Marianne's Reviews
Childminder
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Average Rating:
(4.5 from 8 reviews)
Our daughter had always struggled with large group settings, strangers and change so it was important for us to find a childminder who would be sensitive to this, but also offer opportunities for her to grow in confidence. We knew Marianne was a perfect fit for us when, upon meeting for the first time, our daughter didn't shed a single tear-even when Marianne picked her up. Our daughter's happiness and safety is of utmost importance to us, the fact that she felt so secure having only met Marianne once immediately filled us with confidence. Marianne has an excellent rapport with the children she works with, she really does treat them like her own children. Our daughter sees Marianne twice a week and we receive updates throughout the day.In our opinion, Marianne provides a very high level of childcare. Her rapport with the children and her ability to respond to their individual needs with care and compassion is second to none. She provides a calm, safe space for our daughter to learn and grow at her own pace.
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Where do i start..... From the minute i spoke to Marianne on the phone i just knew she was the best for my boys and would care for them like i would, and when going to meet Marianne at her home it just confirmed my feelings were 100% correct.
Marianne is so lovely and made my partner and i feel so so comfortable leaving our boys with her.
My boys loved her from day 1 and would always talk about her at home. This also filled me with happiness and confidence to know they where happy and comfortable in Mariannes care.
Marianne would constantly being taking them to parks, garden centres, walks etc. Plenty of toys at her home and a lovely garden to play in. Mariannes house is lovely with plenty of space and very clean.
Would recommend Marianne to anyone, as i know from experience that she is kind, caring, fun and overall her dedication to children in her care is outstanding.
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She looked after my kids for four years, me and my wife found her professional and very caring person.And I recommend her anyone who needs childcare.
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by
L khan
about
Marianne
on 27/04/2021
Response by
Marianne
on 27/04/2021:
Thank you latafat miss miss you all so much x
Marianne looked after both of my daughters from the ages of 6 months old and through Primary School. She is kind, considerate, and genuinely cares about all the children she looks after. My girls adored her and she became a close family friend. Even though we have since moved away the girls still talk very fondly of the time they spend in Marianne's care and have kept in touch with her. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
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My name is Mia and I am a nineteen year old student living in Brighton. Marianne looked after me for the first 11 years of my life, and played a massive part in shaping and teaching me as a child. I want to say that there are no words to describe how wonderful my time spent with Marianne was, but actually I would be wrong in saying that. There simply just aren't enough words to do her justice. She is an incredibly kind, gentle and calming woman, this for me is what I remember most about her. Not only is Marianne a very caring childminder, she also became a confidant, a safe space and most importantly of all, a friend. Still almost nine years on, Marianne and I keep in frequent contact, and we plan to hopefully see one another soon. A couple of my friends have had babies, and if Marianne still lived where she childminded me, I would be sending my friends her way with no qualms or worries. I cannot recommend Marianne's childminding abilities enough.
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We first sent our little girl to Marianne at the age of 3, I was nervous as we were leaving your little one with someone new who we only Knew from a visit and phone call, but i shouldn’t have been as from the word go she was the most amazing kind lady you could meet.. lovely with our daughter, treated her as if she were her own grandchild, really flexible to our mad work schedules too!!!
I was so sad to have to call Marianne and let her know in July that due to Covid we would be working from home more so didn’t need her to have our now 7 year old. or drop / collect her from school... however should the world go back to the Norm we won’t hesitate to go Back to Marianne...I would recommend her to anyone... she has been absolutely brilliant. An absolute star..
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Really sad that today I had to remove my daughter from Marianne’s care due to her pocket dialling me and me listening to her saying unsavoury things about myself AND my 8 month old daughter to her two daughters who were also in her house when they shouldn’t have been as well as the house stinking of cigarettes to which one of the daughters said it doesn’t matter because they were smoking at the end of the garden. The contract Marianne signed said no smoking during operational hours.
Marianne allowed her children to be combative to me knowing they and Marianne had done wrong.
Furthermore when my fiancé called to confront her Marianne and her daughters decided to fabricate they weren’t in the house when I went to collect my daughter and that I must have smelt the smoke from when they smoked in their car and that I made up hearing the three of them being rude about an 8 month old that led me to drive 20 minutes in the middle of my work day to go get her.
Reported to the police for COVID breach, Ofsted for obvious reasons.
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on 05/10/2020
Response by
Marianne
on 06/10/2020:
Dear Melissa
I am extremely concerned about you and am sorry that you have felt the need to write this. I too have reported your behaviour as it was entirely inappropriate, especially in front of your daughter. Your version of events are simply not true but sadly you were not being reasonable or rational yesterday. Firstly, my daughters (like myself) do not smoke and were not even there. If you had let me speak I could have introduced my step daughter to you, who had come to collect her dog (I had already sought and got your permission for the dog to be there in the conservatory and not near your daughter). She stayed in the garden, where she had a cigarette. I would never allow smoking in my house in any situation as I am a childminder and take my job and the safety of all children extremely seriously. I stay abreast of current government guidelines on coronavirus and always follow these rules along with all of my policies. I have 30 years experience as a childminder and have never been treated like this, or experienced anything like it. When you have calmed down I am more than happy to discuss this, if you would like to. I am sorry that you are unhappy and I wish you and your daughter all the best.
Marianne has been looking after our two young boys for over 18 months now. She is so experienced, caring and reliable, always full of ideas for fun things to do. She has become an extension to our family and we all love her. If you’re looking for a real gem to care for your little one(s) then look no further! :)
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