Ali Matthews
Childminder in Clacton On Sea
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Female Member since Apr 2013 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 13 May 2025
My Summary
About Me
I’m Ali and I provide a fun, homely environment for children from birth upwards.The whole ground floor of my house is used for childminding along with a large child friendly garden including lots of outdoor toys and equipment.
I provide lots of learning opportunities for all little people that attend my setting. Some of my favourite being messy play using all kinds of resources.
We do daily song and story times.
My days are adapted to the children attending on that particular day.
We spend a lot of quality time at my setting both indoors and outdoors.
I use a secure online learning journey to document your child’s days and development while at my setting. This is available for you and any of your chosen relatives to log into as and when you please. I update this most days depending how often your child attends my setting. This is a great way to keep up to date with what your child has been doing. Also a lovely memorial journey of your child’s early years. When your child is no longer in the early years age group or moves on from my setting their whole learning journey is downloaded onto a memory stick for you to keep. There is also an option for your child's journey to be printed into a book via the website.
I deliver government funding to all qualifying children.
My Experience
25 years of childminding. I work with children from birth up to school age and beyond. Mum of two and grandma to two.
My Qualifications
Level 3 Diploma in home-based childcare
Pediatric First Aid
Safeguarding children
Health and Safety
Food Hygiene
EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)
Quality Matters
Supporting children learning English as an additional language
Introduction to Inclusion
Introduction to Early Support
Quality provision for 0-3's
Early communication
Supporting the unique child
Emotional health and well-being
Working with parents
ENCO (Equality Named Co-ordinator)
Integrated Working
Equality and Inclusion in early Years Settings
Identifying young children's learning
Early language development
DATA Protection
Behaviour Management
Prevent Covid-19
The Outside curriculum
Plus many more and the list is continuously growing as I attend regular relevant training to be able to continue to provide the best possible service to all families
Certificates and references available
My Availability
My setting is open Monday - Friday 7.30am - 6.00pm
Hours required outside of these times are open to discussion
I offer full time, part time and term time only contracts
Please contact me to find out about available places
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 13/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.50 per hour
Please contact me for details
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
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 11/07/2021)
- UK Passport (added 11/07/2021)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Ali Matthews. 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.
Before finding Ali I was concerned about using a child minder because I've only ever used nursery, when my little boy was younger he was very clingy and didn't like change at all. When meeting Ali for the first time he went straight over to her and gave her a cuddle and after meeting with a few people it was this that made my final decision as he was very shy and wouldn't go to new people. Now 2 years on my 3 year old loves going to Ali's house and never wants to leave. He always has a fantastic time with her no matter what they do and he adores her. I would 100% recommend Ali for anyone that is seeking childcare.
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