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 74,763 reviews
Geany is a wonderful childminder and her setting is so special. As a teacher myself I have always been very choosy about where my children go. Both of our daughters have been at Geanys over the years and sadly we have just said goodbye due to starting school. They both adored her & will never forget her! Geany and her team provide a caring & stimulating environment where the children flourish hugely. Geany is so skilled and adapts herself accordingly to each child & has such a special bond with all the children. She has a great garden that’s very well equipped for them to have daily fun in, an exciting m playroom with structured activities, and they all enjoy daily what’s in the box/music time/ story time activities as well as lots of art opportunities. They also have wonderful fresh, home cooked delicious food every day. Geany is one of a kind and any family is very lucky to have her in their lives. We would 100% recommend her. She is simply the best.
Ho Yin has been a lifesaver for our family and an incredible presence in my two daughters' lives.
She has looked after our daughters for one and a half year. She has helped us with school drop-offs and pick-ups, occasionally provided weekend care when we needed extra hands, and prepared healthy meals for the girls.
What makes Ho Yin truly special is her background in creative education. she keeps them genuinely engaged with simple arts & crafts, and drawing.
We would recommend her to any family looking for a trustworthy, dedicated, and highly professional nanny.
We couldn't recommend Katie highly enough. She was a wonderful nanny to our family and quickly became someone we trusted completely with our children.
She's caring, kind, reliable, and genuinely invested in the children's happiness and wellbeing. She created a lovely balance of fun, activities, and routine, and the children always looked forward to spending time with her.
Chloe is the most incredible childminder and we have nothing but highly positive praise from the 18 months our little boy spent in her care. She is so creative and resourceful and there are always new and exciting experiences for the children. Chloe is amazing at taking the children out on trips - from the local library, park and woods, to museums in Central London! Our son genuinely felt part of Chloe's family, taking part in their daily routines and developing friendships with the other children (and Ralphie the dog!) at the setting. We feel so incredibly lucky that our little boy has had this start to his education and life outside our family unit. He has developed his confidence and learnt so much, and know it has set him up perfectly for nursery, school and beyond! Thank you Chloe!
My son started with Vicci at just 7 months old, and now, four years later, he's off to school: confident, kind, and so ready for the next step. Watching him grow from "baby L" to an energetic toddler and now a big boy who sets a gentle example for the younger children has been one of the real joys of these past few years, and so much of that is down to this nursery.
What makes this setting special is that it's a genuine family environment. Vicci runs it alongside her two sons, Khai and Beau, who both work there, while her other two children and her husband often pop in to say hello to the kids. Even the family dog is part of everyday life there. It never feels institutional; it feels like being looked after by people who actually love your children. Vicci is like a second mum to my kids. I'll never forget picking up my son early one day when he had a fever, and finding him cuddled in her arms, comforted, the whole time until I arrived. Khai and Beau are brilliant with the children as well, always inventing new games and keeping things fun, engaging, and fresh.
Being a small, mixed age setting also meant my daughter, who joined at 8 months, got to spend her days alongside her big brother. They've become close friends because of it, while still each having their own friendships within the group, which is a real bonus of the mixed age approach.
The activities strike a lovely balance between free play and Montessori-like learning. The kids also get to spend a lot of time in the garden, weather allowing, which is such a contrast to larger nurseries where outdoor time is often limited to fixed timeslots. My son loved the summer pool parties, with ice lollies and water guns, and at Christmas the children get an exciting programme including a Christmas lunch and a visit from Santa. I can genuinely say my son is walking into school well prepared, both academically and emotionally. I'm just glad my daughter still has two more years here before we have to say our own goodbye, which I know will be a hard one.
Highly recommend this nursery to any family looking for somewhere that feels like an extension of home.
I highly recommend Seda as a maternity nanny. Seda is a professionally trained NICU nurse who lived with us for six months to care for our newborn baby. As a new mother, Seda stepped in immediately to show us the ropes and ensure our baby ate and slept well from the outset. Seda oversaw her sleeping schedule and also proactively helped us to cure our baby’s nappy rash. As well as being highly skilled with young babies, Seda is also incredibly flexible and accommodating when it comes to scheduling and was happy to work longer hours and incorporate last minute changes as required. We really appreciated it.
Seda is also incredibly tidy; each morning I would visit the kitchen to hear music and laughter in the background and all of our daughters things neat and tidy from the previous evening.
