Braintree is very lucky to have such an experienced and caring team of childcare providers arriving to offer outstanding childcare in the area from September 2015.

I began to search for childminders in Essex at the end of 2013 when my family and I were preparing to relocate to Essex from Leicestershire. I used this site to search for childminders near to the house that we were purchasing and Yumbo Childcare was on the list of nearby possibilities. My daughter was 18 months old and had been attending a childminding setting for six months in Leicestershire and I was keen for her to continue to attend this type of setting. I contacted Corrine and arranged to meet with her and took my daughter along with me for the visit. My daughter made herself at home during this short visit to Corrine's home and it was clear from just being in the setting that Corrine and her team offer a fantastic, well-planned variety of activities for the children in their care. We signed our daughter up without hesitation and she began attending the setting at the end of January 2014. She experienced so much since joining the setting as the team plan a variety of home-based activities alongside a multitude of trips to various educational venues in and around Essex - farms, zoos, museums, local play groups, local leisure centres, parks, woods, jam factory, strawberry picking and even waved her flag at the queen when she made a visit to Chelmsford! I can honestly say that my daughter has a better knowledge of what Essex has to offer than both me and my husband put together!

Corrine and her team keep a journal which records exactly what activities the group have been doing and this journal has lots of photos which show my daughter having a fantastic time and interacting well with her peers. Corrine is so well travelled and ensures that the different cultures of the children in her care are respected and that different religious festivals are covered as part of the planned activities that the group partake in. She has food tasting sessions to give the group new culinary experiences and works hard to broaden the childrens' knowledge about different parts of the world.

Even though this setting is new to Braintree (due to open in September 2015), I cannot recommend this team highly enough. I felt blessed that I'd used this site to look up local childminders and was fortunate enough to have found Yumbo Childcare which was just five minutes away from our new home.

An excellent team providing an outstanding service - my daughter will always remember her time at Yumbo Childcare. I wish Corrine and her team the best of luck in their new venture and move to Braintree - although they won't need luck as their experience and dedication to providing outstanding childcare will no doubt bring them every success.