Stepbystepchildcare
Childminder in Rowley Regis
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Female Member since Jul 2012 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 05 May 2025
My Summary
Childcare For Birth To 5Years And School Holiday Club
About Me
Step By Step Childcare.
We are a nurturing, warm, friendly home from home childminding setting.
The setting has Leeanne, an Ofsted registered and level 3 qualified (diploma in childcare and education) and SENCO level 3 certified childminder who wholes a National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership. Fully insured with relevant police check, childminder with a full UK driving licence and business insurance. Leeanne is also a mum to 3 boys.
There are also a team of 4 amazing friendly, passionate and enthusiatic 4 assistants who are DBS checked who trained qualifications range from apprentice level through to level 2 in childcare, level 3 in childcare and level 6 qualified.
The setting operates from the childminders home where her husband and children over 16 are CRB/DBS cleared. There is a designated garden room where all the fun, learning, magic and play happens as well as access daily to the safe outdoor environment.
The setting does have a dog, who is free to be herself in the home environment. She is a border collie cross labrodor and is very pleasent with up to date vaccinations and worming. Children are not left unsupervised around animals but are taught skills of how we observe an animals behaviour, we ask owners permission before we go ahead and stroke so that the children can learn outside the setting when with other family members when seeing pets outdoors on walks.
The previous job role experiences of the childminder consist of working in schools, day nurseries, management in day nurseries, children's centres and SEN schools.
We follow a Hygge approach where we believe in being present in the moment with the children enjoying the simple things in life, sparking curiosity and magical experiences through exploring nature and the world around us.
Leeanne previously was selected to be an Area lead as part of the Department of Education's COVID-19 recovery childminder mentor programme - supporting childminders across the country.
We follow the EYFS framework and supporting your child with their development and other individual needs. We provide daily information about your child's day, seasonal newsletters, also termly parents evenings to discuss your child's development and share with you your child's learning journey and how we support their next steps.
We follow a thorough hygiene practice to keep everyone safe but also not taking away the love and care we give to our minded children taking in to account their individual needs and learning and development.
My themes follow the seasons with giving the children real first hand experiences and we plan "in the moment" following each of their interests and where they are in their own little learning experiences.
We are a larger childminding setting where a maximum of 4 of us are working with the children at any time with the maximum of 12 under 5 year olds.
My Experience
*Our own children
*Children's centres as a family support worker supporting families with under 5's
*senior member of staff in a day nursery
*SENDCO Level 3 Certified
*NPQEYL
*day nursery pre school room, toddler room, baby room
*youth club
*primary schools
*pre schools/school nurseries
*SEN Schools
*babysitting for friends and family
*my babysitting service
*trained to deliver positive parenting programs
*qualified infant massage teacher
*Area Lead for DFE Childminder Mentor Programme (COVID-19 RECOVERY)
*Members of staff hold or working towards level 2 or 3 in childcare and education
*Member of staff holds level 6 - Degree in early years
My Qualifications
* Diploma in childcare and education level 3 since 2005
*Childminder training
* Awareness of early years foundation stage
* Safeguarding foundation and intermediate
*PREVENT
*FGM
* First Aid
* Food hygiene
* Health and safety
*wellcomm screening trained
* I have attended training with speech and language therapists around listening and understanding and speaking
* Equal opportunity and diversity
* Behaviour management
* Children's rights and disability awareness
* Mathematics in the eyfs
*Epilepsy awareness
*Supporting children with SEN
*Fire safety
* childhood feelings and behaviour
*Characteristics of effective learning
*developing the outdoors (babies and toddlers)
*exploring media and materials
*understanding the world
*facilitator training
*touch learn infant massage teacher
*Nature play for Babies and Toddlers
*Working through "hygge in the early years" accreditation
*NPQEYL
*Level 3 SENCO certified with best practice network
*Completed EYPDP (Early Years Professional Development Programme)
*Wellcomm trained
*Designated Safeguarding Lead Training completed
My Availability
*I am a provider of the time for twos (2year old funding)
*I am a provider of the working families funding for children from 9 months old
*I am a provider of the 3 year old universal funding
*tax free childcare registered with hmrc
*registered with childcare grant payments for university funding
*registered on some childcare voucher schemes
*School Holiday Childcare available (On selected open weeks)
I do have set "core" hours but i can be flexible and are more than happy to work before or after those times
All year, Term time only, school holiday only, full time, part time places available
CURRENT PLACES::
Under 5 =
Mon and Fri available for immediate effect.
