My son and daughter have been with Sarah, Zoe and Matt full time for 5 years now. My son started when we moved to the area at age 7 and our daughter joined at 3 months old - she is now 4yrs old.

We had experience of childminders before, all of which were brilliant, but Chicks Childcare is in a completely different league. Their love and care for our children above all things is fantastic, but the education, skills, politeness, respect and other life skills that our son and daughter have developed since being under their care is quite simply, exceptional.

Each day, I know that my children will be looked after via a structured play/learn plan for the day and I can be confident that they will be having fun whilst learning all day long. I know that my children will be receive the right level of discipline when required and oodles of love and respect at all times.

During the holidays, they both come home exhausted as they've been carrying out safe but exciting science experiments, or constructing structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows or just simply having hours of fun doing all sorts of things! They mix with all ages of children, which can only be of benefit to them.

As my husband and I work part time, with quite high-pressured jobs, it really REALLY helps to have a flexible childminder that can drop off to grandparents occasionally if we're stuck at work, or who doesn't mind the odd early drop off - it just removes all the stress from being a working parent and I can't thank them enough for that!

Last year, they received an OFSTED Outstanding rating - that speaks for itself. They have transformed their home, both inside and out, into a wonderland of adventure and learning. Communication and feedback on how our children have behaved, felt, learnt etc is clear and we receive a regular booklet containing our children's hard work and how they compare against key stage targets etc - just as you would expect to receive from a full time nursery.

Sarah, Matt and Zoe are quite simply brilliant. I would recommend them to every single parent looking for more than just a childminder - these people are highly experienced, constantly improving their techniques through regular training and above all - fantastic people.

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