Latest Reviews
Here are some of the latest reviews that we have received from parents who have used childcare providers and tutors listed on Childcare.co.uk.
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4.9 from 74,804 reviews
We couldn’t have been happier with the care our daughter received from Shekel and her team. From the very beginning, they created such a warm, nurturing and welcoming environment where she felt happy, safe and genuinely cared for.
There was always a fantastic range of activities for the children, with plenty of variety and opportunities for them to learn, explore and have fun. It was clear how much thought and care went into planning each day.
The staff were absolutely lovely and built such a strong bond with our daughter. We always felt completely confident that she was in safe and caring hands. Communication with us was also excellent, with regular updates throughout the day and lots of lovely photos and messages, which gave us a real insight into what she had been getting up to.
Shekel went above and beyond to make the whole experience a really positive one, not just for our daughter but for us as parents too. We are incredibly grateful for all the care, kindness and effort she and her team put in. We would wholeheartedly recommend Shekel to any parent looking for a nurturing, engaging and caring setting.
Janine looked after my little boy for almost 2 years from when he turned 1. She is just an amazing childminder! She welcomes children into her beautiful countryside setting like they’re her own. My son was very nervous to be separated and extremely clingy to me but he immediately settled and loved his time going to ‘Nini’. With only a few children the setting is so calm and peaceful - not at all like the bigger nurseries which seem so noisy and stressful. My son also developed so much there in his language and fundamental learning. He loved his trips out to see tractors on the farm and learn about nature. And her garden and little cabin is just idyllic filled with toys and perfectly set up for all weathers.
My daughter also went to Janine’s. She’s now 6 and still gives Nini a huge hug when she sees her.
Please don’t think twice about getting a place for your child here. I still can’t believe our luck finding such a gem of a childminder! Thank you Janine!
Sandrine is wonderful very attentive. My son has been going to Sandrine's for almosf two years now. There is a BIG change in him since he first arrived he much more confident and expressive. He struggled with his speech Sandrine help me to support him with this. My son loves going to Sandrine. She has been absolute blessing you would not find a better childminder she is very child centred and supports children through all areas of development. Thank you Sandrine you have been amazing.
Our son attended Federica's setting for over three years (from seven months old to starting school at four years) and has been happy in her care from the first day. I had been worried about sending my child into childcare at less than a year old, especially as he was quite attached and at home would hardly allow me to leave the room without him. However, he took to Federica almost instantly and made no objections to being left with her on his own after a brief settling in period. Any lingering doubts I might have had were put to rest when we arrived a bit too early one day (about two months after we started seeing Federica). As soon as I put my son down in order to wait for Federica to open the door, he crawled across and started banging on the door, demanding to be let in!
Over the years, we have greatly appreciated Federica's kind and caring personality, her reliability and good communication, her support with teaching of everyday skills (from road safety and potty training to recognizing numbers and letters) and her flexibility to accommodate our wishes and needs. As we were navigating the challenges of life as working parents, childcare was the one thing we never had to worry about!
We couldn’t recommend Showmi and her setting highly enough. Our son started attending when he was just 14 months old. He was a very anxious little boy who had never really stayed away from me and was not comfortable being looked after by anyone else. Showmi welcomed him with such confidence, warmth and reassurance, and within just a week, he was completely settled and happy in her care.
He is now 2 and a half, and we are so proud to see how much he has grown and developed under Showmi and Amama’s guidance. He is becoming such a gentle, kind and confident little boy, and we truly believe they have played a huge part in helping him become the person he is today.
As busy working parents, there are so many things we may not have had the time to teach him ourselves, but Showmi and Amama have supported him with so much patience and care. He now talks so well, is kind and considerate towards others, eats independently and is even potty trained!
We honestly can’t thank Showmi and Amama enough for everything they have done for our son. Their care, dedication and genuine love for the children is clear every day. We are incredibly grateful that we found them and feel so lucky to have had them be such an important part of our son’s early years.
A special thank you to Candy as well, who was always there to help when Amama was away.
Thank you, Showmi, Amama and Candy, for helping our little boy grow into the happy, confident and independent child he is today. ❤️
Yanka has been absolutely brilliant with both of my children. She is incredibly supportive and nurturing, and you can tell how seriously she takes looking after children. She puts so much thought into their days, planning activities, getting them out to the park or playgroups, and making sure they’re always doing something fun and engaging.
She also makes a real effort with cooking, celebrating festivals and creating lots of different experiences for the children. My eldest, who is nearly seven, still has such fond memories of her time with Yanka and regularly asks if she can go back for a day! My son has just finished with Yanka, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking for a fantastic childminder.
We feel so incredibly lucky to have found Mahnoor. It’s very difficult to put into words just how much we appreciate everything she does for our son, but we honestly couldn’t ask for anyone better to care for him.