We have limited places available for children under 5 years old for September 2025 starters
School Holiday Places =
Mon - Fri available for all ages. (we operate in the school holidays on selected weeks)
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 05/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.50 per hour
We have different rates for different needs. For example our under 5's fees both daily and hourly rates. School aged children also have their own sessional and hourly rate. Meals and snacks can be provided by the setting creating ease of a morning routine and not to worry about a packed lunch.
On initial "meet and greet" appointment i will show you around and have a chat and we will discuss fees and how they can suit your needs the best.
I am registered so you can claim the childcare element of working tax credit/universal credit
Registered for the Tax free childcare scheme
registered to accept Childcare Grant Payments (uni funding)
I accept childcare vouchers
I offer funded childcare.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Blackheath Primary 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
- UK Driving Licence (added 16/01/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 14/04/2020)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
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I was on the verge of leaving my job after seeing how upset my daughter got everyday when she went to a private nursery. She cried when I dropped her and cried when I fetched her. I’m sure some days she had cried for most of the day. Then i found these wonderful ladies. And I couldn’t be any happier. Everything they do is special. The time they take for not only the babies but for us as parents it’s unreal. My daughter was a baby when she started here. They helped her grow. They helped raise her to be the confident caring little lady she is. And they got her ready for “big school”. She will this year go into year two. And yet still relates back to her time here and the wonderful memories she has. And now my other daughter has just started her step by step journey and I’m so excited for her as I know how amazing it will be. There not just childminders. There my support and sanity on a daily basis. Even with these uncertain time’s there still here for us and supporting us. You guys never change and never stop being so wonderful xxx
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Hayley
on 21/04/2020
Leeanne & her team are so awesome at what they do! They helped my children settle in so well to the setting when I went back to work.
Leeanne makes the children feel welcome and goes above & beyond with the activities she offers and provides for our little ones.
Nothing is ever too much trouble and always has the children as a top priority (even when she isn’t looking after them!)
The transition she helps with, from a childminder setting to school is on point. My daughter fit right into school from the day she started and has exceeded with her school work, I mainly put this down to the learning the girls provided at Step by Step as my daughter was taught so much while she was there. I’m hoping my Son follows in her footsteps 🙌🏻
Parents are always kept in the loop with monthly newsletters and daily communication from the team.
I would recommend Step by Step to any parent who is looking for childcare 🥰
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Loupg14
on 20/04/2020
I can honestly say that all the team at Step By Step Childcare are fantastic. My little one went there for over 2 years and loved every minute of it. The care and attention that they put into each child, along with all of the planning and activities that they offer is amazing. His graduation was so special filled with lots of memories that had us all in floods of tears.
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Laura
on 20/04/2020
I love step by step, the staff are excellent, and experienced, the setting is just amazing, think nursery meets home, it has everything you could want from a child-minder, daily reports on what my son has been doing all day and photos if he's done something amazing too, I can no fault it, my son had learned and done so much in such a short space of time from going there, and most importantly he loves it there too!
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on 11/08/2013
My little boy has been attending step by step child minding part time for about 8weeks. I am very pleased with the care given also pleased with the activities he gets todo. His development since attending step by step child minding has come on leaps and bounds, he enjoys going and some days doesn't want to come home.. Would definitely recommend.
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Parent
on 06/06/2013
Response by
StepByStepChildcare
on 04/08/2013:
Thank you kim :) And it is such a pleasure to look after little man. :)
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