Melanie
Childminder in Woking
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Female Member since Jul 2020 Last Updated Feb 2025 Last Login 02 Mar 2025
My Summary
About Me
Hi,
I'm Melanie and have been an Ofsted registered childminder for 10 years, looking after babies, toddlers and primary age school children. I specialise in before and after school childcare. My working hours are:-
6.30am - 9am & 2.30pm - 6pm.
Parents are welcome to drop off and collect from my home setting. I then take and collect children to and from local primary schools, nurseries and pre-schools, Monday - Friday during term time.
My local schools are - Goldsworth Primary, Kingfield Primary, Barnsbury Primary and a number of nurseries and pre-schools.
I offer a home-from-home nurturing environment where the children play safely & happily together in a relaxed family environment.
I am proud to say that I have families who have stayed with me for many years, often from babies, pre-school and right through to starting Secondary school. I love looking after them and they make long lasting friendships with one another too.
I have two lovely boys of my own, who are 14 & 17 and are very used to living with other children. We live in Mayford village, along a quiet country lane and have a large garden, stocked with play things, so there's plenty of healthy outdoor activities as well as indoor space dedicated to the children. They can play freely and enjoy quiet time reading and crafting, drawing, playing games. We also spend time in the fresh air every day after school at one of the many local parks before heading home.
I am Fully Covid Vaccinated.
My Experience
I have several years of child minding experience - including looking after children with Autism, ADHD, ASD, language delay, special additional educational and emotional needs.
My Qualifications
All qualifications and courses are kept up to date , including - Ofsted registration, Paedeatric First Aid, Safeguarding & enhanced DBS .
My Availability
From 6.45am - 6pm (extended hours negotiable)
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 08/02/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.50 per hour
£9 per hour per child.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at The Oaktree School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Goldsworth Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at The Hermitage School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Freemantles School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Barnsbury Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Kingfield Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Knaphill School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Hoe Bridge School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St John's Primary School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Hoe Valley School
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 12/11/2020)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Melanie. 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.
Mel provides such a lovely, enriching, home-from-home environment for the children.
They get lots of active time with playground trips after school, football in the garden and lots of bouncing on the trampoline.
Mel’s really great at keeping the parents updated & helped us with additional sessions when she had space. When my daughter first started, she also sent updates that she was settling in well, which was really reassuring and helpful during the transition.
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