Stories And Songs
Childminder in Whitefield (also available for babysitting)
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Female Member since Sep 2013 Last Updated Apr 2025 Last Login 14 May 2025
My Summary
Rated Outstanding By Ofsted
About Me
I am currently only taking bookings for school pick ups at St Saviours School, Kearsley, Bolton. Also available for holiday places and babysitting.
I am rated Outstanding by OFSTED (March 2020). I can provide references from parents of previously minded children and DBS Checks. I have returned to working from home as an Ofsted Registered Childminder after working in childcare for many years, from managing Local Authority nurseries to inspection and regulation. Family members are all cleared as suitable through DBS police checks and my home is a safe environment including effective risk management of COVID 19 and other infections. We have a cat that is friendly and safe to be around young children.
I organise many activities and children benefit from excellent quality care; accessible toys and equipment; and local amenities, such as the Children's Centre; the park and my lovely garden. We also attend toddler sessions; Forest School; Gymnastics; and enjoy an active lifestyle visiting parks and undertaking various activities.
I offer excellent partnership working and plan to meet children's individual needs within the Early Years Foundation Stage. I am registered for Tax Free Childcare; and I take two and three year old funded children under the free entitlement scheme.
Parents are welcome to view my service and introduction visits can be arranged prior to admission.
My Experience
I have experience with all age ranges; including newborn babies and children with special needs.
My Qualifications
I hold a First Class BA Honours Early Years and Health Degree.
Paediatric First Aid (updated 2020)
Food Hygiene (Level 2)
SENCO
Safeguarding (Level 3)
DMS
Food Allergy Trained
CACHE How to set up a Home Based Childcare Service
NNEB
Forest School
My Availability
I work from 7am to 6pm daily including weekends and unsocial hours by arrangement. I am taking bookings for babysitting and after school (limited to St Saviours, Kearsley) or holiday care.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 22/04/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £11.44 per hour
- Childminding from £5.00 per hour
My charges vary according to parental needs. This can range from £8 per hour to £45 per day. Children attending under the free entitlement parents can either provide packed lunches or pay a nominal charge for meals provided.
Other services will be by arrangement with families depending on unsocial hours.
My Local Schools
- I provide pick ups at St Saviour CofE Primary School, Ringley
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 26/09/2023)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
This childminder provides outstanding care, creating a warm and nurturing environment for children. Parents praise her patience, reliability, and excellent communication. She offers a variety of engaging activities, both indoors and outdoors, and adapts to each child's needs. The setting feels like a home away from home, leaving parents worry-free and highly recommending her services.
Summary generated by AI from the text of recent member reviews
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Stories and Songs. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Jane has been looking after my baby as I went back to work for keep in touch days and it has been amazing! My son loves spending time with her and I never worry about him when he is with Jane. She is very calm, patient, warm and plans great activities. She has been very helpful as I am a first time mum and has helped me with lots of things. Communicating with her is very easy and she is highly reliable. She went out of her way to make my baby feel settled - she did settling sessions before she started so my baby felt at ease. We will definitely continue using her services and I can't recommend her enough!
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Cristina
on 09/03/2025
Jane spent a day babysitting my daughter during the recent Christmas school holidays, and it was a great success. Communication before the day was excellent - Jane reassured me by sharing information and evidence of her experience and qualifications. My daughter really enjoyed the day’s activities, particularly baking cookies. Would
Highly recommend.
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SandA
on 10/01/2025
Response by
Stories and Songs
on 10/01/2025:
Thank you for your feedback it is greatly appreciated. I really enjoyed spending the time with your family too!
Jane looked after our son 4 days a week from 9m old. Jane was absolutely brilliant with him and very adaptable to introduce him into her setting gradually. She was very communicative with us to let us know how he was getting on and had lots of different activities for him and the other children to do inside and outside. It felt like he was being included as part of the family and we loved that he had a home from home to go to. We wouldn't hesitate to reccomend Jane to anyone!
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Panda
on 03/06/2024
Response by
Stories and Songs
on 03/06/2024:
Thank you for your lovely comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Best wishes and much love to you all x
I HIGHLY recommend Jane, she provides excellent care, is completely trustworthy and she has excellent childcare knowledge and experience. My son soon settled with her, which was no easy task! Jane’s extensive knowledge means she tailors activities for the stage each child is at while making sure that all children in her care are included. As a new mum I received wonderful support and guidance from Jane and she always followed my wishes with regards to the care of my son.
My son was not a good sleeper and didn’t have a regular nap but after a few weeks with Jane he was settled in a nap time routine. This has been a godsend and he still naps for 2 hours most days.
Jane cared for my son for 6 months, (only stopped due to lockdown as both of us were at home). She provided such good care that I never worried about my son while he was with her. As an ex Ofsted Inspector Jane is fully informed of all the relevant regulations and is passionate about providing quality care and guidance to children and their families.
I really can’t recommend her highly enough. You can’t find better childcare.
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Dmmakin
on 02/08/2020
It was a year ago Jane was looking after my daughter and my little girl still asks to go to Jane's everyday still talks about all the fun she had and all the things she learned
would highly recommend! !
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