Overall, I would highly recommend Seda and would be happy to discuss her skills further if required.
Jo M
Our son has been going to Susan for about two years now, and we feel so lucky to have found her. He is growing into a curious and independent toddler thanks to Susan, her partner, and the lovely bunch of children she looks after. He enjoys going to her every day, doing lots of different activities, and always comes home with a smile.
She is very passionate about her work and is always flexible when we need it. She has great experience and has been helping us enormously as first-time parents.
Marilyn was great with our newborn while I was at a wedding for three days. She was caring and calm, which made leaving our little one so much easier. I was able to pop back every couple of hours to check in, and Marilyn sent photos in between to reassure a new mum! We felt very comfortable knowing our baby was in such capable hands. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Marilyn!
RuthNewt
We were incredibly lucky to have had Aunty Row recommended by family. She was a wonderful childminder for our daughter, A. Aunty Row cared for A from just 6 months old to until nearly 4, when we moved to Yorkshire, and during that time she became so much more than a childminder — she and her family became a true home from home for A.
The care, warmth and love A received was exceptional. A absolutely adored Aunty Row and her family, and it was clear how happy, safe and settled A was in their care. She has created a wonderful environment for the children to play learn and grow in her home and the large garden is exceptional, providing so much space and opportunity for outdoor play and exploration.
As A got older, we were also really impressed with the learning environment and the way A was encouraged and supported in developing the skills and confidence needed for starting school. Aunty Row provided a fantastic balance of learning, play and social development from A being a baby right through.
We couldn’t recommend Aunty Row highly enough. We will always be incredibly grateful for the love, care and wonderful memories they gave A. It was very difficult to say goodbye when we moved away. A is a very confident and happy child and a large part of that is down to Aunty Row.
We honestly cannot recommend Jo, Vicki and Donna highly enough. Our daughter was with them from 9 months old until she turned 3.5, and during that time they became such a special and important part of her life.
From the very beginning, we knew she was safe, happy and incredibly well cared for. The setting truly felt like a home from home, with such a warm, loving and nurturing atmosphere. The experiences they provided, the setting, teaching and activities were all fantastic, and it was wonderful to see how much she learned, developed and blossomed while in their care.
Their kindness, patience and genuine love for our daughter were something else. We always felt completely at ease knowing she was in such wonderful hands. Communication was also excellent throughout, and we were always kept up to date and felt very involved in her time with them.
We were genuinely so sad when it was time for her to leave, which really says everything. They gave her such a wonderful start and created so many happy memories that we will always treasure.
We are incredibly grateful for everything they did for our daughter and would highly, highly recommend them to any family looking for caring, nurturing and exceptional childcare. ❤️
Its been an year now using Zainab’s childminder services. My son is not an easy kid to settle with someone, but we loved the care, love and support they gave to ismail. My other sons also go theirs during vacation time, and they have started loving this place more than their own house. The environment, cleanliness, food and quality of care they provide is remarkable. I specially want to mention aunt Ashi, Zainab and sister Bushra for their tremendous effort in the grooming of the kids who comes there. Highly recommended for for the working parents.
My daughter attended this nursery last year and she absolutely loved it. The staff honestly feel like family, they genuinely care about the children and are very knowledgeable, you can ask for their support with anything. My daughter came on leaps and bounds and they supported her so well with her separation anxiety. We miss you all! I’d recommend it to anyone.
My son has attended this nursery since he was 11 months old. He is now 2 and half. He absolutely loves it and has made so much progress since joining. The team are lovely and have some much care and passion for their job. My son has a great relationship with all of them and has made lots of friends whilst being there. There is a lovely garden and they go on walks occasionally, which my son tells me about all the time. I couldn’t recommend the nursery enough.
Jessica was lovely, reliable and very flexible with timings, which made everything so much easier while we were staying at the hotel. She completely understood our routine and regularly checked on both babies while they were sleeping, which made us feel comfortable and reassured. She was also very responsive and easy to communicate with. We would definitely use Jessica again and highly recommend her!
Aman
My daughter has been with Zulekha two days a week since March 2025 just before she turned 1. Zulekha was very considerate from the outset wanting us to look around at other childminders to make sure we found someone who suited our family. She has definitely shown time and again that hers is the right setting for our daughter and us. My daughter started calling her mummy for a time showing how happy and safe she felt before she had developed the vocabulary to say Zulekha.
