been imperative in Rivers development over the last 10 months. Just to make clear, the only reason we’re leaving Sophie is because River has a place in a nursery, that was deferred, before we started with Sophie, so this was only ever a short term solution… sadly, otherwise River would absolutely be with Sophie until school!
Sophie is incredible with communicating throughout the day, which massively settled my mind, but is still able to be so present with the children. Receiving photos of River once she’d gone down for a nap always put a huge smile on our faces and the book she was sent home with every day with information about what she’d eaten (or not!), drank, how long she’d napped, what they’d got up to that day, as well as photos, really was the cherry on the cake. These are books I will truly cherish forever.
If you’re looking for a childminder for your little one, look no further, it doesn’t get any better than Sophie!
Aneta first looked after my son from when he was around 7 months old on one day a week and then became our full time nanny in September 2023 just before I returned to work and my son’s first birthday.
It was a difficult adjustment going back to work but I never had any concerns about his safety, which made the transition so much easier. Aneta has also always regularly sent videos and photos of him during his day, which puts a smile on my face when at work.
Aneta is incredibly competent, efficient and hard-working. She takes my son to local classes on an almost daily basis, which he loves (at the moment he sometimes just waves me off and walks towards the front door in the mornings). She also takes him for walks to the park, plays with him at home, cooks for him and leaves the kitchen looking spotless afterwards. Aneta supported and then took over his meal planning and regularly cooks nutritious meals from scratch. She also helps us out around the house more than she needs to.
Aneta is incredibly reliable and she hasn’t missed a day. She has also gone beyond her normal hours to support us during times of additional pressure and stress.
Aneta has taken great care of my son, showing him patience, kindness and affection. He is now over 2.5 years old and it is clear to see how happy and secure he is with her. I would strongly recommend her to any family looking for a nanny.
Lois
We had the absolute privilege of Kellie at our wedding on Friday. She was to look after our 2year old son.
As soon as I saw Kellie at the bridal suite where she was holding Luca who looked happy and content I was over the moon to know that he was settled and that she has instantly made a connection with him.
Throughout the ceremony he was happy to sit but as soon as he had enough Kellie was up with him and distracting him and making it into a fun enjoyable day. The smile on his face each time we saw him made us so happy.
There wasn’t anything too big or small for Kellie to do for our boy. She managed to get him to have a sleep before the dinner and was very helpful at the meal and made sure again he had enough and when he was done she took him to wherever he wanted to be and have a good time.
I’m so happy we chose Kellie to be our wedding nanny it made our day so much easier and relaxed and therefore everyone else could too. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who was thinking of having a wedding nanny. She was everything and more we needed and wanted.
Thank you so much
Cara and Stewart
I requested Farzana to look after my 3 years old son as i was preparing for my exams and had a surgery during those days as well. She also provided pick and drops. She is really a nice professional person. I was able to alter days or time and hours with her as sometimes i wanted late or early pickups. It is difficult to manage with nurseries.
She provides pickup from schools which is really good.
My daughter was in Jenny’s care from just 7 months old until she was 3.5 years old, and during that time, she became so much more than just our childminder — she became a part of our family.
Leaving Jenny’s setting was, without a doubt, the most difficult part of our recent move out of the area. The bond she built with our daughter has been nothing short of beautiful. Under Jenny’s care, our daughter’s development has come on in leaps and bounds. She is kind, polite, patient, and a happy little girl — and I truly believe Jenny has played a huge role in helping me raise her into who she is today.
Jenny also puts so much thought and effort into creative activities, especially around key times of the year. From festive crafts to handmade cards and seasonal keepsakes, she always goes above and beyond. We’ve received the most beautiful, thoughtful creations that we will treasure forever. These little touches have meant so much to us and are just another example of how special her care is.
What we didn’t expect was the incredible impact Jenny would have on our entire family. With no family or friends nearby, Jenny has stepped in time and time again — through illness, emotional support, and everything in between. She has consistently gone above and beyond, offering not just care, but genuine compassion, reliability, and strength.
Jenny never calls in sick, never closes unexpectedly, and is always there — giving her all. In my opinion, she undercharges for the incredible service she provides. She is a rare gem in this profession: dependable, loving, and deeply committed to the children and families she supports.
Her impact has been lasting, and we are so grateful to now count her as a member of our extended family. If you’re lucky enough to have the opportunity to send your child to Jenny — take it. She is, quite simply, the best there is.
