I can't speak highly enough of Paula's professional care for my son, now of school age. He was very well nurtured under Paula's care for four days a week from aged 10 months to 5 years old. Paula's pet and smoke free home was always clean and tidy and she provided a varied selection of nutritious and healthy food and snacks. Paula was really flexible when my son was first settling in, but from the very beginning he was incredibly happy there. She kept a full log of his daily routines, in the early days it was all about milk, food and dirty nappies (which reassured me as a working mum) but this also included a record of his personal, social and learning developments with lots of pictures and examples of his creativity. We still hang his home made baubles on our Christmas tree! I continue to treasure these memories as I wasn’t organised enough to do as much of this at home.

We had a regular routine of weekly care and I was able to use ‘Childcare Vouchers’ which were saved via my employer. I was delighted about this as there are some tax savings for working parents and I continue to use them at school. We moved from full-time care to after school care once my Son started nursery. I had other childcare options by this stage but we were so happy with Paula that our arrangement continued until he started Reception. Paula was flexible enough to accept term time only care from day one. This was invaluable to us, practically and financially as my husband works in a school. Very few other Childcare services offered this option at the time.

There is no doubt that Paula takes her responsibilities very seriously. She strictly observes the child to adult ratios and does not employ ‘assistants’; caring for each child herself, personally. I’d recommend parents consider this of any prospective Childminder.

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Paula’s services. Don’t delay; because of her superb standards she rarely has any vacancies.

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