Zulekha is very flexible taking our lead were we request and then giving us advice when we ask for it. I really appreciate her consistency to exposing the children to a healthy and wide range of different foods. During our settling period she was doing baking with the children to help one of them, who had become more picking with their food, grow the variety of food they felt comfortable eating. When my daughter was struggling to settle at her nursery Zulekha changed their normal routine so they could go to the childminder play sessions at her nursery each week and be in the space with someone she already felt safe with.
We really love that Zaytouna's is a home setting as our daughter has come to love her and her family and it feels like a really nurturing environment that has allowed her to develop so much.
Zulekha is one of the main reasons I am hesitant to consider moving out of the area so my daughter can stay in her care for as long as possible.
I would recommend Zaytouna's Childcare to anyone who is looking for a childminder in the area.
We had the most amazing experience with Katie as our nanny, and to this day, we still talk about her and the wonderful time she spent with our daughter. She became such a special part of our family that my daughter still remembers her, talks about her and asks about her. That, to me, says everything about the kind of person Katie is.
From the moment she joined our family, Katie went above and beyond to settle in and really understand our daughter’s personality, interests and routine. She put so much thought into planning activities and making each day enjoyable, engaging and memorable. She was incredibly caring, patient and attentive, while also being meticulous and organised in everything she did.
As a professional family who run our own business, having someone we could completely trust with our daughter made such a huge difference to our lives. Katie was always punctual, reliable and conscientious, and we never had to worry about whether things were being taken care of. She gave us complete peace of mind and genuinely made our lives so much easier.
What I particularly loved about Katie was that she never just did the basics. She genuinely invested in our daughter and became someone she felt safe, happy and comfortable with. She brought so much warmth and positivity into our home, and it was clear that caring for our daughter was something she took real pride in.
Even now, I honestly pray that we’ll have the opportunity to have Katie back with us again one day. Finding someone who is trustworthy, caring, dependable and who forms such a genuine bond with your child is incredibly special. Katie was absolutely amazing, and we couldn’t recommend her highly enough.
Ashiee
Junie is a fantastic nanny and we wholeheartedly recommend her.
She was looking for our daughters (Year 2 and Year 4) as after school nanny, taking care of school pickup, preparing second lunch/food and taking them to activities after school, over a period of over a year now.
Junie is very pragmatic, has a “can do” attitude, can adjust to follow our requests but also has very good judgement in case neither of us is available / reachable for a quick check-in.
Without fail Junie made right calls - be it clothes, food, timing / logistics, etc. Junie is also helpful and supported our family through a couple smaller and bigger emergencies, and it was great having her safe pair of hands to help us through.
Both girls also enjoyed spending time with Junie as she is not “just a taxi driver” but engages with children in sensible, meaningful and age appropriate conversations.
Bottom line, all four of us recommend Junie!
Maggie
I am very happy to provide a reference for Valerie, who looked after my son, Kairo, from the age of one until he was two years old.
During the time Kairo was in Valerie’s care, I saw such a positive difference in his learning, development and confidence. Valerie was not only an excellent childminder, but someone who genuinely cared about Kairo and took the time to teach him, encourage him and help him develop new skills. He learnt so much during his time with her, and I will always be grateful for the role she played in his early development.
Valerie was incredibly caring, patient and attentive. She made sure that Kairo was happy, safe and well looked after, while also creating an environment where he could learn, explore and grow. She put a lot of effort into his learning and development and always treated him with kindness and understanding.
As I worked Monday to Friday, it was extremely important for me to have someone I could completely trust with my child. Valerie gave me that peace of mind. I never once worried about Kairo while he was with her because I knew he was safe, happy and being cared for properly. Knowing that he was in such good hands allowed me to focus on my work without constantly worrying about how he was doing.
What meant the most to me was the genuine bond Valerie developed with Kairo. She loved and cared for him as though he were her own, and that is honestly all I could have asked for as a mother. It was clear that her relationship with him went beyond simply being his childminder. She truly cared about his happiness, wellbeing and development.
I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Valerie as a childminder. She is trustworthy, reliable, caring, patient and dedicated. I feel very fortunate that Kairo had the opportunity to be in her care during such an important stage of his life.
I am extremely grateful for everything Valerie did for Kairo and for the reassurance and comfort she gave me as his mother. I would happily recommend her to any parent looking for someone who will treat their child with genuine care, love and respect.