I would like to firstly clarify, I never give 5 stars to anyone or anything, I save the fifth star for those that goes way beyond the expectations.

Sarah has been truly exceptional. She has been more than a childminder, she became an advisor, our support, a person that went beyond her professional duties to help us, her invaluable experience both as childminder and as mother, specially at the beginning, helped us greatly. Not having any family close by, Sarah became less a childminder and more a grandmother, a person we trusted, that cared enormously for our daughter to the level that when we notice something was wrong with her development, was the only person that really cared and saw the little details that indicated our daughter suffered a stroke while she was still in the womb, not even the health visitors cared enough at the time.

Of course leaving Sarah has been really emotional for all, she has delivered amazing care during the three years she has been our childminder and will be greatly missed.

It is worth mentioning that Sarah's setting is perfect, before we decided to choose he as our childminder, we visited quite a few to compare, with only one exception, all other childminder we had seen at the time had terrible settings for the children, Sarah welcomed us on a Saturday, when she was not caring for any children and gave us a small tour of her house. Over the time we've seen Sarah develop her place, upgrading and purchasing new toys and facilities so the children could enjoy a safe and clean environment.

Another thing we really liked of Sarah was that she often visited a lot of places and groups, meeting with other childminders, giving us the feeling that our daughter was never enclosed in the same place with the same people, it felt more like if she was in kindergarten, but with a full time teacher looking after her. This was really positive for our daughter's development and confidence interacting with other children.

• Overall
• Setting
• Cleanliness
• Communication