When we first started looking for childcare, one of our biggest worries was leaving our little boy with someone else. But with Mahnoor, that worry disappeared very quickly. She has created such a warm, loving and nurturing environment that he genuinely feels like he is at home with her. And as a parent, that feeling is priceless.
He is so happy when he is with her, and he has built such a beautiful bond with her. She makes him feel safe, listened to and loved, and she treats him with so much patience and kindness. It’s clear that she genuinely cares about him. She knows his little personality, his likes and dislikes, notices when he is not quite himself and always seems to know exactly what he needs.
We love hearing about everything he gets up to during the day. Mahnoor puts so much effort into making sure the children have interesting, varied and enjoyable experiences. She takes them on different outings, gets them outside, gives them opportunities to explore and encourages them to experience new things. He comes home happy and excited to tell us about his day.
Mahnoor also takes such great care with his food and provides a really good variety of healthy, nutritious, homemade meals and snacks. It gives us so much peace of mind knowing that he is eating well during the day and being encouraged to try different foods. She goes above and beyond to make sure he is eating well.
Mahnoor is fantastic at supporting his development too. She doesn’t just focus on keeping the children entertained — she thinks about what they are learning and how she can help them develop. Through play and different activities, she works on their physical development and fine motor skills, while making everything fun and age appropriate.
We’ve particularly noticed how much more confident and independent our son has become. She encourages him to do things for himself, make choices, have a go and keep trying when something is difficult. She gives him the support he needs without taking away his opportunity to learn for himself. Seeing how much he has grown in confidence has been amazing.
Something we really value is how attentive she is to his health and wellbeing. She picks up on the little things that we might not even notice straight away. If he seems different, isn’t himself or she has any concerns about his health, she notices and lets us know. That level of care and attention makes us feel incredibly reassured that he is in safe hands.
But I think the biggest compliment we can give Mahnoor is simply this: our son feels at home with her. He is happy, settled, comfortable and completely himself. He has someone outside of his immediate family who he trusts and feels safe with, and that means everything to us.
Mahnoor has become such an important part of his life and has helped him grow in so many ways — not just with his development and independence, but with his confidence, happiness and emotional wellbeing too.
As parents, we could never ask for more than knowing our child is genuinely happy and loved when he is away from us. We leave him with Mahnoor knowing that he is being cared for with the same warmth, patience and affection that we would give him ourselves.
We are so grateful for everything she does, every day. She really does go above and beyond, and we honestly couldn’t recommend her highly enough. We feel very lucky that she is part of our son’s life.
Tracey is an absolutely wonderful childminder and we feel incredibly lucky to have found her. From day one, she has been warm, caring, attentive and completely trustworthy. She genuinely goes above and beyond to make sure the children in her care are happy, safe and thriving.
Our son absolutely loves his time with Tracey, and it is clear how much he enjoys being there. She provides such a lovely, nurturing environment while also giving the children lots of opportunities to learn, play and explore. Her communication with us is excellent, and we always feel completely reassured that he is in the best possible hands.
Tracey is exceptional in every way — caring, reliable, professional and genuinely passionate about what she does. She has been fantastic with our son and has given us complete peace of mind as parents.
We would wholeheartedly recommend Tracey to any family looking for an outstanding childminder. She really is one in a million!
Rachel
Staisha is truly gifted and passionate about children, she takes considerable amount of time and effort to understand your child. She is very patient and very skilled at what she does. An expert in her field with an incredible amount of experience. Countless times I have asked Staisha for advice and tips with my children and she gives great and well thought out advice everytime. I couldn't recommend Staisha enough, a pleasure and a blessing to us and our children.
Cherish
We cannot recommend Subha highly enough! Our daughter spent three wonderful years in her care, and choosing her was hands-down the best decision we made for our family. What sets her apart is her perfect balance of professionalism and genuine warmth: her communication is outstanding, always keeping us reassured with detailed daily updates and photos, while her uncompromising safety standards meant we never had a second of worry during the workday. As a busy working family, her incredible flexibility and adaptability with our schedule made our day-to-day lives infinitely easier. Above all, she created a safe, structured, and nurturing environment where our daughter could build confidence and truly thrive. I am happy we continue with her over the term breaks as nothing is better than going back to a familiar environment for a kid. Any family would be exceptionally lucky to have her!
I couldn't recommend Ana more highly! Both my son and daughter have flourished in her care. She provides amazing opportunities for learning and loves taking the children out and about — morning trips to the ecology centre, the local library, soft play, and Little Street are regular favourites.
Her home really is a home from home, filled with creative activities that keep the children engaged and inspired. Ana is also well connected with a great network of other childminders, so the children get to socialise and play with a wonderful range of other little ones too.
Ana cares deeply about every child in her care. She writes termly updates with clear targets linked to the Early Learning Goals, so you can really see how your child is progressing. She also provides nutritious meals and actively promotes independence, alongside sending daily photo updates and a log of meals, naps, and nappy changes, which is so reassuring and helpful as a parent.
In short, Ana offers a warm, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children thrive - I feel completely confident leaving my children with her and can't recommend her enough! She has become such an important part of our children's lives.
Kelly
My son went to Sassi's from January to August this year, only ending because we moved away. He had never been in any sort of childcare before and he settled in so quickly and loved going.
Sarah and Neil felt like family and treated Teddy like one of their own. They were also great to advise or reasure me as I was learning as a first time mum too.
He loved playing with the dogs and learning in the garden. His speech came on leaps and bounds, he got to socialise with other children and got outside time every day.
Sarah provided regular updates on how he was improving in sorting and learning about colours and sizes and all the things a 2yo is discovering about the world.
I couldn't recommend them more and was sad to be saying goodbye.
Audrey has been looking after my three-year old daughter for more than a year now.
She has been doing nursery pick-ups, afternoon childcare and full days during nursery holidays - always to high standards of attention, care and support to my daughter.
Audrey is very energetic, reliable and someone who really loves her profession and children. From the outset, my daughter felt very comfortable and happy with her.
I would highly recommend Audrey's services. We were very lucky to find her!
Emma has been looking after my two children, Rufus (11) and Renais (9), for the past 2–3 months and has been absolutely lovely. She’s attentive, reliable and always great with her timekeeping.
Most importantly, the kids really like her and are always happy and comfortable when she’s looking after them. She’s friendly, caring and easy to deal with, and I’ve always felt confident leaving the children in her care. I’d happily recommend Emma to anyone looking for a dependable and lovely babysitter.
Barrie
My children have had several different babysitters before, but Fizzah has definitely been their favourite. They really enjoyed spending time with her and, most importantly, they felt happy, comfortable and relaxed around her. After she left, they actually asked me if she could always be their babysitter! 😊
Out of all the babysitters we have experienced, Fizzah is definitely the winner for my children. I would happily recommend her.
It was such a wonderful experience! 🥰😍 A place where my baby felt completely at home and was able to play freely and happily.
Getting regular updates every hour was so reassuring and relaxing. Knowing that my daughter was in a safe place, surrounded by such caring and loving hands, gave me complete peace of mind.
Thank you for doing what you do with so much passion, love and genuine care—not just as a job. It truly shows, and we appreciate you more than you know. 🥰❤️
We feel incredibly lucky to have found Sandrine. She looked after Ollie from nine months old until he was nearly four, and throughout that time she provided so much more than childcare.
We had not felt fully comfortable with the nurseries we visited, but Sandrine offered exactly what we had been hoping for: a genuine home away from home. Her setting was always warm, safe, welcoming and full of care, giving Ollie the perfect environment in which he developed and thrived.
Sandrine became a much-loved part of Ollie’s extended family. She understood him, encouraged him and cared for him with such kindness and affection. Knowing how happy and secure he was with her gave us complete peace of mind.
We cannot thank Sandrine enough for the wonderful start she gave Ollie and would recommend her without hesitation!
Chloe
Sandrine has been the childminder for our daughter since January 2026. Our experience with Sandrine has been exceptional and I could not recommend her enough. From the start Lyla was very happy at Sandrine's home nursery. Sandrine feeds her home cooked food everyday, ensures that she has outdoor play everyday and has a wonderful set up in her home for the kids (lots of toys and even a rabbit - which Lyla loves). Sandrine has supported us through various transitions including potty training, leaning to use cutlery and the traumatic times of teething. My husband works abroad a lot and I am alone with Lyla. Sandrine goes above and beyond to look after Lyla which has made my life so much easier.she genuinely cares for the children and will do everything she can to support the families she works for. 100% recommendation from us!
Ana Guilor has cared for our daughter for 3.5 years and our son for almost 12 months. We would wholeheartedly recommend Ana’s childminding setting to other families.
From the moment we met Ana, she radiated warmth, professionalism and kindness. It is clear that Ana takes her work very seriously, working hard and drawing on many years of experience to create a supportive environment for the children.
As well as providing a nurturing home environment, Ana has taken our children on interesting day trips and excursions to parks, farms and even the coast. Our children have been lucky to spend time with Ana’s grandchildren and daughters, which has given an extra feeling of family and togetherness to their care.
Parents whose children are with Ana can have complete peace of mind, knowing that their children are safe, well cared for and able to develop a strong bond with a responsive care giver.
On a practical note, Ana has always had great communication with us as parents and clear policies, given us good advance notice of any leave, and generally has been as flexible as possible.
In short: I cannot imagine our life these past years without Ana in it. We feel incredibly lucky to have found her.